Human Relationships

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Firing: An Uncomfortable Responsibility of Leadership

There are several reasons that leaders must decide to fire an employee or else risk the group's performance.

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Avoid "Do It My Way" When Building Relationships (Part 2, Leadership for Entrepreneurs)

When entrepreneurs become leaders of others, they neglect the leadership function of relationships. This sounds like "do it my way."

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Interchange Relationships: The Example of Inventory

If your organization struggles to keep supplies and materials in inventory, this example of interchange relationships is for you.

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Moving Forward with Expectations

In the workplace, we have an idea of what we want another person to do. There’s a catch here: many expectations are never communicated.

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Unsaid Expectations

This exercise is designed to reveal the expectations that are not being communicated.

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Naming Your Emotion

This SEEING EXERCISE reveals the nature of an emotion reaction, allowing us to process and redirect our response.

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The Reactive Approach

This SEEING EXERCISE is the practice of a reactive diagnosis of the functions.

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The Components of a Relationship

This SEEING EXERCISE breaks apart an interaction into its components, allowing us to see the relationships within.

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Naming the Element

This SEEING EXERCISE explores the element, structure, and transfer within an interchange relationship.

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Formalizing Relationships

This SEEING EXERCISE acts upon the structure of a relationship to create pressure for future performance.

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The Fourth "T" - TASKS

There is one additional thing that leadership is not. It’s a “T” word as well, but it’s a bit different that the other three. This is...

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START HERE

New to Re:Define and our unique approach to leadership? This is the place to start. First, let me tell you a few things that leadership...