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Picking a successful fight at work
From the course: Management Tips
Picking a successful fight at work
- Sometimes you know we need to make a certain change at work, yet somehow nobody will talk about it. They might fear a certain manager who they feel won't support the change, or maybe they just fear extra work. Who knows? Nonetheless, if the change really is that important, sometimes you'll need to know how to pick a fight to create needed, positive conflict. Positive conflict refers to speaking up to start a conversation about a change that the team or the organization needs, but, has been avoiding. It might be a change concerting policy. A strategic shift, or maybe a personnel issue, who knows. But the point is, you believe it's important enough to speak up so the group can function at a higher level. If you want to go into a conversation or a meeting and bring up one of these difficult topics, it's best to be thoughtful and plan this out. First, ask yourself, how much social capital you possess. Social capital just refers to how much goodwill you have at work. How strong your…
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Becoming a change agent2m 59s
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Finding targets for innovation2m 45s
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Assessing your organization's change readiness2m 50s
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Embracing failure2m 33s
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Developing your creativity3m 6s
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Breaking through with brainstorming3m 16s
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Embracing the devil's advocate2m 50s
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Managing creative talent3m 2s
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Fighting bureaucracy3m 6s
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Not all best practices are best2m 57s
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Diversity’s real power2m 6s
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Initiating change conversations2m 57s
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Creating needed debate3m 2s
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Knowing when to engage positive conflict2m 42s
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Myth of creative genius2m 44s
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Changing routines to build new thought2m 41s
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Making risk feel like learning2m 47s
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The difference between creativity and innovation3m 10s
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People don't hate change2m 47s
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Advocating for the unpopular2m 20s
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The upside of limited resources2m 54s
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Understanding change capacity2m 24s
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Picking a successful fight at work2m 19s
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Start, stop, change2m 44s
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