According to our recent poll, three in four employees quickly attribute their coworkers’ bad behavior to lack of motivation while only one in ten consider ability deficits. As a result, they avoid holding problem colleagues accountable, engage in costly workarounds, and perpetuate the very problems they detest.
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Unaccountable Coworkers: It's Not You, It's Me
Special Announcement: Introducing Crucial Accountability Training
June 25, 2013Learn more about Crucial Accountability Training, the update of VitalSmarts’ popular Crucial Confrontations Training course.
Success Story: VitalSmarts Training Helps Canadian Hospital Transform Its Culture
June 18, 2013The Challenge The staff at St. Joseph’s Health Care London didn’t talk to each other. Yes, they exchanged words, but when problems were serious and emotions were involved, many side-stepped core issues. Not only was this behavior unproductive and disrespectful for employees, it was potentially dangerous for patients. The organizational […]
Guest Post: The Vital Behaviors of Practice Change
Practice changes are an everyday reality in the life of a healthcare provider. Clients, patients, and residents are more knowledgeable and expect care that is evidence-informed. All change creates some kind of emotional response.
Crucial Applications: Antisocial Networks? How to Hold Effective Crucial Conversations on Social Media
June 11, 2013According to our recent poll, social networks are becoming increasingly hostile, with 78 percent of users reporting rising incivility online and two in five blocking, unsubscribing, or “unfriending” someone over an argument on social media.
Influencer Institute: Finding Meaning in the Mundane
June 4, 2013Learn how you can find meaning in the mundane at crucialskills.com
Special Announcement: Influencer First Chapter Download
May 21, 2013Visit the Crucial Skills blog to download the first chapter of and enter to win one of twenty-five copies of Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change.