{"id":9589,"date":"2012-04-23T13:48:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T20:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=9589"},"modified":"2012-04-23T13:50:10","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T20:50:10","slug":"talking-about-team-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=9589","title":{"rendered":"Talking About Team Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Addressing sensitive subjects like someone\u2019s weight, political affiliations or religion are topics that most of us treed delicately around. Cautious to not offend, apprehensive about what direction the resulting conversation may go and anxious about how much we’re comfortable sharing are usually enough red flags for your brain to seal your lips shut. Just talking about the weather is so much easier.<\/p>\n

Project teams tend to have a similar discomfort when it comes to talking about performance.
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This topic has many of the same attributes as the conversations above, but a lot more is at stake. Unfortunately, the fact that we don\u2019t\u00a0\u00a0engage in these types of discussions very often is precisely why these complex conversations SEEM so dangerous. Like any skill \u2013\u00a0practice\u00a0 builds confidence and expertise.<\/div>\n
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I\u2019ve been experimenting over the past few months by talking politics and religion with a wider group of friends and colleagues to see if I can develop a strategy that makes the initial conversations simple and easy. The result has been a very rewarding experience to gain new perspectives in how others see the world and a more in depth understanding of my own assumptions and prejudices that have developed over time.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been relating this experience back to my work with project teams so you can start having more meaningful conversation about performance without the long term heartburn or headache that usually follows…<\/p>\n

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