Forge The Team
This might more appropriately be titled "MarriageGuidanceCounsellor".
- ) Recognise that differences of opinion within a team are an asset, not a liability.
No one person is ever the sole source of truth.
- ) Differences of opinion become dysfunctional when they are not resolved.
- ) When warring factions emerge, bring the individual chief protagonists together for marriage guidance counselling.
Ask person "A" - "explain your position" ("B" must remain silent). Now ditto for person "B".
Ask person "A" - "what would it take to convince you that person "B" is right. That is, what FACTS - not opinions - would you need.
Rod Taylor, 29 July 2002
Ditto for person "B".
- ) You now have an agreed framework with which you can resolve the differences. Go to it.
(last edited July 28, 2002)