Business in Action, 8th Ed.
Chapter 8: Organization and Teamwork
"Spatial's AR app is enabling companies to have holographic meetings.
"When you frame it the right way, your feedback can get your colleague on your side.
"Are you open about the areas where you want help?
"Welcome back to Business English Skills 360 for today’s lesson on Business English communication skills for leading a group to a decision.
"Trust and cooperation are not standard in our organizations and yet we know they should be.
"Organizational life improves when meetings improve.
"You spend at least 40 hours a week with coworkers.
"Want to make sure everyone knows the critical role your team or group plays?
Karin Hurt (photo, left) reports both the problems and the solutions.
"Your business needs collaboration -- but not everyone's a team player.
"Cognitive diversity has been defined as differences in perspective or information processing styles.
"No one wants to be the "glue guy.
According to Sara Saddington (photo, left), "We all have blind spots that are a result of our own worldview, experience, and expertise.
Karin Hurt (photo, left) asks, "Have you ever felt this way?
According to Kat Boogaard (photo, left), "Dealing with someone who monopolizes every discussion is frustrating.
"It’s time for leaders of organizations to stop debating the millennial problem, hoping that this supposedly exotic flock of sheep will get with the program.
"There are plenty of frustrations that crop up during your workday.
"Research shows that hurtful workplace behavior can depress performance, increase employee turnover, and even mar customer relationships.
"The reason brainstorms devolve into groupthink has to do with the way memory works.
Shana Lebowitz relates the story of how Doug Conant (photo, left), former CEO of Campbell Soup Company, continually reached out to employees and what it inspired.
"Internal communication has a lot in common with healthy living.
"I am not a medical expert, but I know communication plays a major role in the overall well-being of both the team and the organization.
"Recently, a marketing firm called to solicit my business.
"Executives tell me their teams make decisions all the time.