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Aug 22
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051: Minimizing Corporate Drama and Insanity with Amanda Mitchell

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Amanda Mitchell says: "Don't take things personally. A person's behavior in general says more about them than it does about you."

Amanda Mitchell, the founder of OurCorporateLife.com, shares hidden sources of workplace politics that may hinder productivity — and how you can prevent it.

You’ll learn:

  1. Approaches to identify and eliminate unnecessary suffering at work
  2. How to deal with “pot-stirrers” at your job
  3. The importance of focusing on your agenda before anyone else’s

About Amanda

Amanda is an executive coach and strategist specializing in helping senior executives deal with disruptive drama within their teams.

An advertising agency veteran, she experienced first-hand the business implications of corporate drama both with her Fortune 500 clients and within the Manhattan ad agency she led.

A practical problem solver, she founded Our Corporate Life (www.ourcorporatelife.com) to help executives solve the problems no one wants to deal with.

She has been published in Bloomberg Businessweek and quoted in Fast Company, CNBC.com, and Monster.com. She lives in New Jersey (aka the Land of Enchantment!) with her family.

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Jul 15
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036: Detoxifying Teams with Steve Ritter

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Steve Ritter says: "You're supposed to struggle because that's the way we grow... the idea is to keep changing and keep growing and keep evolving."

Old friend and Team Clock originator Steve Ritter shares his experiences on the key differentiators of toxic vs. healthy teams… and key steps for making the leap.

You’ll learn:
1. Why strategic planning is often a monumental failure
2. The pillars of Ritter’s Team Clock model for successful teaming
3. Common behaviors that cause dysfunction in teams –and how to correct them

About Steve
Steve Ritter has served as a human resources leader, teacher, author, and consultant. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Founder and CEO of the Team Clock Institute, the Managing Director of the Midwest Institute & Center for Workplace Innovation, and the author of Team Clock: A Guide to Breakthrough Teams and Useful Pain: Why Your Relationships Need Struggle. Steve is on the faculty of the Center for Professional Excellence at Elmhurst. He is the former Senior Vice President and Director of Human Resources at Leaders Bank, which won the #1 Best Place to Work in Illinois in 2006 the APA’s Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award in 2010. Steve consults organizations including Kraft Foods, Kellogg’s, Advocate Health Care, the Chicago White Sox, Northwestern Mutual, the Illinois Hospital Association, and Starcom Worldwide.

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