Leadership & Professional Development

Tribal Alchemy: Turning Lesser Into Better, Together

Dave Fleming

strategic change, adaptive leading, high-performing teams
ONF 2014, 41(2), 209-211. DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.209-211

Close your eyes for a moment and perform an imaginative replay of your last three shifts or days at work. Try and recall faces, situations, issues, and accomplishments. Without knowing you, or your circumstances, it is relatively safe to assume your replay included challenges and opportunities. You may not have labeled them as such, but, indeed, that is what you encountered.

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