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Communication skills | Co-operantics
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Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. Uction to communication skills. 8211; focusing on communication as a 2-way process. 8211; Deborah Tannen on different conversational rituals used by men and women. 8211; what that means, and why it’s essential for co-operators to be assertive. Giving and receiving criticism assertively. 8211; a useful co-operative skill. 8211; messages are conveyed by our body language. A new business ...
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Meetings And Decision Making | Co-operantics
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Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. Some thoughts on leadership in co-ops. Middot; Comments Off on some thoughts on leadership in co-ops. Middot; Categories: About Co-operatives. Meetings and decision making. If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. Who’s afraid of leadership? In contrast to ...
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Appraisals and personal reviews | Co-operantics
http://www.cooperantics.coop/2015/07/28/appraisals-and-personal-reviews
Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. Appraisals and personal reviews. Middot; Comments Off on Appraisals and personal reviews. Middot; Categories: Uncategorized. The issue of how to carry out appraisals and personal reviews comes up as a common theme among worker co-ops. Reviews can help us to:. Ensure that our worker-members are adequately skilled, suitably trained and capable to perform their duties. A new business supp...
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Got the picture? Co-operantics views to improve co-ops | Co-operantics
http://www.cooperantics.coop/2015/02/13/got-the-picture
Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. Middot; Comments Off on Got the picture? Middot; Categories: About Co-operatives. How the different parts of your co-op might relate to one another? That’s not the only reason you might find diagrams useful:. Some people understand images better than words. Some people don’t have the time or attention span to commit to a long written document. Tend to provoke questions, challenges, dec...
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Happy Easter! | Co-operantics
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Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. Middot; Comments Off on Happy Easter! Middot; Categories: Uncategorized. From Co-operantics. We’re taking a break for a few days. Please feel free to browse our site – you will find lots of useful information, tips, techniques and games. Or leave us a message: kate or nathan [at] cooperantics.coop and we’ll get back to you after Monday 13th April. Services. Please contact us. The MEOW ...
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Reviews and appraisals in co-operatives | Co-operantics
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Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. Appraisals and personal reviews in worker co-operatives. The issue of how to carry out appraisals and personal reviews comes up as a common theme among worker co-ops. Reviews can help us to:. Ensure that our worker-members are adequately skilled, suitably trained and capable to perform their duties. Identify opportunities and untapped skills/potential within our co-ops. 2 Carry out a p...
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Welcome to Co-operantics - quality co-operative support | Co-operantics
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Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. Middot; Comments Off on Welcome to Co-operantics. Middot; Categories: Uncategorized. Our Home page hosts occasional blogs about what we are doing, what we think about what’s going on in the co-operative world and topics of interest. Elsewhere (see links) you will find free tips, tools and techniques to help you work together more effectively, information on our services. From conflict ...
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Happy New Year – & Congratulations to The New Leaf Co-op! | Co-operantics
http://www.cooperantics.coop/2015/01/04/happy-new-year-congratulations-to-the-new-leaf-co-op
Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. Happy New Year – and Congratulations to The New Leaf Co-op! Middot; Comments Off on Happy New Year – and Congratulations to The New Leaf Co-op! Middot; Categories: Uncategorized. Lucky winners of our ‘Business Tools for Worker Co-operatives’ survey prize. The New Leaf Co-op. Edinburgh have won three hours’ worth of mentoring support worth 250! Services. Please contact us. Free and subs...
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Team working | Co-operantics
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Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. What is a team? Here’s a definition we like:. 8220;A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they are mutually accountable.” (Katzenbach and Smith, 1993). Team behaviour – task and process. Meredith Belbin’s Team Role Theory. Try saying ‘no boss’ in a US accent) 😉. All resources on the ...
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Generating and nurturing a strong co-operative culture – Top Tips | Co-operantics
http://www.cooperantics.coop/2014/07/29/generating-and-nurturing-a-strong-co-operative-culture-top-tips
Reclaiming business for good helping people work together in ‘flat’ co-operative structures. Tools, games and resources. Generating and nurturing a strong co-operative culture Top Tips. Middot; Comments Off on Generating and nurturing a strong co-operative culture Top Tips. Middot; Categories: About Co-operatives. Tools, tips and techniques. Co-operative culture eats co-operative governance for breakfast. It got us thinking . Cath Muller, Footprint. Make sure that everyone knows not just what you do but ...
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