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Season 2 Episode 26 - How to Stop Managing and Start Partnering

  • Writer: Adam Wallace
    Adam Wallace
  • Sep 6, 2020
  • 3 min read



Sure, we’re happy to engage in partner-based leadership when things are going well…but as soon as something goes wrong we slip right into managing the issue “back into line!” We’re left agitated and our “partners” are left defeated, with no option to regain their footing in the project or the relationship. Join Kari Zeller (FKA Granger) and Paul Adams as they highlight the meaningful steps to take the next time you encounter a breakdown, including practical language that can help you navigate these moments with partnership — for your sake and theirs.


In This Episode:

00:52 – Introducing today’s topic: how to navigate breakdowns with partnership

02:20 – Paul speaks to a recent breakdown within his social media marketing team

04:48 – The importance of proactive accountability

07:55 – Kari analyzes Paul’s experience with his social media marketing team breakdown

09:12 – The difference between a breakdown and a problem

13:06 – Curating the proper response to a breakdown

15:31 – Kari expounds on how to take a serious approach while relating to partnerships in a positive manner

17:04 – The importance of allowing others to manage their commitments

19:40 – Paul invites the audience to go back and listen to Episodes 14, 15, 16 and 17 from Season 1

21:43 – Watching the “shoulds”

23:40 – Paul challenges the audience to take on breakdowns by going back to the original partnership and promise in order to remedy the situation

24:35 – Kari shares insights as to the proper language to use when dealing with breakdowns and problems


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Other places to find us:

Links:

Season 1 Episodes on Coordinating with PrecisionCritical Components of Partnership-Accountability


Acknowledgements: Our work is mosaic art. We read, study, and practice many philosophies, methodologies, and modalities of human performance, to ensure that our approach best serves our clients. We would like to acknowledge all of the thought leaders and organizations, whose ground-breaking work has influenced the TGN Consulting approach – especially Fernando Flores, Jim Selman, Michael C. Jensen, Julio Olalla, Pluralistic Networks,The Newfield Network, and the Strozzi Institute.

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