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Solution-Building™: The Rules, Part 2

Written on December 27, 2019.

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I apologize for being offline for the past two weeks. I have been dealing with the passing of my 103-year-old father. This involved making many decisions, both on my own and in consultation with my family and people we needed to work with outside the family. Some were easy and some difficult, but I did my best to follow the principles I am writing about in this blog. It helped keep me focused on the essentials and on easing the burden on others, as well as myself.

Now, back to Solution-Building, picking up where we left off.

Solution-Building™: The Rules, Part 3

Written on January 3, 2020.

The second Guideline follows, at least to a great extent, from the first. It, too, is a part of commitment.

Guideline Number Two: You must come to the group ready and willing to participate

Seems obvious, right? Doesn’t everyone come “ready and willing to participate?” Most of us have had experiences in which this is not true. Some people do not participate for a wide variety of reasons.

Solution-Building™: The Rules, Part 5

Written on February 23, 2020.

At the end of the last entry in this series, I said we would look at how we implement:

Guideline Number 3:
Treat everyone in the group with courtesy and respect.

Solution-Building During a Crisis

Written on March 27, 2020.

A short sidestep: a look at current issues in decision-making and how Solution-Building™ can play an important role

Solution-Building During a Crisis (Continued)

Written on April 10, 2020.

A short sidestep: a look at current issues in decision-making and how Solution-Building™ can play an important role, continued.

In my last post, I made the point that in times of chaos, uncertainty, and crisis, the need for careful, calm, rational, informed, and clear decisions becomes acute. If those responsible for making those decisions, as well as others who then must see that they are carried out, fail to do that, the result may well be disaster. For a business, that could mean anything from poor performance to bankruptcy. For a society, the result could be social upheaval, a change in government, or even something worse.

How Solution-Building Could Have Been Applied in this Crisis

Written on April 17, 2020.

A short sidestep: a look at current issues in decision-making and how Solution-Building™ can play an important role, continued.

Let’s look at decisions made in the current Covid-19 pandemic and how Solution-Building could have been applied.

Solution-Building™: The Rules, Part 8

Written on September 8, 2020.

So far, in discussing the Guidelines, we’ve been talking about various aspects of the attitudes with which we go into decision-making meetings. To recap, those Guidelines were:

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Guideline Number Two: You must come to the group ready and willing to participate

Guideline Number Three: Treat everyone in the group with courtesy and respect.

Guideline Number 3: Treat everyone in the group with courtesy and respect.

Guideline Number 4: Act as though the person whose respect is most important to you is watching how you behave.

Guideline Number 5: No Personal Agendas Allowed

Guideline Number Three:
Treat everyone in the group with courtesy and respect.

Guideline Number 3:
Treat everyone in the group with courtesy and respect.

Guideline Number 4:
Act as though the person whose respect is most important to you is watching how you behave.

Guideline Number 5:
No Personal Agendas Allowed