Description

Timothy M. Franz, Ph.D., is an Organizational Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, and Chair at St. John Fisher College. In addition to his academic role, he also works as an organizational consultant through his firm, Franz Consulting. His new book, with coathor Seth R. Silver, Ed.D., is Meaningful Partnership at Work: How the Workplace Covenant Ensures Mutual Accountability and Success between Leaders and Teams (Productivity Press, Aug. 27, 2021).

In this episode Steve and Tim Franz discuss:

• Introducing thoughtful changes in the workplace
• An ongoing dialogue between leader and team
• The resistance to a culture of partnership
• Eliminating future conflict with dialogue

Key Takeaways: 

• Organizations are known for making quick changes in the workplace but that has a certain disadvantage. When you take research as is without doing your own research in the context of your company, the change may not benefit your company at all. 
• Creating a culture of partnership means to establish a connection between the leader and the team that’s open, honest, and supportive. There must be a psychologically safe space where team and leader can discuss expectations and obligations with each other so that everyone feels supported and can be successful. 
• With a dialogue between people on what expectations and obligations they hold for each other, some conflicts can be outright eliminated or be more easily resolved.

“Any good leader - their primary customer is their team and their primary job is to develop their team, to move their team forward so that they get better and the organization gets better. ” - Tim Franz

Order their book, Meaningful Partnership at Work by clicking this link: https://www.amazon.com/Meaningful-Partnership-Work-Seth-Silver/dp/1032020113

Connect with Tim Franz:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-franz-consulting/

Website: www.teambuildingprocess.com  

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXZAN-ih04Jne23UqutxjBg

Email: tfranz@sjfc.edu

Connect with Steve and Jason:

LinkedIn: Jason or Steve

Website: Rewire, Inc.: Transformed Thinking 

Email: grow@rewireinc.com

Show notes by Podcastologist: Justine Talla

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