Ike Lasater

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  • About
    • Biography
    • My Work
    • My Story
  • Books
    • Collaborating in the Workplace
      • White Paper: What Makes An Effective Team? Learning the Necessary Skills for Successful Collaboration
    • Words That Work in Business, 2nd Ed.
    • When Your Mind Sabotages Your Dreams
    • From Conflict to Connection
    • Choosing Peace
    • Mediate Your Life Training Manual
    • What We Say Matters
  • Training
    • Downloads
  • In the Media
  • Further Reading & Viewing
    • Articles
    • Books
    • Online Talks
    • Reading & Watching to Expand Your Empathy
    • Poetry
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    Collaboration Through Connection

    December 22, 2016 /

    Collaboration grows out of connection. Because connection (and thus collaboration) is ephemeral and cannot be coerced, we get lost when we think we can get what we want in the world by forcing others to bend to our will. Therefore, whether we are parents, leaders in our community, team members at work, political or military leaders and actors, attempting to get what we want by imposing our will does not give us the results we want in the end. By using force, we perhaps can get someone to do what we want them to do, but we can’t get them to do it for the reasons we want them to…

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