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Esther Perel and Adam Grant discuss how relationship patterns from our personal lives — attachment styles, conflict avoidance, people-pleasing — follow us into the workplace and shape professional dynamics.
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Perel and Grant converge: the research shows that the quality of relationships within a team is a stronger predictor of team performance than the individual talent of team members. Yet organizations invest heavily in hiring talented individuals and almost nothing in building relationships between them.
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We bring our relational patterns to work — the way you handle conflict with your partner is the way you handle conflict with your boss
Perel argues that workplace dynamics mirror personal relationship dynamics: people who avoid conflict at home avoid conflict at work. People who seek control in relationships seek control in teams. The patterns are portable.Was this useful?