Applying Boundaries to Business

I've been lax on blogging in the last few days as we have spent significant time preparing for some large events and the management team is concentrating on putting our learning about boundaries to work...literally.

We are learning that you can't create and maintain boundaries without generating some type of conflict: whether overt or covert conflict. Albert Einstein said, "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." We are finding that few conflict ever just work themselves out - they just won't go away. Ignoring conflicts are lethal. The longer they fester the more likely they are to drain energy from more than just the parties involved.

What's the lesson? Resolve conflicts quickly. The old adage is true, "Never leave a nail sticking up where you find it." The speed in which the culture of the business addresses conflict will be the speed by which the business cultivates a healthy culture.