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Glenn Parker is an internationally recognized workshop facilitator, organizational consultant, and conference speaker in the area of teamwork, collaboration, and team meetings.

He is the author of sixteen books, including the bestsellers Cross Functional Teams: Working with Allies, Enemies and other Strangers, and Team Players and Teamwork: New Strategies for Developing Successful Collaboration. Glenn\\u2019s widely-used instrument, the Parker Team Player Survey, has sold more than one million copies, and his seminal work on team-player styles was featured in a bestselling CRM video.

As a consultant for more than forty years, Glenn Parker has helped create high-performing teams at hundreds of organizations including Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Phillips-Van Heusen, Telcordia Technologies, BOC Gases, and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Glenn holds a Master\\u2019s degree from the University of Illinois, and studied for the doctorate at Cornell University. Through his philanthropic endeavors, he has raised over $1.5 million for cancer research.

Some of the topics covered in this episode:

1.\\tThe research completed to write the book/the creative process

\\u2022\\tIn-depth interviews with some 50 people with diverse backgrounds \\u2013 jobs, industries, gender, ethnicity, born outside us

2.\\tThe 4 types of positive influence leaders

\\u2022\\tSupportive

\\u2022\\tTeacher

\\u2022\\tMotivating

\\u2022\\tRole model

3.\\tHow can you tell what kind of leader you are?

4.\\tMost of us have come across negative people in our lives --- how do people cope with negativity they encounter?

5 coping strategies for dealing with negativity:

1)\\tTake it on as a challenge

2)\\tTake responsibility for the situation

3)\\tPersevere in the face of adversity

4)\\tAdopt a calm and reasoned approach

5)\\tUse the negativity as a learning experience

5.\\tHow positive influence leaders lead in a time of crisis

1.\\tBe open and authentic

2.\\tBe clear and specific

3.\\tListen, ask questions, listen some more and respond

4.\\tWalk the talk

5.\\tConduct an after-action review

\\u2022\\tWhat did we do?

\\u2022\\tWhat went well

\\u2022\\tWhat didn\\u2019t

\\u2022\\tWhat would we do differently next time?

\\u2022\\tWhat did we learn?

\\u2022\\tWhat did we do that we will want to incorporate in the going forward workplace?

\\u2022\\tWe don\\u2019t just want to do back to a new normal but to a better normal!

6.\\tHere\\u2019s the \\u201cso what\\u201d question? Let\\u2019s assume I am the CEO of a company or a non-profit corporation, how do I use all this to increase the effectiveness of my organization?

Glenn\\u2019s Special Offer detailed near the end of the episode will require this:

glenn@thepositiveinfluenceleader.com

To purchase their book, learn more about, or to connect with Glenn and his son Michael, visit:

https://thepositiveinfluenceleader.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennparker/

https://twitter.com/teamguy1