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5 stages of collaboration denial

Written by Brandon Klein | Mar 22, 2009 5:50:00 PM

Formerly known as Kübler-Ross model, now translated to Collaboration King's Grief Guide

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1- "We have a communication problem?"

2- "I am collaborative, I am a team player, you are the one that needs to step up!"

3- "Let's make sure we are on the same page."

4- "I can't believe this is happening. This is a total disaster."

5- "We failed, but we tried hard. Lets start a new project. Maybe we will do better next time"

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