Category Archives: Rapport

Rapport: The Link to Gaining Cooperation

Or, "Stuff They Never Taught You in Driver’s Training" By Daniel Robin A friend of mine once said that driving in heavily populated parts of California is like being on heavy sedatives while simultaneously having an adrenaline rush. For many of us, the traffic patterns in industrialized regions are a lot like how we get things done in corporate bureaucracies: "hurry up and wait." The metaphor Continue Reading ...

Helping the Emergence of Co-operative Work

By Daniel Robin Whether you're a group manager or executive, member of a dedicated work team, or an entrepreneur out on your own, you've probably noticed an increased reliance on collaboration and co-operation to get things done. The days of the lone wolf or the aggressive, cut-throat bully are over. Effective managers have realized that treating people as mere factors of production isn't very Continue Reading ...