Arbinger Institute's Blog, page 27

Overcoming the Root of Racism

(On the Birthday of Martin Luther King) C. Terry Warner, Founder The Arbinger Institute Excerpt from a presentation to Arbinger facilitators, August 28, 2013 When a person resists the humanity of others—when a person is in the box and accusing others—that person has to find objective evidence that he or she is right in resisting.… Read More

Thinking of Others May Help with Resolutions

Nancy Smyth, Director of Individual and Group Coaching The Arbinger Institute Perhaps there is a better way to make New Year’s resolutions. Each year, people think about making resolutions in order to improve themselves. Perhaps you have already formed yours. Usually resolutions arise from thinking about what we want or need, which is like strategizing and planning… Read More

Stop attacking problems one by one and fix the bigger problem!

The Arbinger Institute   Imagine walking through a field and discovering that a pesky burr has attached itself to your sock.  Feeling it there, you wonder whether to bend down and dig it out or continue walking, knowing full well that if there is one burr, there are plenty more just waiting. Inevitably, you repeat… Read More

Facilitator Portal

Getting Started Despite a weeklong dive into Arbinger’s material, we are often left with some questions about how to prepare and help people in our employing organizations. View some of our helpful tips to think about to help you as you prepare to train. Screencasts Prepared by experienced facilitators, these screencasts will guide you through… Read More

How Blind Leaders Create Problem Teams

Gillian Campbell   How often do we feel disappointed in how others perform or behave? Another person in our professional or personal life has changed, disappointed us, or let us down. We get to a point where we can’t let this other person act in this way any longer. In our leadership roles we take… Read More