Cynthia Paris

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About Cynthia Paris

Do you lead a team that has the expertise to accomplish great things, but is stalled due to interpersonal miscommunication, missteps and misunderstandings? If so, you are not alone. Our years of experience working with corporate teams has revealed an important pattern. The number one team derailment - the block to high performance - comes down to a lack of understanding of what makes others tick manifested through differences in communication and personal work styles. We have seen it over and over again - awesome teams with really smart people that don't understand their teammates - leading to mistrust. The symptoms are obvious: siloed and independent rather than interdependent work, the prevalence of in and outgroups and subgroups, talking behind each others backs, blaming others and lack of accountability, and debate leading to painful interpersonal conflict. All manifesting in a lack of collaborative and effective teamwork. It boils down to a lack of trust and psychological safety. The research is in. Without trust, mutual understanding, respect for differences, and the ability to leverage those differences, team work is lackluster at best. That's where we come in. We help you and your teammates work better together by facilitating processes that foster mutual understanding. Through individual coaching or team training, we help you to gain a deep awareness of yourself - how you communicate, your value system, your strengths, and your development needs - by using researched and validated models and assessments. Then, we facilitate building bridges between people to increase effective teamwork and collaboration. And, we provide you with the tools to know how to manage your team dynamics so that you can harness the intellectual capital and expertise on your teams. What are the people issues on your team that are blocking people from working together? Lets have a conversation to see if we might be able to help! Check out our website at: and contact me at 215-680-2138; cindy@thepeopleskillsgroup.com