After reading your textbook, reviewing all posted materials on Canvas and the publisher's website, and conducting a brief Internet search, please answer the following for this week:

Please read the following article and answer the questions below:

https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/dispute-resolution/when-they-push-your-buttonsLinks to an external site.

A) If you were dealing with a difficult person at your work, what negotiation tactics would you use to ensure that you both focus on the common goal at hand? What tactics, if any, would you avoid? Why?

1. B) The article notes that "when someone is driving you nuts...[it's recommended] that you turn the emotional tables: imagine what might prompt you to behave like him or her." Has there ever been a scenario - at a job or in school - in which you may have been the "belligerent" one during a negotiation? Knowing what you know now about negotiation and power, how would you have handled this situation differently?

C) Chapter 7 highlights three main negotiation tactics - compromise, competition, and collaboration. However, what happens when all three tactics fail? What would you do?

2. Please watch the following video and answer the questions below: https://youtu.be/SWSSdQmMFpE

A) In this video, Ryan Estis states that the office is notably absent from the list of places where people have a creative breakthrough. What are the reasons why innovation doesn't necessarily occur within the confines of an office? Where were you when you had a grand idea about something - was it in a formal or informal setting?

B) Estis also states that you have to schedule time for creativity, because if you don't schedule it, it doesn't get done. However, according to Chapter 8, one of the myths of innovation is that it is linear and follows a process. Which perspective do you agree with? Should one method for innovation be chosen over the other? Why?

C) Estis also states that "in the research we did, over 50% of employees in the United States report that their company doesn't support innovation because mistakes are treated as learning opportunities. If you are not making mistakes, you are not an innovative team or organization." Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Should companies be allowed to "fail" in order to effectively create? What are some of the potential pros and cons of failure in the workplace?

3. Please review the "Team Leadership Styles" eBook posted in Canvas (you can also click on this link to get your there) ISBN 978-1-62620-988-6

A) When considering team performance, where and when do you think transactional leadership might be an effective style of leadership?

B) Do you think transformational leadership can enhance motivation, morale, and team performance by creating a sense of collective identity? Why or why not?

C) How could you use situational leadership to help motivate your team to perform?