Teamwork is vital to the health of our projects and companies, but there are behaviours we encounter – and exhibit, ourselves – in our organisations that negatively impact the self-confidence, emotional stability and productivity of our teammates. Let's dive in to these behaviours and scenarios to see what we can discover and perhaps remedy.

1. BEHAVIOUR & YOUR TEAM
ROBERT PEARCE
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2. STORIES
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3. CODE HORROR
STORY
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4. HOW DO YOU REACT TO THIS?
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5. “THINGS PROGRAMMERS SHOULD NEVER SAY”
https://shubhamjain.co/2017/02/25/things-programmers-should-never-say--who-wrote-this-awful-code/
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6. “HOW TO USE A CODE REVIEW TO EXECUTE SOMEONE’S SOUL”
http://www.daedtech.com/how-to-use-a-code-review-to-execute-someones-soul/
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7. “BEING RIDICULED FOR MY OPEN SOURCE PROJECT”
https://harthur.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/771/
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8. HIGHWAYS: FUNCTION & PRIDE VS. ART
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9. PASSIVE AGGRESSION
STORY
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10. ALWAYS GO THE EXTRA MILE?
ASK YOURSELF: DO YOU
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11. RESENT COWORKERS WHO
LEAVE RIGHT @ 5PM?
ASK YOURSELF: DO YOU
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12. NITPICK SYNTAX?
ASK YOURSELF: DO YOU
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13. HOW DOES THIS AFFECT
OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH
THOSE AROUND US?
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14. HOW DOES THIS AFFECT
PRODUCTIVITY?
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15. CULTURE OF CRITICISM
STORY
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19. HERO COMPLEX
STORY
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20. RABBIT-HOLE
REFACTORING
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22. CONGRATS: SHINY NEW TOILET INSTALLED IN THIS PLACE
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23. “WHEN YOU GET HIRED, YOU ARE NOT
CHOSEN TO BE [A] ONE-OFF STAR TO
FIX EVERYTHING BAD, YOU’RE
CHOSEN TO BE PART OF A TEAM.”
Shubham Jain (shubhamjain.co)
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24. I DID THOSE THINGS
(AND WORSE)
UNSURPRISING REVEAL
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25. AGGRESSION & VILIFICATION
STRANGE STORY (NOT MINE)
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26. CEASE REINFORCEMENT
OF HORRIBLE BEHAVIOR
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27. “EXTINCTION BURST”
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28. “WHEN AN EMPLOYEE DEMORALIZES THE
ENTIRE TEAM…OR WHEN A BULLY
CAUSES FUTURE STARS TO QUIT THE
ORGANIZATION — TOO OFTEN, WE SHRUG
AND POINT OUT THAT THIS PERSON HAS
TENURE, OR VOCATIONAL SKILLS OR ISN’T
SO BAD.”
Seth Godin (Let’s Stop Calling Them Soft Skills)
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30. SELF-REFLECTION
LASTLY
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32. OUR ROLE IN A
COMPANY = ⚙
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33. BUT IT’S ALSO
ABOUT THIS
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37. WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?
ASK YOURSELF:
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38. WHAT EFFECT DO YOU WANT
TO HAVE ON OTHERS?
ASK YOURSELF:
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39. PC / WALK ON EGGSHELLS?
NO.
COGNIZANT OF CONSEQUENCE (+ -)
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40. WHAT WILL IT BE?
YOUR STORY
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41. THE ONLY WAY
FORWARD IS TOGETHER
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42. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
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