Unlocking Deadlock

…Restoring Productivity To Struggling Relationships

Priceless. Breakthroughs made in learning of client’s frustrations and unspoken drivers. Now we can deal with them. Chris Souter  Costain

Purpose

To support project teams who are struggling in a relationship to move them beyond struggle and disabling contention.

The Relationship Cycle

Real Relationships have their dark days and sticky patches. Experiencing the peaks and troughs of growth go with the territory in an evolving relationships.

Sometimes relationships get stuck in a trough and it just seems to get deeper (and people keep digging themselves in!).

Frustratingly, although that scenario is pretty common its relatively simple to overcome. If only we knew how and with a relatively small investment of time. Here’s how:

The Unlocking Deadlockâ„¢ tool has three primary functions:

1. To get the relationship back on a productive heading. To clear up restricting legacy, handle misunderstandings, restore trust, confidence and direction.

2. To resolve the conflict with the relationship intact  win/win. Versus the win / lose scenario associated with other means of conflict resolution.

3. Once back on track, to establish a foundation on which to further evolve the productivity of the relationship.

Benefits – A Sample

• Have the team restore their relationships from within, rather than being told what to do or resorting to legal intervention.
• To have the team come up with a plan to sustain the breakthrough; they created and own it.
• To have them much more skilled in dealing with the inevitable contention the next time it shows up.

“Excellent! I think we would have sunk without this session.”
David James, BDP Architects