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  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted September 8, 2018
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Welcome!

Thanks for stopping by the Bond Team, Inc. web site.   Just curious, are you interested in improving your personal performance or that of your team? We can help you understand your unique behavioral style and how that helps and hinders you in meeting your objectives. We provide workshops and consulting in the Kansas City and […]
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted July 7, 2020
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SCARF Model – Certainty

The next element of the model is Certainty. If we know how to do something, we approach it readily. If we aren’t sure, we may avoid it. That’s why having ‘procedure manuals’ or in today’s world, YouTube videos, is critical to success.
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted July 1, 2020
  • In leadership
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SCARF Model – “S”

I was recently introduced to David Rock’s SCARF model – using neuroscience to effectively work with others. This model helps us understand what makes people want to approach and get engaged in work or what may make them avoid it. “S” stands for Status. If someone we perceive has more status than we do – […]
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted June 4, 2020
  • In personality
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Your Personality Style is Unique

Everyone’s temperament is a unique blend of the 4 DISC styles. Some individuals are very high in one style – but most of have two styles that predominate. 20% of us can switch easily between three of the styles – which makes us hard to ‘figure out’!
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted April 9, 2020
  • In #blindspots
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Blind Spots

Enjoyed this podcast about an aspect of human behavior. https://www.npr.org/2019/12/18/789441553/spoiler-alert-the-psychology-of-surprise-endings
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted March 12, 2020
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Influence

Wonderful podcast about the influence we don’t know we have over others. This stops us from reaching out for help – when we are looking for a job, or just need a ride to the grocery store. https://www.npr.org/2020/02/20/807758704/the-influence-you-have-why-were-blind-to-our-power-over-others
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted March 3, 2020
  • In assessments
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Looking for work?

Frustrated by all those assessments that employers seem to want you to complete? Here are some tips. Don’t try to finish them when you are tired. Don’t ‘lie’, i.e. try to answer in a way that you think the employer wants a successful candidate for the job to ‘be’ the assessment will ‘catch’ you at […]
  • By Judy Bond
  • Posted January 23, 2020
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Never Apologize?

Have you noticed that some people NEVER apologize? What’s that about.?Then there are others who are apologizing all the time, even when they haven’t done anything wrong.