A Large Bank Wanted to Develop a More Team-Focused Culture

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Essay

A large bank wanted to develop a more team-focused culture, so it put all departments and branches through a series of three-day team building sessions.These expensive sessions represented a combination of wilderness-based trust building (such as trust falls and leaderless problem solving) and sessions in which employees revealed their personal experiences and problems.Six months after the workforce had completed this training; the bank discovered that most departments and branches operated very much as they had before the team building program.There was little team culture and employees worked together with varying degrees of proficiency.Moreover, several employees had left the firm because they were upset about revealing their personal lives to colleagues.Identify two reasons that would explain the general failure of this team building intervention.

Grasp the concept of active listening and its importance in patient care.

Understand the difference between sympathy and empathy in patient communication.

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Calculate and understand portfolio risk and return in an international context.

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Definitions:

Anxiety

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, often about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Barbiturates

A class of drugs that act as central nervous system depressants, historically used for anxiety, insomnia, and seizure disorders, but now less common due to risk of dependency.

Depressants

Substances that reduce neurological activity and produce a calming effect, often used to treat anxiety or sleep disorders.

Anxiety

A state of distress or agitation over an outcome that is not assured.