As a business consultant, author and executive, I have worked closely with leaders for 25 years helping create engaged workplaces that make positive impact on the world. I hope my blog is helpful for those who want to make a contribution, as a leader at work, in your community, in your family, or in your own life.
The president of the company created a multi-disciplinary task force to research what would be required of leaders in the company to be successful in the next decade. We were all pleased to be selected to be on the team. We thought it was a worthwhile project, liked and respected each other, and looked . . . → Read More: Death by Team Drift: The Slow Demise of a High Performing Team
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When was the last time you were with a group of people that needed to make a decision, where people tossed out ideas and at least one suggestion was totally ignored? If you’re like most of us, it was probably within the last few weeks, whether in a business meeting or a social setting. . . . → Read More: How to Avoid Team Decisions That Plop In Full Steam Ahead! Unleash the Power of Vision, we provide this definition of vision: “Vision is knowing who you are, where you’re going, and what will guide the journey.” – Ken Blanchard and Jesse Lyn Stoner A much earlier definition I wrote is quoted by Zig Ziglar in Over the Top: . . . → Read More: Characteristics of an Effective Vision: Create a DRIVING Vision Leaders who want to make their team more effective often ask me for help with teambuilding, training in team skills or advice on restructuring. My first question is always, “What do you want to accomplish? What will be different as a result?” I ask that question because I want to make sure that what . . . → Read More: Are You a Team in Name Only? 3 Questions to Help You Find Out Team members make two common mistakes: Mistake #1: Thinking it’s the team leader’s responsibility to pull the team together and waiting passively for that to happen. Mistake #2: Accepting mediocrity because they assume there is nothing they can do. Ultimately a team’s success depends on the team members, not the team leader. In fact, . . . → Read More: What Team Members Can (and should) Do to Help Their Team Become High Performing I spent my 50th birthday at the most boring meeting of my life. At one point I had to pinch myself under the table to keep from falling asleep. I’ve attended a lot of meetings that are a waste of time – it’s part of my job. (I help teams improve their performance and . . . → Read More: No More Boring Meetings, Please! Today’s post is a guest post by Mark Goulston, M.D. This article first appeared in the Los Angeles Times, distributed by Tribune Media Services. Dr. Goulston is a business psychiatrist, executive coach and author of Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone. Follow him on Twitter @MarkGoulston . . . → Read More: Seeing is Achieving This week’s blog post has been published in the Harvard Business Review. Click here to read it. One of the most common complaints I hear from managers is, “I want to re-energize our team. We used to be cohesive and enjoy working together. Now everyone is focused on their own piece, and we’re so . . . → Read More: Diagnose and Cure Team Drift . . . .. .. What makes a vision statement work? Why do some vision statements galvanize people toward great achievement while others cause your eyes to glaze over? What all great vision statements have in common is they provide an answer to these three questions: 1) Destination: Where are we going? . . . → Read More: The Key to Vision Statements That Work |
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