by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness, Vision and Strategy |
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...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Team Effectiveness |
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...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Team Effectiveness |
When I am asked to facilitate team building or team training, here are the first two questions I ask and why I ask them: 1. “What do you want to accomplish? What will be different as a result?” I ask to make sure that what they are requesting will get them where they...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Team Effectiveness |
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...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Communication, Leadership, Purpose, Team Effectiveness |
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...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness, Vision and Strategy |
Have you ever been part of a team that magically came together? -where everyone thoroughly enjoyed being part of the team, worked together in synchronicity, and where you were really proud of what you accomplished? Over the years when I ask this question, I hear...
