by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness |
As a team member, you share responsibility for the success of your team. If your team meetings are boring or wasting your time, explain the problem from your point of view. Then do a reality test. Do others feel the same way? If they do, there is a team issue, and by...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Goals, Team Effectiveness, Vision and Strategy |
“It was so much easier this year to set our team goals, now that we have a shared vision,” Chris remarked, reflecting on the visioning process they had recently completed. “We are way ahead of the curve this year!” Was he right? Maybe …. It depends on whether...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Values, Vision and Strategy |
What Happened: Someone on the leadership team suggested it would be a good idea to identify our values. The regular agenda for the leadership team meetings was already jam-packed, and no one had time for an extra meeting to do this work, so the task was assigned to a...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Collaboration |
“I think collaboration can be a good idea and I probably should involve others more in decision-making. But it really slows things down. I can’t involve people in every little detail or we’ll never get anything done around here,” Jim remarked, waiting for my response....
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...
