The ability to cultivate awareness stands out as the most crucial trait for leaders to develop. Awareness accelerates leadership growth and improves your team culture. It encompasses self-awareness, social awareness, and situational awareness, enabling leaders to make informed decisions, build strong relationships, and foster a high-performing culture. By prioritizing personal awareness, leaders can unlock […]
Author Archives: Sean Glaze
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Aug
Aug
The ability to foster collaboration among and across departments can significantly enhance productivity, innovation, and overall organizational performance. As leaders and team managers, understanding the value of collaboration and employing the right strategies can be the key to unlocking your team’s full potential. For your team to be truly productive, collaboration is crucial. In fact, […]
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Jul
Jul
Effective problem-solving is a critical skill for any successful leader. However, all too often, teams rush to find solutions without taking the necessary time to define the problem clearly. By overlooking this crucial step, teams may only address the symptoms of the problem, leading to ineffective or short-term solutions Successful team leaders look beyond […]
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May
May
As someone who works in a team or leads a team, you have probably heard that gossip is always negative. It should be avoided at all costs… Gossip is defined by the Oxford dictionary as “Casual or unconstrained conversation about other people.” And Dave Ramsey, a welll-known financial expert, has been outspoken about the “No-Gossip” […]
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Apr
Apr
Great Results Teambuilding is the home of the April 2023 Leadership Development Carnival… It’s an honor to host this impressive version of monthly curated articles with insights that will equip YOU to become a more effective leader! I’m excited to share this collection of 27 posts submitted by world-class authors and leadership experts on […]
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Mar
Mar
With many businesses moving toward online office spaces and remote teams, connecting with your remote employees can seem complicated. Thankfully, there are easy, reliable ways to ensure your remote team feels like part of the office. From prioritizing employee engagement to taking advantage of programs like Slack and the various apps that make Slack a […]
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Mar
Mar
As a team leader or employee, the quality of your days and the quality of your results is likely impacted significatnly by the quality of your teammates. In my book, The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates, the main character has lost his job and is traveling to take on a new position in a nother […]
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Feb
Feb
The longer I work with teams and help organizations with events and experiences to improve their culture and productivity, the more clear it has become to me that TEAMWORK, TEAM BUILDING, MORALE, and WORKPLACE CULTURE are all symptoms of leadership. It is the quality of your leadership that will determine the quality of results […]
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Dec
One of the challenges of moving to a remote or hybrid working situation is finding a way to encourage and improve collaboration when people are not in the same physical space. GM famously defined their expectations during covid were for their people to “work appropriately.” That meant that many new team members joined the company […]
Way back in January 2014, in an issue of McKinsey Quarterly, a group of researchers attempted to answer this question: “Why do so many leadership development programs fail?” They summarized their finding into the four main issues that led to a lack of results in most leadership development programs. Here is a short synopsis of […]