As a team leader, you need to recognize great effort to ensure it is appreciated and emulated. As a coach, one of the things I learned was that what gets rewarded gets repeated. So, to motivate our athletes we would give out post-game awards to celebrate the things we wanted our team to value and […]
Author Archives: Sean Glaze
Have you been through an experience that was CALLED “teambuilding,” only to regret the investment of time and resources? Have you felt that an event was ineffective because it had very little impact or seemed irrelevant? Ever sat through something (like a trust fall) that didn’t change the negative or unfocused behaviors you see threatening […]
If you are leading or working in a toxic team culture, there are only 3 cures that you will ultimately be able to choose from to make things better. Yes, there are thousands of consultants and coaches giving hundreds (if not thousands) of different opinions about what contributes to and affects a workplace environment – […]
You see it every day… Teammates get distracted constantly by the barrage of noise around them – and that means they do not pay as much attention to YOUR emails, conversations, texts, or smoke signals… It isn’t just millennials on your team who are distracted anymore. It’s truly everyone. Yeah – even the old guy […]
With a pandemic still affecting so many teams (and impacting interactions by separating your people), leaders are looking for more virtual ideas to include in meetings that provide team building take-aways – that are fun, fast and free. You may have already used some of the Easy and Effective Virtual Team Building Ideas […]
I was playing Othello with my daughter a few weeks ago… (fun finding things to do during a pandemic) And I was reminded – while flipping discs over – of how people in YOUR organization conform to Team Norms. If you want to improve team culture in your organization, you have to overcome the challenge […]
Do you feel like your team is… underachieving? Want to know the FIVE essential things that get individuals to work as a team? I am sharing a link to my new FREE webinar where YOU can learn “How to Fix Your Broken TEAM CULTURE” The program will be 100% focused on what you can do […]
If you lead a team, at some point you will need ideas to help them thrive in change. Change is inevitable. Adaptation is not – but a refusal to adapt and grow is the first step to frustration and eventually result in team failure. So in order to share a few unexpected ideas to […]
Working with teams, one of the common issues is poor communication… That likely doesn’t surprise you. But what might surprise you is that much of the issues that occur on teams – large and small – could have been avoided if they had BEGUN with a clear set of team expectations. Want to […]
Roles are an essential part of any team. Whether it is in sports or business, the better each individual buys into their role, the more successful the organization can become. On the flip side, if everyone is trying to do their own thing, or trying to be the star of the show, it seems like […]