If you are a smart leader, you understand the importance of chaving effective team meeting that does not suck. Meetings are where your team communicates.. The quality of your communication determines how successful your team will be. That is why we meet – whether remotely or in-person, whether daily or weekly, every team needs to […]
Category Archives: Great Results
Dear Teachers – Welcome to a new school year- Having taught in public high schools for over two decades, I know how important preplanning time is! You’re excited to get in your rooms and make copies and prepare your lesson plans Ok, maybe not so excited about lesson plans ; ) But I want […]
The art of leadership used to be easier, right? Remember the old days? People were there with you in person at the office… People expected the “boss” to TELL them what to do… But those easier days of leadership weren’t necessarily BETTER. If you are sincerely committed to being a great leader today for your […]
It’s really not difficult. That is literally true of ANY leadership lesson you will learn. What I struggled with as a young coach was finding and implementing the ideas that our team could benefit from. Because as a young leader I didn’t know what I had to eventually learn from others – or from my own […]
As a leader, trying to stay connected to your people can be difficult even when you work in the same office. But with virtual or blended teams, communication and connection are even more of a challenge – and you need to have an effective way to check in with the people on your remote team […]
Trying to hire a new team member or add someone to your team can be difficult – You never know how they will mesh with your established culture, how they will interact with existing team members, or how true to their interview or trial-period personas they will stay… As a teammate or team […]
There is a difference between a minor irritating behavior and a malignant disease. Let me begin by clarifying that this article is NOT an invitation to tolerate toxic teammates or to enable destructive behaviors. That said, we do exist in what is becoming an increasingly offended and overreactive society… So – it is […]
Working on remote teams and trying to successfully navigate the challenges of remote teamwork can sometimes be frustrating. As I have shared before with man audiences, “Talent is essential, but never sufficient!” And that is because true remote teams find ways to connect and to encourage and to support one another consistently… So, to […]
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 […]
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 […]