All Posts for January, 2011

Team-Work Requires People To Do Their Own Work
January 31st, 2011

The thought that teams can be established from an unclear understanding of who is going to complete which task, by when, to what standards creates strife and un-rest amongst people and the teams they are on.

When people on the team know that each member has a specific role and skill set to utilize then all people feel that they are working.

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Category: Corporate Team Building, Speaking Engagement, Successful Teams, Team Building
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Expectations + Capabilities = Judgment
January 28th, 2011

Judgment is a function of expectations & capabilities.

People are in constant adjustment of judging their own and other capabilities in reference to their own expectations of how the work should get done, and how capable plus what capabilities are required to be successful.

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Category: Leadership, Management, manager training, Power Point
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8 Ways You, team-member, Can Do Your Best Work
January 26th, 2011

Showing up prepared and ready to offer your support is valuable in every team. You, the person on the team, has the responsibility to do your best work and contribute your ideas, intellect and expertise.

Here is a list of to-do items that will make you successful working on project teams.

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Category: Corporate Team Building, Team Building Activity
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Faster Implementation of Decisions & Problems Solved Cheaper: Team Building & Leadership: Case Study
January 25th, 2011

At the conclusion of this process the marketing team;

Decreased the amount of time to make a decision by creating a model and replicable method. This model was recognized by other department and is now being implemented across the organization.
Decisions are being made faster and costing less money, upon observation and interviews what used to take almost 3 months to be decided upon is now done within 1 to 2 weeks.
The majority of people support the decision made. People understand that each decision needs support and not necessarily total agreement.
Active listening and communication to peers, supervisors and direct reports.

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Category: Corporate Team Building, Exponent Leadership Process, Leadership, Leadership Agenda, leadership coaching, Management, manager training, Successful Teams, Team Building
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Photo Inquiry Friday: Acknowledging the Gap is Not Enough. Do Something!
January 21st, 2011

When working with established managers, they know how to set goals, make decisions, plan, manage their time, delegate, etc… and they tell me this, often time forcibly.

When you ask for evidence of what they are doing in reference to goal setting, decision making, planning, coaching performance, listening to people, etc… there is nothing. We fall into the knowing / doing gap.

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Category: Corporate Team Building, Exponent Leadership Process, Leadership, leadership coaching, Management, manager training
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