Why won’t your team embrace change that you know will improve their performance? You’ve explained what they need to do and they may have even agreed to do it. And then nothing happens,…
Teaming
The leadership team is a critical part of any organization and yet, few of them fulfill their potential. The leadership team usually consists of the most senior people in an organization. They are…
Psychological safety is a hot topic. Amy Edmondson introduced the term in her exceptional book ‘Teaming’. It is a critical foundation for any effective team. When psychological safety is present, team members feel…
I was provoked yesterday by one of Ray Dalio’s principles (check out this terrific 30 min summary). His best selling book ‘Principles: Life and Work’ outlines some of our biggest challenges and limiters. When…
At the start of our team leader workshops, we ask the team leaders to share their biggest challenge. A common challenge is how to balance management and autonomy. As a leader, how do…
I shared Amy Edmondson’s four key leadership behaviors for managing extreme teams in a recent blog post. They are: Build an engaging vision Cultivate psychological safety Develop shared mental models Empower agile execution…
I shared Amy Edmondson’s four key leadership behaviors for managing complex teams in a recent blog post. They are: Build an engaging vision Cultivate psychological safety Develop shared mental models Empower agile execution…
In my last blog I discussed four crucial team leader behaviors: Build an engaging vision Cultivate psychological safety Develop shared mental models Empower agile execution In this one, I am going to tackle…
Everything you know about teams is wrong? Perhaps not today but it will be soon. My first ideals of a team came from my experience in the sports arena. I played football in…
In my last blog, I described the three layers of conversations in a team. The technical, teaming and personal layers. The personal layer provides the foundation of a team’s performance. It creates an…