I have rarely worked on a team where all its members have been highly engaged. The ones where I have stand out as tremendously enjoyable experiences and I can describe them in great…
Teamwork
The fifth and final conversation center of our team performance model is Measure. When I ask leaders how they judge the performance of their team, they typically talk about business results. They are…
We have reached the fourth conversational area in our model of the conversations of a high performing team, ‘Manage’. You may be thinking it is good to be back to a familiar topic. …
So far in this series on developing your healthy, high performing team I have covered the first two conversation centers, Why and Form. At this point you are clear on your purpose and…
Now you know the type of team you need, it is time to start recruiting the team’s members. As mentioned, in my experience most team members are ‘voluntold’ to join the team by…
My last post described the Why of your team and now we will move to the next conversations, Form. The conversations of Form bring your team into being. This includes designing the type…
In my last post, I outlined how the results of a team are directly related to the conversations it is having, the conversations that are not happening, and the quality of those conversations…
I asked a sample of leaders how often the teams they have either led or been a member of have fulfilled their potential. Their answers surprised me. They were pretty consistent, only about…
A big shift occurred at the end of 2011. In case you weren’t paying attention, 2012 marked the start of a lower rate of US productivity. The chart below shows the trend. You…
Last weekend I helped mentor about 80 Portland high school students during StartUp Camp 2017. Wow, what an experience! Some of the businesses developed during the two and a half days were very…