Before teams in companies rose to prominence in the early 90’s, there were departments – a group of people waiting for orders and authorizations from above. The switch to teams was based on a strategy of a fast-moving, quickly executing self-directed group of people able to achieve
How do you launch a team so that it has the best shot at success? Two components of a successful team are an effective kickoff strategy and a 360-degree team assessment. Sometimes when we put teams together within an organization, hopes are high and so are the
Should you . . . can you . . . set goals? Goal setting is not rocket science nor an experience in other dimension of time and space. It’s not about gurus or big rallies in huge coliseums with giant TV screens with images of Tony Robbins.
Outsource, outsource, outsource. I don’t mean manufacturing or IT support, but your own personal to-do list. Sometimes, as motivated people, we get in the mindset of thinking “it has to be done right, it has to be done right now, and it has to be
I recently had my first experience with Basecamp, and it was totally new to me. It was like someone had invented the telephone and electric lights, but they left me shockingly out of the loop. I was introduced to Basecamp when I began working with a group
If you’re on a team, how effective is it and how happy are you? Do you enjoy your team members? Is your team achieving your objectives and teaching you new skills? Will the team you’re a member of support your path to a better future?
Once you get a Facebook page it will increase profits, gain new customers and you’ll even lose five pounds. Sound familiar? While it isn’t the miracle it’s sometimes made out to be, social media is not just important, but vital for businesses today.
Predictive Leadership by Kirk Dando – Anticipating Problems Instead of Solving Disasters: A Review and Recommendation by Carol Kallendorf, Ph.D. Founder, Delta Associates, Inc. I may be like you in that I’m way past recommending business books. My experience over a lifetime is that being
ISTJ’s (11.6% of the U.S. population) tend to be conservative people by definition of their type. Yesterday is the measure by which we can measure the future, and in the thinking of the ISTJ, past performance is the prime indicator of future success. Warren Buffett’s
Each of the 16 personality types has a different set of basic operating values (BOV). Compare the BOV of your personality type to people of other types you know, and see why and how you clash or are drawn together as allies.
When was the last time you were personally criticized as a leader in your organization when it was absolutely not what you were expecting? Criticism, like the reaper drone, comes out of nowhere Criticism is like the famed Reaper Drone used by the US military
You’ve Got Mail! Just 22 years ago in 1992—a time that even some Millennials remember—America fell in love with something new we called email. It was mesmerizing, fun, and addictive. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan were the first to fall in love online. Those were the
