Posts Tagged ‘building a great team’
The Great Eight: Communication
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) Communication is truly one of the key characteristics of great teams. Effective communication is rarely identified as a strength in the teams I’ve had the privilege to observe over the past twenty years. In fact, when doing a cultural assessment,…
Read MoreThe Great Eight: Commitment
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) In Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, he lists five characteristics of a dysfunctional team. One of those five is “the lack of commitment.” When people have not had the opportunity to air their opinion or challenge others,…
Read MoreThe Great Eight: Common Goals
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) Imagine you are running a race. All the runners gather together, stretching muscles, bouncing on the balls of their feet to warm up, drinking a last few sips of water, popping in their earbuds. The loudspeaker fires up to give…
Read MoreThe Great Eight: An Introduction
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) Throughout our year together in LEAD 365, we focused on three “buckets” of leadership—three areas that great leaders need to focus on: Being a person worth following Creating clarity around purpose/mission, vision, and values Building a great team In…
Read MoreLeading Change: Pulling It All Together
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD 365, although all are welcome to read it.) When we began this LEAD 365 alumni blog six months ago, we had some intentional objectives: Provide you with some review of the content you experienced in LEAD 365. Provide you with some new content being covered in the…
Read MoreTrust: Breakfast of Champions
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD365, although all are welcome to read it.) It’s a good time to be a Spartan fan. I’m sorry if this posting is too much about sports or about my favorite team. I don’t normally want to do either of these things unless there is a good reason…
Read MoreTrust: The Foundation of Any Healthy Team
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD365, although all are welcome to read it.) A few weeks back we had a man come to do some work on our living room carpet, and he and I started to slide our very heavy couch out of the way. He stopped and said, “Wait a minute,…
Read MoreDevelop Your Team To Help Them Succeed
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD365, although all are welcome to read it.) It’s easy for me to think of great leaders—Nelson Mandela, Ghandi, Steve Jobs, and Bono all come to mind. Great leaders show up in many different parts of the world and sectors of the economy. What’s harder for me to…
Read MoreWhen It’s Time To Let Someone Go
(This post is written for alumni of LEAD365, although all are welcome to read it.) What do you do when you realize that someone on your team is doing more harm than good? This isn’t a hypothetical question. Take a moment to think about yourself and your workplace culture. What happens when you have an…
Read MoreThe DoKnowBe Tree: DO and KNOW
This section of the tree represents a leader’s behavior. There are as many behaviors expected of a great leader as there are branches on a tree.
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