The previous post detailed some strategies and tips for creating a productive team. In this post, we’ll look at what is needed to be a productive team leader. You can have the best, most productive and committed team members in the world, but without a good team leader, it will all fall apart. So what are the qualities of a good team leader? Qualities of a Good Team Lea…Read More
The saying “too many cooks spoil the broth” is true both in the kitchen and in the business environment. And it becomes obvious when teams are formed without a clear understanding of how a team should function. Too often, it devolves into a battle over who is in charge or what ideas should be given the most merit. This leads managers to decide that adopting the team ap…Read More
To have long-term viability and growth potential, businesses must be living, organic beings, able to adjust and adapt as the world around them change. Successful business owners know this and put a great stock in proactive approaches and management strategies that keep the operation from being “stuck in the mud,” organizationally speaking. And yet, sometimes those very…Read More
“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink” may be a cliché, but like so many old sayings, there is truth behind it, something you have undoubtedly realized when you’ve tried to get your team pulling in the same direction. Even the word “team” conjures up an image of horses harnessed together, all pulling in the same direction. But too ofte…Read More
THE CHALLENGE We often think of business as a place where professionalism is the standard and emotional expression is unprofessional. I beg to differ. As human beings, we are emotional creatures driven by our emotional need for connection but forced to leverage logic and rationale to preserve professional decorum. Although the need to be accepted and valued by others may b…Read More
My working definition of reflection is taking time to think about where we are in our journeys, how we got there and what is possible for the future. It provides us with the opportunity to not be in motion but at rest. It is also an opportunity to discover what should be the next phase of our journey. It is a time to design our next reinvention. On the inside is the hard w…Read More
Our relationships with others can be viewed as the landscape of our lives. We spend our entire lives tending to that landscape. In some periods of our lives divorce, death, feuding, marriage, new birth, and reconciliation drastically change the landscape. Who we are has a significant impact on the health and quality of our relationships. How we communicate can be viewed as…Read More
Reinvention is about assessing how you are perceived and how those perceptions impact your ability to be effective. Reinvention is about mapping out a strategy to modify your behavior to align with the personal brand you desire. Modeling behavior that is consistent with what we preach is one aspect of alignment. However, alignment that connects us with our passion creates …Read More
To maximize your personal effectiveness you must align your purpose, goals, thinking, practice and passion and find peace. I find that no matter where we are in our lives, we all need help personally and professionally in several areas. We need to always try to identify where we are in our journey and what might be getting in the way of our life satisfaction and success. A…Read More