I’ve been asked over the past 3 weeks by different people from different parts of the world this question: How can I build my team with the right kind of people? I’ve provided a wide variety of answers, ideas, suggestions…
Category: Leadership Coaching
Leverage: Diminisher or Multiplier?
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Leadership Community, Organizational Development, Personal Leadership Tagged with: diminisher, investor, leverage, micro manage, multiplier, talent, team building
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Leveraging Your Team for Greater Impact I’m a sucker for historical biographies. The one that’s got me hooked right now is a book called “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown. It tells the inspiring story of nine…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: gold medal, greater impact, leverage, teamwork, what matters?
Simple Goals
We’ve been talking about GOALS this month. The purpose is to help you understand the importance of creating goals in your life and in your work. I’ve received some comments from people who are just overwhelmed by the work involved…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: action steps, fear, goals, simple goals, SMART Goals, visibility, write your goals
The Goal
Years ago, someone gave me the book, “The Goal”, by Eliyahu M. Goldratt & Jeff Cox. I remember picking it up years ago, and thinking that it was a book about “Goal Setting”, only to be disappointed at first that…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Organizational Development, Personal Leadership, Uncategorized Tagged with: decision making, fear, Focus, goal setting, goals, independence, priorities, SMART Goals, team, theory of constraint
Get In The Ring: Embracing Healthy Conflict In Your Team
As Patrick Lencioni said in his book The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, “Fear of Conflict” is one of the things that can cripple a team. I used to avoid conflict because it made me feel uncomfortable, over the last few…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: conflict, growth, honesty, Lencioni, Paul, ring, team building
What Does A Healthy Team Look Like?
Have you ever been a part of a “Healthy Team”? Think of all the teams you’ve been a part of over the course of your life: sports teams, academic teams, work teams, leadership teams, families, service teams, study teams, travel…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Organizational Development, Personal Leadership Tagged with: Five Dysfunctions of a Team, healthy team, Patrick Lencioni, priority, time, trust, vulnerability
Even the Lone Ranger had Tonto
As a kid, I grew up watching old reruns of the “Lone Ranger”. And recently I came across this joke… One day, the Lone Ranger and Tonto were out on patrol when they came to a mountain pass. As they…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Organizational Development, Personal Leadership Tagged with: healthy teams, team, team building, team work
Who Moved My Cheese – Making Change Work For You
Change is something that we go through often. I just had a child graduate from College. Her life has changed and will change. I have a son graduating from High School in a month. If he only knew the change…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: 80/20 Principle, change, comfort, constant change, who moved my cheese
Three Things I Realized About Change
I realized recently that there is something constant about change. That change happens constantly. Let me explain. Exactly five years ago, I was in a situation that I had to make critical life decisions, very similar to where I am…
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Change: A Thrill Ride or Deep Waters?
Take a moment and look at the following picture: Now, what do you think would happen if someone didn’t heed to the warning of slowing down around the turn? Yep, you got it… they could end up in “deep water”! Have…
Posted in Leadership Coaching, Personal Leadership Tagged with: agent of change, buy-in, change, slowing down, vision
