Does Tendency Equal Destiny?
Having an awareness of your and your team’s tendencies is an effective way to lead through challenges, build accountability, and create strong teams.
You Didn’t Get Promoted, Now What?
Try to look at this experience as something that’s pointed you in exactly the direction of where you’d like to go!
You Got Promoted, Now What? Respect.
When you align yourself with the team by respecting where they’ve been, you gain credibility.
You Got Promoted, Now What? Curiosity.
Your ability to be curious as you start a new role can increase your impact and credibility.
What Does Teamwork Even Mean?
In the USA it’s Labor Day, a time each year when we, as a country, recognize the contributions that workers have made to the success, strength, and well-being of our country. Our last few posts have been focused on the challenges people face when working. Last week, we offered some coaching in “It’s All About Teamwork”. Since that post we’ve heard from a number of you asking what the word teamwork even means in our current work world. So today, we…
It’s All About Teamwork
In the last couple of weeks, we’ve been talking about leadership, and how to handle a situation if you become labeled the problem, and then how to stay engaged and not take others’ actions and reactions personally. Today, we’d like to continue the conversation with some thoughts about the importance of teamwork. While personal talents and individual contributions are vital elements of organizational success, your ability to engage collaboratively on a team, and contribute to a successful team outcome is…
What’s the Problem You’re Trying to Solve?
As executive coaches, we often work with teams to help move an organization forward. Recently, in one of those team meetings, someone reported out about an activity that was taking 10-15 hours a week to complete, and bemoaned that the employee responsible for it simply didn’t have time for it anymore. People grumbled a little to hear that the employee was not keeping up with the activity, and then began to discuss who they could get to complete the activity…
Getting the Right People on Your Team
As you may have noticed, we love helping people succeed! While we often help people succeed at the intersection of their life and their work, we believe these skills are of value to anyone trying to choose happiness and overcome overwhelm. And, we know you’ll get closer to happiness and more effectively be able to manage all that’s on your plate if you get the right people on your team. For some of you, your team is the group of…