Who’s The Best Boss Ever?
During a recent seminar, I asked the participants to close their eyes and think of the best boss they ever had. Two people spoke up and said they had never experienced a good boss, much [...]
Gregg Presents at HDI 2012 in Orlando!
How well your team gets along can be beneficial or detrimental to your customers. On April 27th, 2012, I will present People, Profiles, and the Plague at the premiere Information Technology (IT) service and technical [...]
10 Little Words…
It was September 1973 and I was a junior in high school. From 1954-1994, my high school only had two principals and Frank Tracy took over in the fall of 1973. He wanted to leave his mark early on. It was a hot September afternoon when we had his first assembly in the gym. My high school graduating class had 751 students and the classes before us and after us had about the same. This meant that in this assembly we had over 2,300 people including teachers, administrators and staff in the gym this hot September afternoon. As Mr. Tracy began to speak, I noticed he was speaking to the students and not at the students. Somewhere into his speech he paused and said, “Ladies and gentlemen, I want to share with you the secret to success. The secret to success is really quite simple ...
What Would You Do?
You are driving a block away from your home and you see a person running up the sidewalk waving their arms and they yell “STOP!” You put down your window and the person says; “My [...]
Six Teaming Tips for Leaders
In 1985 Beth was a closer for a mortgage company and it was the very first refinance boom. She and the rest of her team worked almost 80 hours per week the last two weeks [...]
Teamwork – What is Missing?
If a process is skipped… it usually requires significant work to make the correction. Bob was out one Sunday afternoon and dropped by a new concept house. With soaring utility prices Bob thought the [...]
Ten Tips for Solid Team Development
We have been talking about teamwork for quite some time. I am often amazed at the questions I get about how to structure a team and how the team actually develops. The biggest challenge [...]
How Are Your Followership Skills?
Being a good follower is tough—probably tougher than being a leader. How many leadership programs have you attended in your adult life? When did you attend your first program? Now when did you attend your [...]
Who Is Motivating Who?
Get your team to provide each other with the drive. Average employees can stimulate top performers. Get your team working in small groups and learn to pair employees.
Out With The Old And In With The New
With newness comes anticipation for both the new-hire and the organization One of the great things I like about college sports is the true teamwork. What is interesting is that with more and more [...]