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Leadership Development: Take a walk to Understand Your Team

A faster way to take the pulse of your work team, and a critical leadership development skill, is to get up and walk around the work area. You’ve probably heard of the acronym used to describe this activity: MBWA, or Management By Walking Around. A few wags refer to it sarcastically as “Management By Wandering Aimlessly.” Yet as J.R.R. Tolkien writes in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy of books, “Not all those who wander are lost.” MBWA is walking around with a purpose.

Leadership Styles – MBWA

MBWA is a leadership style is commonly referred to as Management By Walking Around. In some instances, it is sarcastically referred to as Management By Wandering Aimlessly.

Understand The Stages of Team Development

I continue to be amazed at the number of high-ranking leaders and business executives who have never seen this concept. Recognizing these stages of team development is critical at every level of an organization to increase teamwork and collaboration.

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