Following and implementing these strategies will help develop any team, at any stage by building more confidence and greater morale among team members, creating more trust across job functions, and ultimately increasing productivity for the future.
One of the biggest challenges managers face is hiring new team members. It’s like placing a bet on red at the roulette table in Vegas; sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don’t. Sometimes a new [...]
We may lead a team of people at work, a group of friends, a volunteer group, our families, and of course we lead ourselves every day. The fact is that we are all leaders in some form or fashion. Regardless of how large or small our sphere of influence is. if we work to improve our leadership abilities our sphere of influence will grow.
Roberto has been with his national professional services company for over five years and was recently promoted to IT call center manager with a team of about 30 employees. He was excited and somewhat unsure how he would be accepted by his peers. Jon, the previous manager, had alienated employees and some view Roberto as the “teacher’s pet.” He was now tasked with turning around the image and culture of the help desk.
Jason is an entry level manager/leader and was interviewing several candidates for a front line position at the bank he works in. As he reviewed the next e-application, Jason was shocked at what he saw. [...]
No surprise here — we all make mistakes. Many earn their initial management jobs simply by doing well in their follower position. Let me ask: How does doing a job well translate into leading others [...]
What would it mean to you as a manager, leader, or coach if everyone on your team was the same? As the Seattle Seahawks dominated the Super Bowl last Sunday, I was intrigued at some [...]
It has been said that we can choose our friends but not our family and, in many cases, teamwork in the workplace is like a family. In most cases, we didn’t choose our teammates any more than we chose our family. Some we connect with and some we don’t.
Can you make that statement? We are not living in the age of our parents, when the average person got a job out of high school or college and stayed at the same company for [...]
If your team members are not engaged on a regular basis, there is a reason: the culture is not congruent with engagement. Ultimately, to get employees more engaged, the culture must be transformed. One of [...]
