You notice that you’re not at your best when you’re anxious, don’t you? Whether it’s sports, relationships or business, anxiety is clearly detrimental to peak performance. Sure, a little stress is a good motivator, but does yours sometimes grow into impeding anxiety? The facts are that when you’re very calm, relaxed and centered (aka “inRead more
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Does your team have explicit and agreed team goals? And does your team have a crystal clear agreement about how it will work together? When I’m helping teams become very-high-performing-teams, these are amongst the first things I investigate. They are a couple of the very important foundation stones for real team success. In fact, I’veRead more
Your last few Bulletins have been looking at how to create very-high-preforming-teams. Most recently we’ve looked at the consequences of finger pointing, the need for team members to wear a team-hat and how trust can diminish because of interpersonal differences. In this Bulletin I’m asking you the question…“Is your team so focussed on productivity atRead more
Your last two Leadership Bulletins examined how to tune teams for high performance. The questions they asked were: “When there’s conflict, where’s your finger pointing?” “Are your team members always wearing their team hat under the hat of their particular function or department?” This Bulletin will continue to help ensure you’re doing whatever you canRead more
Your last Leadership Bulletin began a discussion about how to get your team really humming. It discussed the need for all team members, 100% of the time, to be wearing their team hat. Let’s now look at another critical way to get traction with your team’s performance… Where’s the Finger Pointing? Occasionally teams haveRead more
How would it be if you always felt exceedingly proud of your team—proud because you absolutely knew that they steadfastly focused on their shared purpose, and therefore maximised their contribution to productivity and profits? In my work I get to see lots of teams in action. Some of them hum along really well. They’re theRead more
Even when times are great, there’s no good reason to tolerate anything that’s less than fabulous. And when times are tougher and profits are harder to make, it’s critical that everything is functioning at its peak. When it seems difficult to find a lot that’s favourable in the economic news it’s natural to become dispiritedRead more
In my leader coaching work, it’s often evident that the leader’s in trouble because they haven’t, and aren’t, giving enough attention to the big picture. They’re not standing back and looking strategically at what dangers could be around the corner or setting a course for where to drive their business. Are you one of theseRead more
