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 “in

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’ve

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 at

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 can

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 have