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I’ve loved receiving your comments and feedback on my Leadership Blogs throughout the year. Thank you for your thoughts and for your appreciation :-). You’ve indicated that the most valuable Leadership Blogs in 2017 have been the three I’ve linked below… How To Put Things Right When Someone’s Peeved With You   You so oftenRead more

Let’s face it—the better you are as a leader, the more productive your team is. And that increased productivity directly impacts the bottom line. Some leadership practices and behaviours are downright demotivating for their team members. In fact, Gallop’s research tells us that a leader has a whopping 70% impact on how motivated their team membersRead more

You’ve got responsibility for producing impressive results—yet zero positional power and minimal authority. That’s the struggle of dotted line leadership, isn’t it? Dotted line reporting has become common these days—but it often gets a bad rap because of its bureaucratic twist. Nonetheless, when you’re managing across the line, you don’t need a pity party. YouRead more

Whether you’re a leader who’s currently being coached or not, I’m confident that you’ll find checking out these often asked questions—and my responses—a valuable way to spend the next 3 or 4 minutes. I have a quick disclaimer first though. Without being aware of: a) your personal circumstances b) your natural leadership style, and c) the environmentalRead more

How would it be if you always felt exceedingly proud of your team—proud because you absolutely knew that every team member constantly focused on the team’s shared goals—and therefore maximised the contribution the team made to productivity and profits? In my work I get to see lots of teams in action. Some of them humRead more

There’s no doubt that leading a virtual team member is different from leading a co-located direct report. The lack of day-to-day contact and interaction magnifies the challenges of leadership. But you don’t need to rely on costly trial and error to get it right. You can overcome the tyranny of distance by applying these fourRead more

An increasing number of organisational leaders have contacted me of late because they want their teams to work better together… Typically, they’ve described how their team is doing OK—but it’s just OK. They’ve described how it isn’t really pulling together and cohesively focusing on targeted outcomes. These organisational leaders commonly talk about how: Their “team”Read more

Over the years I’ve encountered a few teams who have teamwork happening in an admirable way. And lately I’ve come across a number of quite senior teams who, usually unbeknown to them, are having a far-reaching negative impact on their business because they haven’t acknowledged the need for them to be doing more “teaming”. What’sRead more

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