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Leadership and Work Teams

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Guest post from Simon Mac Rory: If you work in an organization today as a leader you will lead a team. 90% of what we do in an organization happens through collaborative effort, making the team the most important production unit. In 2016 they termed this the ‘Rise of Teams’ and 2017 ‘The Organization of the Future – Arriving Now’.

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The January Leadership Development Carnival: Best of 2011 Edition

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This month's edition is a special "Best of 2011" collection of leadership development blog posts from many of our regular Carnival contributors. Tim Vanderpyl, The LeaderLab (submitted by David Burkus): Save a Tree, Stop Strategic Planning. Reason: "This was our most read piece of original content published in 2011".

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The November 2011 Leadership Development Carnival

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Welcome to the November 6, 2011 edition of leadership development carnival! Jennifer Miller presents Tag-Team Workplace Coaching posted at The People Equation saying "This is a story that shows that sometimes the best workplace coaching comes from someone other than a person’s boss". Mike Henry Sr. posted at Get Your Leadership BIG On!

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The September 2011 Leadership Development Carnival - Back to School Sale

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Welcome to the September, 2011 Leadership Development Carnival - Back to School Sale! Tanveer Naseer presents 4 Lessons On Team-Building I Learned From My Garden | posted at TanveerNaseer.com. Leaders establish a lofty vision for a large scale change initiative and then strategize to align the team. Are you confusing your team?

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The August 2011 Leadership Development Roundtable Challenge: A Coaching Dilemma

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She would like you to consider coaching one of her direct reports; a long-time manager who for some reason, is not getting the results expected of his team. He indicates that he has a difficult time getting his team to move ahead on initiatives in the department. You ask Rob about his challenges at work. He seems agreeable.

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Leadership Development "Moneyball"

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This post was originally published in SmartBrief on Leadership 7/25/2013: “Moneyball” was a book and movie based on Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane and his use of statistics (sabermetrics, to be precise) to get the most production out of his team by spending the least amount of money. Source: Fast Company. Source: Great Leadership.

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Covering all the Bases

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Guest post by Paul Eccher: On October 31, 2011, baseball legend Tony La Russa announced his retirement as manager of the St. However the “soft” skills—relationship building, empathy and the ability to influence and inspire—are vital to building a highly engaged and successful environment, whether on a team or within the workplace.

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