Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Edmondson - (September 2023) We used to think of failure as the opposite of success. With vivid, real-life stories from business, pop culture, history, and more, Edmondson gives us specifically tailored practices, skills, and mindsets to help us replace shame and blame with curiosity, vulnerability, and personal growth.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 6, 2023

What makes teams healthy and effective? Obviously this is our goal if we lead or even serve on a team. Who would want to serve on an unhealthy team? It may be a permanent team or a temporary team, but we’ve all served on teams, which simply weren’t productive. The team didn’t gel as a group.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 7, 2023

“As a young manager, having not done well at leading, my team approached me and addressed what they saw needed to change. ” In our Courageous Cultures innovation programs, we’ll often ask participants to talk about one of their most “courageous moments” at work. What’s at stake if I stay silent?”

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

How does a team become idle? . Team idleness is a term I use to describe a team failing to move forward towards its desired goals and objectives. Therefore, team idleness means for a span of time there is no – or very little – forward progress for the team. What causes team to become idle?

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 20, 2017

Most leaders want to lead an innovative organization. As leaders, we can’t force innovation. We can’t mandate innovative people. And, if our people haven’t been innovative in a while, then there may not be much innovation going on in our world. Great innovation comes from the gut.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 25, 2019

Y OU’VE CAREFULLY put your team of people together, spent a lot of time getting the right people on the bus, your best and brightest, and yet you’re underperforming? Your team isn’t giving you everything they’ve got. Edmondson admits that this is not an easy process. We all—most of us—manage our image. Setting the Stage.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 30, 2018

This usually means that they will not ask for clarity, request feedback, or wonder about something that is innovative or new. A decade ago, Marcial Losada’s research promoted a meta-model of learning for teams that involved three variables at a ratio of at least three to one. The politician.” Question that include.

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Coaching Tip

JUNE 4, 2012

Teaming has a positive effect on people's experience at work. In organizations where teaming is common, employees learn from each other, enjoy a broader understanding of the work and how it gets done from start to finish, and can better see and act on opportunities for improvement. Leadership Actions Can Promote Teaming.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 15, 2012

Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Amy C. Edmondson Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) Why and how the most valuable organizational learning occurs: through teams Amy Edmondson characterizes “teaming” as “teamwork on the fly.”

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 16, 2023

Every team needs both protectors and advancers. More importantly, will you achieve the goals you’ve set for your organization this year with the balance you currently have on your team? The post Protectors and Advancers – Both Essential for Effective Teams appeared first on Ron Edmondson.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While I’m not quite sure that was a healthy demonstration for building team morale, I think there ARE ways a person can make themselves invaluable on a team. Here are 7 ways to make yourself invaluable to a team: Be a chief encourager. Be a verbal proponent of the overall objectives of the team and where things are going.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Words do matter and clear communication is vital for healthy teams. At the same time, there will be a certain fuzziness on a healthy team. . Some things are actually what I refer to as “ fuzzy ” on a healthy team. 3 areas of fuzziness on a healthy team: The lines of authority are often blurred. Indistinct.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 27, 2022

This is dangerous for a team, which wishes to continue growing. If a team is not learning and improving, it will soon struggle to maintain any level of success. Here are 10 inexpensive development options for a team: Bring in a leader – It may be cheaper to bring the expert to you than it is to attend a conference.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 11, 2024

In each life cycle, the most successful organizations I have been a part of had a team skilled at three separate functions. BTW, every team needs these people to be successful.) But on successful teams, all three are operating together within a life cycle. Over time an organization will likely have many separate cycles.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 29, 2020

His statement was that he “ wants to lead an organization that produces innovative leaders. They don’t want simply managed followers on their team. Have you created an environment conducive to produce the kind of team you say you want?”. The post Does Your Culture Produce Innovators or Followers?

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The Practical Leader

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In his article on “Crafting Strategy,” McGill University professor and management author, Henry Mintzberg, provides a good example of innovation and organizational learning in high-performing, agile organizations: “Out in the field, a salesman visits a customer. Many innovations were unplanned and unexpected.

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QAspire

JANUARY 30, 2023

What is critical is asking the right questions within the frame of specific context involve people, build trust, find solutions, foster collective learning and encourage innovation. In her book “ The Fearless Organization ”, Amy Edmondson writes,when leaders overcome their biases to ask genuine questions, it fosters psychological safety….

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

One of them for me has been ways I help creative people on our teams flourish. If you think if I can help you or your team I would be happy to talk with you. The post 3 Ways to Help Creative People Flourish On Your Team appeared first on Ron Edmondson. There are some lessons we only learn the hard way.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 15, 2020

Words do matter and clear communication is vital for healthy teams. In fact, in my experience, some things are even “ fuzzy ” on a healthy team. Here are 3 areas of fuzziness on a healthy team: The lines of authority are often blurred. But on healthy teams, rules are designed to enhance, not limit growth. Indistinct.

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Coaching Tip

JULY 3, 2013

Organizations are increasingly relying on the collective power of teams to meet today’s business demands, but many teams aren’t living up to their full potential. Thinking style data, which reveals a number of important clues about how a team works, can be assessed and used as a starting point for discussions and activities, she says.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 6, 2021

I was once a division manager for a large sales team and sales were down due to the economy. A person can stay on the payroll as long as they “play by the rules” and “stay out of trouble” Often when you find there are no longer innovators on the team it is a sign of a toxic culture.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 31, 2021

It revealed that adding women to software development teams not only boosted team performance but also reduced workplace delinquency. “Companies should recruit more women to their development teams not only for obvious ethical reasons but because this will improve performance. Supporting innovation.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Most leaders want to lead an innovative organization. As leaders, we can’t force innovation. We can’t mandate innovative people. And, if our people haven’t been innovative in a while, then there may not be much innovation going on in our world. Great innovation comes from the gut.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The team in this area of ministry all agreed it had to be made. No, but the use of creativity and innovation can often be avoided if there is enough money in the budget. The post Increasing Creativity and Innovation on a Tight Budget appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Will this work every time?

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Speaking up at work is generally seen as a good thing, and the likes of Harvard’s Amy Edmondson have spoken and written at great length about the value of psychological safety at work. Staying silent. The topic of employee silence was also touched on in new research from BI Norwegian Business School.

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Modern Servant Leader

APRIL 6, 2020

Ron Edmondson Consultant, Pastor, Teacher Mustard Seed Ministry Consulting Communication Communicate. And innovate, innovate, innovate. Do what you can to support your team and those around you. Keith Dorney Instructor Financial Knowledge Network Consulting Humility Take one for the team. Communicate.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Do you want to attract a leader to your team? The ones you often need to turn things around – innovative, creative, energetic, visionary, leaders – are hesitant to come to a plateaued or declining church. It’s what can attract a leader to your team. Do you want to keep the leaders you have?

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 28, 2021

I purposively choose to give things away to others on our team – things they can’t do better than me and things I simply shouldn’t be doing. Senior leadership sets the speed in which change and innovation is welcome in the organization. Join Nate and I for the Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Need for innovation. ” Leadership by definition has always required that we be innovating as we discover what’s around the corner for our teams. It requires strategy planning, goal-setting, and diligent efforts on behalf of a team working together. Diverse reactions to decisions made.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 20, 2010

5 Examples of Leading Outside the Norm 4 Times a Leader Should Strategize on Making a Decision About Ron Edmondson: Church planter and pastor with a heart for strategy, leadership and marketing; especially geared toward developing churches and growing and improving the Kingdom of God.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 9, 2021

Speaking up at work is generally seen as a good thing, and the likes of Harvard’s Amy Edmondson have spoken and written at great length about the value of psychological safety at work. We saw that people quite often volunteer ideas in order to help their teams even as they silenced other fears.”. Safe place. Staying silent.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In each life cycle the most successful organizations I have been a part of had a team skilled at three separate functions. BTW, every team needs these people to be successful.). But on successful teams, all three are operating together within a life cycle. I have written about organizational life cycles before.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 22, 2014

I love team dynamics and organizational structures. I have written many times about what makes a healthy team, my expectations of team members, and elements to build health into your team. I previously wrote 7 Traits of a Great Team Member. But, how does a great team member perform on a team?

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

It’s what attracts a leader to your team. The post If you want to attract leaders for your team appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Related posts: If You Want to Attract Leaders… Elements To Help Build a Healthy Team Spirit. Does Your Organization Produce Innovative Leaders or Managed Followers?

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 20, 2014

The primary role of this job — regardless of the title — is to partner with our worship pastor — who’s a really great guy (you’ll like him) — to build an incredible team — to encourage incredible worship opportunities. A healthy team environment. It’s kind of a value we have as a team.).

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 26, 2017

Clear communication is vital for healthy teams. Some things are actually fuzzy on a healthy team. Here are 3 areas of fuzziness on a healthy team: The lines of authority are blurred. But, on healthy teams, rules are designed to enhance, not limit growth. Bureaucracy diminishes progress and frustrates the team.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

One of the most common questions I get asked by senior managers is “How can we find more innovative people?” Yet in researching my book, Mapping Innovation , I found that most great innovators were nothing like the mercurial stereotype. The biggest misconception about innovation is that it’s about ideas.

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