Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Planning a useful team building event can be a challenge, but these seven steps will help you to ensure that your people enjoy not only a great time, but also benefit from insights and lessons that they can apply to workplace interactions. So, here are your seven steps to planning a useful team building event: 1.

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 4, 2019

Welcome to the June Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Chip Bell shared The Secret Sauce of Leadership Communications. Communication. Who is Mary Follett?

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Great Leaders Have No Rules : Contrarian Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business by Kevin Kruse (Rodale Books, 2019) Kevin Kruse debunks popular wisdom with ten contrarian principles for better, faster, easier leadership. Maxwell (HarperCollins Leadership, 2019) In Leadershift , John C. Blog Post ).

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The Practical Leader

APRIL 10, 2024

.” Weak managers don’t leverage the strengths of their teams. In Working with Emotional Intelligence , Daniel Goleman, reports, “a study by the Center for Creative Leadership of top American and European executives whose careers derailed, the inability to build and lead a team was one of the most common reasons for failure.”

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Lead on Purpose

APRIL 6, 2013

This statement sums up one of the key indicators to sustainable and effective leadership as taught in the book The Leader’s Climb: A Business Tale of Rising to the New Leadership Challenge by Bob Parsanko and Paul Heagen. Fighting too much: Spending too much time and energy denying current realities.

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Leading with Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The Leadership Development Carnival, sponsored by Weaving Influence and the Lead Change Group , is a monthly publication of thought leadership from some of the brightest minds in the field of leadership. Check out Top Gun Rules and follow Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership. Team Building.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 8, 2021

“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.” – Denis Waitley. Through active leadership , you can support your direct reports through these transitions. Promote self-confidence and leadership ability. Foster collaboration.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 11, 2020

Role of the team member. I made several webinars for a company that is moving many people to team leadership roles , and they were struggling with their virtual teams getting work done. The company had good people and we identified that poor beginnings to team projects created challenges later on.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

As most of you know, the team at Weaving Influence took over stewardship of the Lead Change Group blog in 2014, and has been consistently providing near-daily leadership content that all of you have contributed to on a monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly basis. We will continue the Leadership Development Carnival through 2021.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 4, 2020

The Role of the Project Team Leader. I made this webinar for a company that is moving many people to team leadership roles , and they were struggling with their virtual teams getting work done. The company had good people and we identified that poor beginnings to team projects created challenges later on.

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Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

They can make a job exhausting and confusing, eating up energy that could be better spent enjoying life beyond the nine-to-five. A great leader who can identify concerns and build enthusiasm – even on high-risk projects – brings a new level of trust and freedom that drives everyone to impressive heights.

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QAspire

JULY 31, 2021

Managers are linchpins who have a big impact in building an organizational culture where people thrive. High-impact managers are those who are adept at driving high-level agendas without losing focus on small things (that are actually big things) that go on to define good leadership.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 13, 2013

Working with a corporate team to identify new product and service ideas , we quickly found the team falling victim to group-think. The energy and ideas quickly increased and by the end of round 2, we had piles of ideas.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 24, 2014

Sometimes the first thing you notice is that people aren’t coming to team meetings anymore…or that they come, but don’t seem to have any energy for the work. Return to your Project Charter and confirm that the team knows the Goals, Roles and Procedures. Have you been on a team that just stopped getting its work done?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2017

How Would You Answer This Question About Your Leadership? How Will Leadership Change in the Cognitive Era? The Ten Behaviors of Strong Personal Leadership by Scott Eblin @EblinGroup. 2 Self-Leadership Hacks for Positivity by @AlanDUtley. The Secret Ingredient for Extraordinary Leadership by Jane Perdue @thehrgoddess.

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Career Advancement

MAY 25, 2021

“Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time and energy needed to develop yourself.” – Denis Waitley. Through active leadership , you can support your direct reports through these transitions. Promote self-confidence and leadership ability. Foster collaboration.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“Laura,” a senior exec working to build leadership throughout her team, looked up from her salad and confided. Write down your leadership credo , that way when the decisions get tough, you’ve got the scaffolding already in place. Insist that people on your team make decisions they should make.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Welcome to the September Leadership Development Carnival. We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of development, engagement, productivity, team building, and more. Joel Garfinkle of the Career Advancement Blog shared 5 Essential Qualities of Truly Great Leadership.

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Experience to Lead

MARCH 24, 2021

Resilient leaders are some of the greatest leaders, identified by their ability to persevere through the tough times and maintain energy levels under pressure. Resilient leadership helps people manage disruptive changes in an organization and adapt to challenges. 9 Ways to Enhance Resilient Leadership. Effective Communication.

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QAspire

JULY 31, 2021

Managers are linchpins who have a big impact in building an organizational culture where people thrive. High-impact managers are those who are adept at driving high-level agendas without losing focus on small things (that are actually big things) that go on to define good leadership.

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Lead by Adventure

APRIL 14, 2014

Model Your Leadership. I’ve had some leaders of organizations offer to coach me in leadership and business. Involve them in mid-level projects/presentations (as they progress these can become higher. level projects and presentations). Read books together and discuss their impact and application to leadership.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 3, 2011

If you can meet these simple goals for each project, then you will achieve total success. These goals are generic to all industries and all types of projects. Regardless of your level of experience in project management, set these 5 goals for every project you manage. The trick is to be focused.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 28, 2013

For example, suppose that your team keeps fighting amongst themselves and thus the project is late, over budget and poor quality. So the energy now changes to asking the team to describe what happens in detail (concrete, tangible language) what happens when they get along and accomplish their work.

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Great Results Team Building

MAY 3, 2014

And we all have a pipeline – a project – that we are working on. Has your team been distracted by uncomfortable conditions? Maybe your group could benefit from a two hour team training workshop or a fun day of leadership development of corporate or teacher team building. Finish your team''s pipeline.

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QAspire

JULY 1, 2012

Joining a team in leadership position is an opportunity to gain team’s respect and support. Resistance is negative energy, but energy nevertheless. Try directing this energy instead into constructive initiatives that leave people feel more valued. Keep them positive. Use “we” more often than “I”.

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QAspire

AUGUST 17, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Pursuit of Getting It “First Time Right” (FTR) Building quality involves cost. You spend efforts and energy on preventing the errors (prevention cost) and then checking your work (appraisal cost). Most projects fail because of lack of clarity. Inculcate better habits.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 14, 2013

They enter the meeting with energy, enthusiasm…or at least a pulse! The team leader / project manager being prepared for the meeting. This can be accomplished by having a project charter or a shared communication document that defines the ‘why are we here’ and the ‘what are the end goals’. You call people into a meeting.

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Michael Lee Stallard

APRIL 20, 2010

There was a terrific energy among group participants. Maybe its a group walk for the breast cancer, helping out on a Habitat for Humanity project or offering to put a fresh coat of paint on wall at a local Boys and Girls Club. They were handing out t-shirts and Starbucks baseball caps for participants. What a simple idea!

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. And why does it take on anthropomorphic styles in leadership and teams. Who causes reactions within the team?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a positive outcome. Diane’s book, Win at Work! ,

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Roundtable Talk

MAY 12, 2010

← Leadership lessons they don’t teach in school Fast Friday with Murray Kane, SVP HR, LCBO → Are you stuck in a never ending project spin cycle? She reported on her research into how organization’s chose, manage and succeed/or not, with projects. Dr. Henderson kept playfully referring to Project #26.

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Great Results Team Building

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Successful teams may have an idea of the direction or destination they are moving toward, but their focus and energy must be placed on the next immediate action that will lead to that success. The herd mentality provides an energy and purpose and sense of safety. Who cares that the rhinos only have vision 30 feet ahead?

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Management Excellence

MARCH 21, 2012

As a lifelong team participant and now devotee of leveraging the power of teams, I was fascinated and excited to see the article, “The New Science of Building Great Teams,” in the April, 2012 issue of Harvard Business Review.

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Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Seth Godin , marketing guru and thought leader, did a cool project where he brought together more than seventy “big thinkers&# to write the ebook What Matters Now. His purpose: “Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around.&# What matters in 2010?

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

When your Organization does not effectively plan typical results are; Project(s) Comes in Over Budget – Because of inadequate planning and now everyone is scrambling, and creating emergencies in other departments and with vendors. If the project gets completed The Quality and Results SUCK! – Elliott Jaques.

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Roundtable Talk

MARCH 4, 2010

→ View from the corner cubicle: leadership lessons from Tomer Strolight Posted on March 4, 2010 by LeaderTalker | Leave a comment TorStar Digital is one of Canada’s fastest growing, most innovative media companies. Don’t waste your energies trying to win everyone over. RoundtableTalk Where ambitious leaders meet. Happy leading!

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 15, 2015

Our May Festival is all about energizing leadership. We often plough so much energy into the big picture, we forget the pixels. Wally Bock of Three-Star Leadership tells us time off is good for you and your team. Set the example, by taking breaks, building downtime into your schedule, and taking time off regularly.

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