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Book Notes – The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

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What do you do when your team is falling apart? We all know that in most cases you can accomplish more as a team than as an individual. But what happens when the “teamwork” part erodes away and all you have left is a group of individuals masquerading as a team? How do you diagnose the problem and go about it curing it?

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Winning at Chaos: How to Succeed When it All Falls Apart

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They formed into LGOPs: Little Groups of Paratroopers – self-directed clusters of Soldiers doing their best to execute the mission. But the leadership tools the airborne forces used can be equally effective on the teams we lead. The bigger the team, the more important these tools are. leadership Click To Tweet.

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Building Influence – 6 Ways to Earn Respect

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What followed was the sort of crisp battle drill execution that would make any infantry commander proud. When the team needs something, be willing to step up, volunteer, and accept responsibility to help out. Raise your leadership game. Green, a parent who was new to our troop, had volunteered for the job. Battle Drill.

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Book Notes – Blue Ocean Strategy: How Leaders Drive Change

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Leadership is about influencing people in a specific direction, but sometimes that direction needs to change. But what I really liked about this book was that the authors didn’t leave you hanging there, with a new strategy and no plan to actually execute it. They tackled the harder question: How do you drive change? Click To Tweet.

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Independence Day: 7 Ways to Defuse Conflict and Assert Your Freedom

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Conflict is inevitable in any human enterprise; how we handle that conflict is where leadership comes in. leadership Click To Tweet. Think about the mix of elements on your team: are some people prone to rapid melt down? Do our reflexive reactions cause unnecessary fireworks? The first to lose his cool, loses it.

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