Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2015

It could be any kind of team – sports, work, project, or community. Knowing the characteristics of a highly effective team gives you as a leader a goal to shoot for as you work with teams and the ability to identify gaps where the team may need work. Knowing your goal is so important. They hold each other accountable.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 4, 2016

Think of a team – at work, school, sports, neighborhood, wherever – where you genuinely contributed to the team’s goals and you were treated with trust, respect, and dignity in every interaction. Goals were met without drama. What’s the best and most effective team you ever served on?

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Every leader can become motivated to model positive behaviors that enhance the culture of integrity by practicing coaching skills that support diverse stakeholders and promote shared goals and values. Connect with Marina on LinkedIn. Erik Samdahl of i4cp shared Getting Personal About the COVID-19 Vaccination: How Leaders Make a Difference.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 27, 2015

Susan Mazza – Interdisciplinary efforts only work well when there is a clear and compelling goal the participants share. Jon Mertz – Product management is a team sport. This creates the experience of being on one team which is essential to turning us and them into a we. This is a great trend.

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 23, 2017

I don’t expect to be a 54-year old model with a six-pack and a photo on the cover Sports Illustrated! I want every aspect of my group healthy–our team members, our values, our goal-setting and our actions–all pointing us in the direction we need to be going. Discover What Healthy Means. Don’t get me wrong.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2015

With football season well underway as well as the upcoming World Series (along with many other sports), it’s a great month for sports analogies! Paul believes, “If you doubt that you’re progressing towards your goals, a look at these markers will show you that you’re on track.” Let’s Get Started.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

It seems that sports frequently provides an opportunity for leadership analogies! Beth Miller of Executive Velocity submitted If You Aren’t Revisiting Your Employees’ Goals, How Are You Helping Them Grow? Beth writes, “Organizations often have to shift their goals due to the rapidly changing landscape.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

It is also not an endorsement of sports, where an obvious winner and obvious loser appear at every encounter, but rather an endorsement of thinking about how we reward and what we are trying to accomplish.

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Lead Change Blog

MARCH 29, 2016

He uses many examples of sports franchises that always win and some that always lose. Ask how you can help them achieve their goals and overcome their challenges. Every day I am surprised to learn how many leaders out there don’t invest the time they should into the development of their people. It is time for a paradigm shift!

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Lead Change Blog

JUNE 17, 2016

Roleness should not be the goal of leaders but rather realness. The most famous car in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the ‘70’s was a perfectly restored antique Mercedes-Benz sports car owned and driven daily by Luther Hodges, Jr. It represents a limiting view of human potential. Lessons from the Chairman.

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Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 23, 2016

Imagine that you are guarding the man with the ball, and just as he changes speed and bursts toward the goal, you get hit by a screener – and find your face planted in the chest of a 260-pound post player. Life is a team sport – and winning teams have winning teammates. It forces the defense to make decisions.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 6, 2015

Ask just about ANY coach – regardless of sport – and they will likely admit that one of the major weaknesses on their teams in recent years has been locker-room leadership…. Great leaders care enough about the team goals to have uncomfortable conversations. Maybe part of the problem is in how people view confrontation.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 15, 2016

At my gym, there are members who spend most of their time swapping war stories and giving updates on current sports matches. I set a goal of 3 exercise sessions per week—30 minutes to start. Caveat: Dweck insists that to break down the wall, one must have a compelling WHY in order to proceed. Talk is cheating. I think that’s cheating.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

When you’re able to understand someone’s perspective of a situation you’re much more likely to achieve your team goals; working in harmony, reaching a mutual agreement, exploring new innovative ideas and so on. If you don’t know how to organize and communicate with your team, how will you reach your team goals? People skills.

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