Leadership Learning Personal Development Setting Goals Pinterest team goalsPinterest, in case you haven’t heard, is one of the newer very popular social media tools.  It is a site focused on collecting and sharing images.  While this piece mentions [.]. MORE >>

Managers often end up in a situation when they are hired to take charge of a team/department that already exists and performs to a certain level. New leaders often find it difficult to generate acceptance because a team/organization is a complex network of emotions, relationships and issues. Two things add to this complexity. MORE >>

Influence Leadership Learning Setting Goals Teams goal achievement goalsImagine walking into an upscale restaurant with a sumptuous buffet – offering a wide range of tantalizing salads, entrées and desserts.  Perhaps a more clear picture will come on Thursday at a Thanksgiving dinner).  am about to lay out a [.]. MORE >>

When I talk to clients about effective goal setting someone invariably mentions that good goals are SMART goals – specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. agree these are critically important to strengthening goals. They don’t tell you how an individual or team arrived at the goal. MORE >>

‘A Group is not a Team’ Here’s a mantra we find ourselves repeating a lot in Asian workplaces – a Group is not a Team. Of all the areas in management we find there is most confusion, the ‘Team’ must count high up there in the top 10. So let us repeat the mantra again: A Group is not a Team! MORE >>