The Recovering Engineer

JULY 22, 2013

John was not happy with the change because he knew that his team would not like it. Before he called a meeting with his team to tell them about the change, he went back to his office to consider the situation more thoroughly. Is my concern with the implementation specifics or with the overall goal? And, he concluded that….

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The Recovering Engineer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Every stage of team development has different characteristics. These different characteristics mean that every stage calls for leaders to behave in different ways to support team growth. The four stages of team development – in order – are Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing.

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The Recovering Engineer

MARCH 31, 2015

Previously, I wrote about the power that having a weight loss goal had in driving my choices with regard to diet and exercise. Even though I had a weight goal in mind at the time of that change, the greatest barrier I faced in achieving it were the emotions triggered by the “loss” of some of my favorite foods. Write them down.

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The Recovering Engineer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Employees, team members, group members — whatever you call them — can be like the woman in the picture. In the picture above, the woman is fighting to get her need for air met. Until the need is met, she probably cannot possibly think about anything else.

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The Recovering Engineer

DECEMBER 14, 2010

This is a big question to consider, and it relates directly to how you set your goals for next year. If you have specific questions about setting better goals, my friend and colleague, Kevin Eikenberry , is leading a free teleseminar on December 21 to address goal setting issues.

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