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Keep Hammering Away and Trust the Process

Great Results Team Building

This article is published as a guest post on the "HoopsU" Coaching website. Many thanks to Tony Alfonso for sharing it with his audience! You can read the entire article if you "Trust the Process" and click HERE.

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The Promise and Problems of Outstanding Teams

Great Results Team Building

The “Whack-a-Mole” game is one where you grab a large padded hammer - and you score points by hitting the plastic moles when they pop up their heads. And that is sadly what happens to great teammates who are driven to accomplish something special with their team.

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In Praise of Average Joes

In the CEO Afterlife

In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble. Each year, a group of employees partook in a one-week Outward Bound team-building excursion. Ronnie was an organizer – a leader in cultural development. Bruce masterminded the sponsorship of a charitable event – the one in the visual.

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In Praise of Average Joes

LDRLB

In fact, it was Ronnie who took a sledge hammer to that wall and turned it into rubble. Each year, a group of employees partook in a one-week Outward Bound team-building excursion. Ronnie was an organizer – a leader in cultural development. That’s important , especially when a business slips into an economic downturn.

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Why Every Leader Should Use the DiSC Assessment with Their Team

Lead by Adventure

And on and on… The DiSC test doesn’t just help with communication, it also helps you know what each person would be best for specific roles: Who can lead a team? Who can hammer out the details? Can you fathom what your team would get done? Who can get everyone at the meeting or function?

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Creating Customer Focused Teams, Part 3

Strategy Driven

Stage 2 teams will either get stuck in Stage 2 or move on to Stage 3. Stage 3 teams can slip back into Stage 2 or move on to Stage 4. Progress or slippage depends on whether the team builds on its momentum or rests on its laurels. In the process of development, teams most often get stuck in Stage 2.

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Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

Harvard Business Review

The team had dropped the ball on inquiries from several retailers interested in its products by failing to coordinate getting them into the company’s system quickly. “My dad always wanted to do one of those team-building retreats,” he said, smiling. He needed to fix this. ” Our Vision Might Crumble.