Leadership Freak

MAY 26, 2022

How do you enforce team norms lightly when you have a disruptive member? Dear Dan, When you have a disruptive team member with emotional outbursts that is limiting the team’s effectiveness, enforcing lightly… Continue reading →

Team 185

Team Leadership Development Development Leadership 185

Leadership Freak

JUNE 3, 2022

Low-functioning teams cause constant frustration. High-functioning teams get stuff done. 5 ways to build the team: #1. The team you want: Delivers results when you aren’t involved. Know what you want. Enjoys their… Continue reading →

Team 186

Team Leadership Development Development Leadership 186

Leadership Freak

APRIL 4, 2022

Skill is not the best predictor of a team’s success. Teams that suck waste time, drain energy, and squander resources. A team of average brains that works well together outperforms… Continue reading → You’ve been there.

Team 180

Team Energy Resources Skills 180

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 26, 2022

You make work miserable when you drain confidence from your team. Confidence is fuel to face the future with optimism. Confidence turns toward opportunity; self-doubt turns away. Frivolous cheerleading doesn’t build confidence. It’s… Continue reading →

Team 204

Team Tips Leadership Development Development 204

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

What shape is your leadership? This isn’t about being physically thin or round. What shape is most appealing to you? Pick a shape you prefer before you read further.) Yesterday I gave a… Continue reading →

Leadership 147

Leadership Team 147

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 28, 2022

A young manager with a new team is like an ant pushing an elephant. It’s smart to be concerned. My friend Stan Endicott tells managers who ask for advice, “Don’t do anything stupid.”… … Continue reading →

Team 204

Team How To Advice Management 204

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

I asked a world-renowned leadership expert what humility had to do with success. You can be right in many ways and dead wrong in others. He said, “Nothing.” Teach humility if results matter.*… … Continue reading →

Team 199

Team Succession Leadership 199

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 1, 2020

We’ve all been frustrated with teams that underperformed. But what are the key factors for teams that work? Lousy teamwork wastes time and squanders resources. Scott Tanenbaum and Eduardo Salas distill the answer… Continue reading →

Teamwork 236

Teamwork Team Resources Books 236

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A team of round-edges needs a few square-pegs to shake things up. But fasten your seatbelts when you integrate new team members. Hire someone who doesn’t fit. Hire someone who doesn’t fit if… Continue reading →

Team 164

Team 164

Leadership Freak

MAY 24, 2022

Leave a comment on this guest post by Joshua Rosenthal to become eligible for one of 20 complimentary copies of Team Emotional Intelligence 2.0. New book giveaway! 20 copies available!! Deadline for eligibility… Continue reading →

Emotional Intelligence 191

Emotional Intelligence Team How To Books 191

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 19, 2023

New Book Giveaway! Leave a comment on this guest post by Dr. Richard Safeer, Chief Medical Director of Employee Health and Well-Being at Johns Hopkins Medicine, to become eligible to win a complimentary… Continue reading →

Sports 197

Sports Team How To Books 197

Leadership Freak

JULY 30, 2020

Some teams soar. Other teams splash around just above the surface. Giving CPR to low performing teams feels more important than encouraging high performing teams, but it isn’t. Spend more time fueling high… Continue reading →

Team 191

Team Succession Leadership Development Development 191

Leadership Freak

APRIL 22, 2020

I asked top leaders to respond to three questions: What three words describe a great team? What three things do great teams habitually do? What three problems hinder great teamwork? They wrote about… Continue reading →

Team 181

Team Teamwork How To Succession 181

Leadership Freak

MARCH 31, 2020

15 discussion topics that strengthen teams during stress: What do you admire about your team members? What strengths/skills/attributes does our team have that will help us thrive during the next 30… Continue reading → Direct reports?

Stress 200

Stress Team Report Skills 200

Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Vince Lombardi If your team lost enthusiasm, what are you going to change about yourself? Everything’s hard when you lose heart. Fearful people play-it-safe. “Fatigue makes cowards of us all.” What did you… Continue reading →

Team 190

Team How To Energy Leadership Development 190

Leadership Freak

JULY 2, 2019

Teams, like individuals, can be stupid or smart. Stupid teams consists of smart people who engage in stupid behaviors. The 5 practices of smart teams: #1. Team members disagree with the team leader.… … Continue reading →

Team 161

Team Leadership Development Development Leadership 161

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 6, 2021

Will] Felps estimates that teams with just one deadbeat, downer, or a **e suffer a performance disadvantage of 30 to… Continue reading → If bad is 5X stronger than good, eliminating bad does a lot of good.

Team 189

Team 189

Leadership Freak

APRIL 10, 2019

Unknown origin) Choose goals that can only be achieved with teams. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” When I asked three time Navy… Continue reading →

Team 143

Team Goal 143

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

… Continue reading → Success Teams Leadership Leadership Development' Back on the farm, my grandfather used to say one boy can do a day’s work. Two boys can do a half day’s work. And, three boys won’t do any work at all.…

Quality 258

Quality Team Leadership Development Succession 258

Leadership Freak

MARCH 18, 2014

The capacity of teams to waste time and resources staggers the imagination. But, the amount of… Continue reading → Communication Leading Marks of leaders Motivation Optimism Taking others higher Vision Leadership Development leadership success momentum organizational success upper management'

Team 249

Team Motivation Leadership Development Resources 249

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Teams that punish failure… Continue reading → The things you don’t do are more damaging – in the long-term – than the things you do. Ignorance prevails when you don’t-do. You only learn when you do-and-fail.

Team 135

Team Long-term 135

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 21, 2017

Teams have more potential than individuals, only if individual members make them function effectively. Danger: Poorly functioning teams: Waste time. Squander resources. Discourage talent. Drain organizational energy. The power of one: One distracting… Continue reading →

Team 244

Team Energy Resources Power 244

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Successful teams do the work AND they work on the WAY they do the work. Go further faster by working on the WAY you work. The Magic Wand: If you waved a magic… Continue reading →

Team 196

Team How To Succession Leadership Development 196

Leadership Freak

MARCH 29, 2014

Listen for the sucking sound of money going down the drain when lousy teams take on projects. Stop wasting time on teams that waste time.

Team 242

Team Leadership Development Project Succession 242

Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 28, 2013

The higher you go the easier isolation becomes, but, it’s a devastating problem at all levels of leadership. Isolated leaders fear conspiracies and feel misunderstood. Worse yet, ivory-tower leaders resort to control through authority. Us/them thinking destroys influence.

Power 277

Power Team Influence Leadership Development 277

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 20, 2020

Poorly run teams are where talent goes to die. Talent thrives on effective teams. Talent dies where jerk-holes thrive. Where talent thrives: There’s more to success than meeting the numbers. You get what… Continue reading →

Team 167

Team How To Succession Leadership Development 167

Leadership Freak

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Ineffective teams don’t know how to make consensus decisions. Margaret Thatcher complained of consensus: “To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs,… Continue reading → Decisions Teams Communication Leadership Development organizational success' Can we please make a decision and move on?

Consensus 215

Consensus Team Leadership Development Process 215

Leadership Freak

JULY 17, 2019

I’m meeting with the leadership team of a new client next week. I asked them to do the following exercise before our first meeting. Description: Please secretly complete this form for each person… Continue reading →

Team 119

Team Power Leadership Succession 119

Leadership Freak

MARCH 6, 2019

75% of cross-functional teams are dysfunctional. Tabrizi) (Any team that has members from different departments is cross-functional. If marketing and production are present, for example, your team is cross-functional.) 7 challenges of… Continue reading →

Team 162

Team Marketing Examples Productivity 162

Leadership Freak

JANUARY 13, 2014

Fearful teams pretend they agree with you when they don’t. Better yet, are team conversations rich with options and alternatives? You’re team probably isn’t dumb. When was the last time someone spoke against something you said? Or, are the people around you just dumb? Bring out their wisdom rather than shutting it down.

Development 226

Development Team Leadership Development Succession 226

Leadership Freak

APRIL 7, 2013

I became obsessed with developing leadership a few years ago. I’m more committed to developing leadership than anyone around me. People who change things become fanatics first. Many friends thought I was weird. Some friends don’t hang with me anymore. Radical leaders create radical change. Ordinary never satisfies.

Leadership 243

Leadership Leadership Development Commitment Innovation 243

Leadership Freak

JUNE 16, 2014

The ability to calculate percentages isn’t leadership. When all… Continue reading → Courage Culture Leading Stress Success Taking others higher Teams Leadership Leadership Development leadership success organizational success'

Leadership 253

Leadership Stress Education Leadership Development 253

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A leader who never laughs has an unhappy team. Happy people go further than grumps. And they enjoy the journey. Order of operation: Happy people are more successful than grumps. You might believe… Continue reading →

Leadership 231

Leadership Operations Team Succession 231

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 22, 2014

Once a month I meet with a group of leaders to strengthen connections, clarify… Continue reading → Culture Feedback Personal Growth Teams Growth Leadership Development' Those who feel misunderstood live behind self-protective barriers that keep others out.

Team 225

Team Leadership Development Development Leadership 225

Leadership Freak

APRIL 5, 2014

It’s easy to ignore motivated team members. Successful leaders fuel fires… Continue reading → Encouragement Leading Marks of leaders Motivation Taking others higher Culture encouragement Leadership Development organizational success' They don’t need encouragement. Eventually, everyone’s tank runs dry.

Team 211

Team Motivation Leadership Development Succession 211

Leadership Freak

MAY 20, 2013

Image source Nothing is more frustrating, from a leadership point of view, than a group of individuals circling each other like vultures. Team conflict wastes time, energy, and resources. Incompetent leaders have teams who turn on each other. Teams who don’t know what’s important can’t focus.

Team 217

Team Energy Leadership Development Positioning 217

Leadership Freak

JUNE 5, 2013

I tend to hold back too long when team mates have tension. Tension and diversity: Tension between team mates is the unrealized potential of diversity. Conflict resolution Leading Taking others higher Teams Communication Conflict Resolution Leadership Leadership Development organizational success Questions'

Team 213

Team Diversity Leadership Development Succession 213