RapidStart Leadership

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Lighthouse leadership is about knowing what direction to steer your team when the storm hits. The post Lighthouse Leadership: How to Lead Your Team When the Storm Hits appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. Here's a captivating short story about heroism in a storm, and four ways to help you lead in the dark.

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RapidStart Leadership

JULY 8, 2021

Before launching our teams on any new project, there are five questions we should have answers to so they don't get lost in the jungle. The post Lost in the Jungle: 5 Questions to Ask Before Launching Your Team appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 3, 2018

What kind of virtual team building can I do with my distributed team? Building cohesive teams is already a challenge when everybody is face to face. But developing trust, communicating well, collaborating readily, and problem-solving effectively become … 15 Pretty Good Virtual Team Building Ideas Read More ».

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 10, 2020

Team rituals play a critical role in building the strength of our cultures and the power of our organizations; here are 35 ways to put team rituals to work for you. The post Team Rituals: 35 Pretty Good Ideas to Strengthen Your Culture appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

A leadership "eye" test may be just the thing we need to make sure the long-term health of our team is not in danger; here's a simple way to get a checkup. The post The Leadership Eye Test: A Simple Checkup for Your Team’s Health appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

AUGUST 22, 2017

Through it, I will show you how to see your team’s strengths for what they really are, create a more balanced team dynamic, and set yourself up for more unexpected wins. It was hard and rewarding work that pushed every member of our eight-person team to the limit. Goliaths of the world beware. well, we were the answer.

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RapidStart Leadership

AUGUST 27, 2019

Whether we get to choose who will be on our team, or we have to work with the people we have right now, building a team for the long-haul is not something we can do overnight. Here’s a new favorite quote about that, and five things to look for when … Building a Team: What to Look for When Assembling Your Squad Read More ».

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How do you lead a team that’s not there? Yet leading virtual teams is the future. Studies show that 25% of jobs involve teaming from distant locations. Studies show that 25% of jobs involve teaming from distant locations. Leaders find creative ways to shink the distance between team members. Click To Tweet.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 7, 2020

Jolly Rancher leadership isn't about handing out candy, it's about being where we are most needed and helping our teams when their stuggle is greatest. The post Jolly Rancher Leadership – It’s Not About the Candy appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Opportunities to influence others are all around us; it's the small acts of leadership that can have the biggest impact; here are 50 ways to get started. The post Small Acts of Leadership: 50 Ways to Become More Influential appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 24, 2017

And through their active reflection, they build skillful, capable teams that continuously become better versions of themselves. Leaders reflect the good. One study found that on high-performing teams, for every negative comment made, there are four to five comments that are positive. Want to know what your future team will be like?

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RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 10, 2018

I’m building a new team; who should be on it? Often we just inherit the teams we lead, but occasionally we have the opportunity to build a new team from scratch. 5 Things to Consider When Building a New Team Read More ». 5 Things to Consider When Building a New Team appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

What if someone wanted to visit the teams we lead? What leadership messes would we want to get cleaned up? The post Cleaning House: 5 Leadership Messes to Clean Up Before You Let the Neighbors In appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. A neighbor unexpectedly appeared at my door and wanted to come in. Was I ready?

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RapidStart Leadership

JULY 27, 2022

When attitudes decline and negativity sets in, it may be time for a culture course correction on our teams; here are 11 ways to do just that. The post Culture Course Correction: 11 Ways to Avoid Going Over the Cliff appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 29, 2017

What do you do when your team is falling apart? We all know that in most cases you can accomplish more as a team than as an individual. But what happens when the “teamwork” part erodes away and all you have left is a group of individuals masquerading as a team? How do you diagnose the problem and go about it curing it?

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 28, 2017

Just as winter transitions to spring and the world outside renews itself, maybe it’s time to look at your leadership and your team and take a moment to renew, too. Today we’ll look at four ways to do a team spring cleaning to renew, energize, and help you recapture that sense of “new.” ” Moving On.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

I think that there’s something just as powerful that we are all exposed to every day, and … Reintroducing Quibbling: The Kryptonite of Leadership Read More ». The post Reintroducing Quibbling: The Kryptonite of Leadership appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 22, 2017

I think one thing often overlooked in the world of leadership is patience. As often as not, good leadership is like an incubator. If you provide the right environment, consistently over time, you can bring amazing things to life, like great teams and new leaders. The Leadership Incubator will work its magic.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 29, 2022

A little known act during World War II highlights the value of vision for our teams, and why we should treat it like a precious metal. The post The Value of the Vision appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

For better or worse, we are forming and shaping the people on our teams into into their future selves; we are leaving a leadership legacy. How do we lift up, nourish, and support the people on our teams? Leadership Legacy – The Takeaway. It’s a sign of how poorly nourished your team was.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 20, 2017

Today we’ll talk about leader patience and when to apply it in a way that will strengthen your team instead of strangling it. If they are leading a team, the initial impact may be to weaken people’s confidence in them. Your team is in problem-solving mode. Communication is a critically important leadership skill.

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RapidStart Leadership

MAY 12, 2020

There's something about leadership we can sometimes forget, a line of paddling geese in a row I saw this morning illustrated that point perfectly. The post Like Geese in a Row – What We Forget About Leadership appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Finding the flow can turn a difficult task into a rewarding experience; here are six ways we can help make that happen on our teams. The post Finding the Flow: 6 Things it Helps to Know appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 23, 2017

Every team will develop its own distinctive culture. The thing is, you don’t have to leave it to chance to see which way your team culture will go. If you want to build team culture that will move you in a positive direction, here are over a dozen ways to help you build yours from the ground up. Make it a team thing.

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RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 13, 2022

When it comes to increasing engagement on our teams, sometimes we can be our own worst enemies, as this short story demonstrates; here's how we can do better. The post Increasing Engagement – How to Get People to Open Up appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

We all recognize that building team culture is important We know a strong team culture can have a huge positive impact on team effectiveness, employee engagement, and overall productivity. I happened to see this first-hand some years ago when I watched a team on the verge of collapse do something that amazed me.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Nobody likes to “step in it,” but leadership mistakes will happen. Do these three things well, and you may end up with a stronger team than you started with. Leading is like walking down a path with your team, and you’re up front. Leadership mistakes happen. Stepping In It. I messed that up.”.

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

He struggled to lead his team to land a rover on Mars; here's what this 'rocket surgeon' learned about getting his people to work together. The post Lines for Leaders: Rocket Surgeon appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

When the call of leadership comes, what will you do? But cumulatively they demonstrate where the leader’s heart lies, and they build the kind of loyalty that makes teams strong and successful. The call of leadership came, and the way this leader handled it serves as a great model for us all. Answering the Call of Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

JULY 11, 2017

He is reknown for the ten NCAA National Championships his team the UCLA Bruins won in just 12 years, his four undefeated seasons, and his election to the basketball hall of fame as both a player and a coach. One of his former players describes what that first team meeting was like at the beginning of the season. Much Ado About Socks.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 21, 2022

Grant learned when he was a Colonel can help us all find the strength to lead our teams in challenging times. The post Lines for Leaders: “I Kept Right On” appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. Something General U.S.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 7, 2017

People work better when they can see where they are going and how their efforts will contribute to team progress. Instead, tap into their intellect to help solve problems as they come up so your team can continue the journey forward. Why not do the same with your team? Your team could use some refreshment once in a while, too.

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RapidStart Leadership

AUGUST 8, 2017

Getting our leadership message across to the team can be a challenge. All that became clear after a brief encounter with a singer a while ago, who showed me that you don’t need to be big to get your leadership message across clear and strong. It works much the same way for those in a position of leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 16, 2018

What is the role of fear in leadership? I’ll get to that in a minute, but first, let’s look at the impact of fear and love as leadership tools. Ruling through fear can ultimately lead to brain drain on your team. In the end, I think Eisenhower had a better grasp of leadership. Do we have to choose between fear and love?

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 30, 2018

Every day my teams went “outside the wire” to train and advise the Iraqi Border Police along a 200 kilometer stretch of international boundary. It was important to him to see me and my teams in our working environment so that he could understand first hand what our challenges were. Raise your leadership game.

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 24, 2016

But during our annual re-watching of the movie this year, what I didn’t count on was getting a lesson in leadership from a six foot three inch tall munchkin. So for you holiday enjoyment, here are five leadership secrets of Buddy the Elf that we can all keep in mind to make us better leaders in the coming year. Buddy’s Secrets.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Join me for a video of what happened , and some thoughts about how to keep your LeaderShip afloat, even if it seems to have turned into a Great Wallowing Pumpkin. Keeping Your LeaderShip Afloat – The Takeaway. Great fun, but what’s the leadership angle in all of this, you might ask? It’s the Great Pumpkin (Regatta)!

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