Ron Edmondson

JULY 15, 2019

If you want to increase productivity as a leader, you have to think bigger than what you can do. Here are 5 ways to increase productivity as a leader: 1. This would be the easy way – but the least productive way. The less “hands on” I am the more our team seems to get done. I love lists! I live by them.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

When the bottom line of continuing to exist as a company depends on productivity being at its highest, and a bottleneck develops, you learn what the term means quickly. And a host of other things that stalls production. In fact, it becomes less of a team and more of a group of employees. A bottleneck can be a real big deal.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 19, 2020

There are things leaders can do to encourage team members to be more innovative. Here are a 7 easy ways to encourage innovation: Get away from the office as a team. Teams I lead learn soon that when I travel I return with some fresh perspective – even some wild ideas. Have times together as a team that are simply fun.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

What makes up a healthy team? Obviously this is our goal if we lead or even serve on a team. Who would want to serve on an unhealthy team? It may be a permanent team or a temporary team, but we’ve all served on teams, which simply weren’t productive. The team didn’t gel as a group.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

If you want to increase productivity as a leader, you have to think bigger than what you can do. To increase productivity and get better as a leader: Change from being a manager of people to being a leader of people. This would be the easy way – but the least productive way. Don’t just manage current systems.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 24, 2018

I think healthy teams are intentionally created, so wherever I serve I’m consistently trying to make our environment better. Over the years, I’ve learned some things will not develop healthy teams. Many times it’s as much about what we don’t have on our team as what we do have. Closed minds. Domination.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 31, 2018

Team idleness. Team idleness is a term I use to describe when a team is failing to move forward towards its desired goals and objectives. Team idleness does not always mean the wrong people are on the team, although it certainly could. Every team, regardless of their health, can go through times of team idleness.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 20, 2017

There are things leaders can do, however, to encourage team members to be more innovative. Here are a 7 easy ideas to encourage innovation: Get away from the office as a team. Our team knows when I travel to expect me to return with some fresh perspective – even some wild ideas. You cannot legislate those kinds of changes.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

A team of researchers from New York University worked with students whose grades suffered because they procrastinated studying. How do you double your chance of being productive? What tips do you have for being more productive? One Secret to Having a More Productive Week. ” Did you catch that? Schedule it.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 8, 2024

I tested numerous systems to try to increase their productivity, but nothing seemed to work. You can have the best systems – the best strategies – the best programs – and still struggle with the performance of a team. I was wrong in my assessment and the experience taught me a valuable lesson.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 20, 2024

They aren’t the rule followers on the team. Strong-willed people can be the backbone of a team. What leader doesn’t want more people like that on their team? It’s usually not productive to cross a strong-willed person over issues of little importance to the overall vision of the organization.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 1, 2014

That means I try to cast the vision for a team and get out of the way, releasing each team member to do his or her work in their own individual way. Here are 5 times to consider some micromanagement: When a team member is new to the organization. When a team or team leader has been severely crippled by injury or stress.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 14, 2023

There is one incredibly important characteristic of successful teams or organizations. With this a team can weather the storms of life together. It could be the way a team prefers to work together and relate to one another. It is inherent and cannot be trained or programmed. Leaders need to understand the importance of this.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 12, 2023

Furthermore, if you aren’t careful, this can keep your team from being as productive as it can be. Here’s the reality – If you want your team to explore, take risks, and make new discoveries there will be mistakes made along the way. Reflect: How did you respond the last time someone on your team made a mistake?

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

I think healthy teams are intentionally created, so wherever I serve I’m consistently trying to make our environment better. Over the years, I’ve learned some things will not develop healthy teams. Many times it’s as much about what we don’t have on our team as what we do have. Closed minds. Domination.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

4 Ways a Team Grows Together. Some people hate those personality tests but they have made a huge difference for our team. There are tons out there but we require each person on our team to take 2 different personality tests and each one tells us some very unique attributes about that person. I don’t do these for profit.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 9, 2021

When you let go and let others lead, it will actually look like you’re doing more, because your team will be expanding the vision far beyond your individual capacity. Leaders who attempt to control stifle their team’s creativity, frustrate others on the team and limit the growth and future success of the organization. (In

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 1, 2022

When the leader has to have the final say in every decision it creates a culture where team members feel devalued. In fact, it becomes less of a team and more of a group of employees. When people have to wait for the leader to make a decision precious time is wasted, productivity slows and frustration rises.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

There are things leaders can do, however, to encourage team members to be more innovative. Here are a 7 ideas to encourage innovation: Get away from the office as a team. Have times together as a team that are simply fun. There are always communication barriers between team members and senior leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Team idleness. Team idleness is a term I use to describe when a team is failing to move forward towards its desired goals and objectives. Team idleness does not always mean the wrong people are on the team — it could. Every team, regardless of their health, can go through times of team idleness.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Productive meetings that don’t waste time but rather spur ideas and collaboration – Copy that. Embracing healthy conflict so the team remains healthy – Copy that. Utilizing short-term, mini-teams to tackle unique opportunities or challenges and break-down organizational silos – yea, Copy that. .

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 20, 2022

Control – Bad cultures are often the product of controlling leadership. Confusion – Bad cultures notoriously have poor team communication. Contaminates – Good team members are soon sucked into the habits of bad culture. Condemn – Bad culture condemns a team to a state of mediocrity.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 11, 2017

Once the end product is defined, creatives like limited micromanagement and maximum empowerment. The post 3 Ways to Help Creatives On Your Team Flourish appeared first on Ron Edmondson. The clearer you can be of what you are looking to do the more creative they can be. Grant the freedom to draw within the lines.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 4, 2021

This means I try to cast the vision for a team and get out of the way, releasing each team member to do his or her work in their own individual way. 5 times I tend to micromanage: When a team member is new to the organization. When a team or team leader has been severely crippled by injury or stress.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 10, 2022

This type beats production out of their team. Team members feel intimidated, which causes them to perform at less than capable performance levels. They will not confront problems, and allows dissension among the team. Team members often run the show and politics destroys progress. Gossip is rampant. Chaos prevails.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Recognizing this is paramount to maintaining productivity and for preventing burnout. Our team suffers. Sometimes things, which at the time seem unproductive, actually end up being among the most productive. I’ve learned I’m not very helpful to the team when I’m extremely tired. Leadership suffers.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

There are people on any team who don’t have the power or authority to solve the problems they see. When they have the freedom to expose a problem to leadership, they can help improve efficiency, productivity and team morale. Pull together teams of peers to suggest solutions. That’s part of serving on a healthy team.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

When I make every decision, or become too controlling as a leader, I rob myself and our team of valuable extra time and energy a talented team could have provided. I feel overwhelmed more quickly, the team feels under-appreciated and we all fail to accomplish as much as we should. Refusing to delegate.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 31, 2012

I agree with Carmine Coyote about how the negative impacts on productivity are truly alarming: People expect to be continually under threat of layoff, so they keep their resumes permanently on the market, changing jobs without concern for anything save their own short-term advantage. 10 Ways a Team Performs as a Team.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 7, 2021

I know I want to attract and retain leaders on our team. If I have all the answers, the team will have fewer of their own. Granted, I don’t like surprises that may cause controversy in our church, but our team needs the freedom to “lead out” on things without my involvement if they are truly leaders.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Learning to balance a leader’s time in each of these three areas will greatly enhance the leader’s productivity, so the leader must discipline for the other two. Leaders must spend ample time in personal, team member and organizational evaluations. All three are needed. . This includes celebrating success. People need this too.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

How healthy is this for our team? But I’ve also learned my team often knows more than me. In fact, if I surround myself with the right team then my team always knows more than me – at least in the individual areas they lead. It seems counter-productive to me. And sometimes I do.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 30, 2023

How healthy is this for our team? But I’ve also learned my team often knows more than me. In fact, if I surround myself with the right team then my team always knows more than me – at least in the individual areas they lead. It seems counter-productive to me. And sometimes I do.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

We could now build a product. Sometimes (okay, truthfully all the time) that would stretch our cash flow until we could ship a product, send a bill, and collect some cash. There have been so many opportunities or ideas I have left behind because I didn’t sense our team was willing or able to assume the costs associated.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 10, 2017

When you let go and let others lead, it will actually look like you’re doing more, because your team will be expanding the vision far beyond your individual capacity. Leaders who attempt to control stifle their team’s creativity, frustrate others on the team and limit the growth and future success of the organization.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 23, 2018

When the bottom line of continuing to exist as a company depends on productivity being at its highest, and being the one ultimately responsible, you learn what the term means quickly. In fact, it becomes less of a team and more of a group of employees. A team will never be more open to change than is the leader.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 17, 2021

Still, if our church and the teams I lead are going to continue to grow and face the challenges of a changing community, I must discipline myself to pick my head up from the daily routines to be forward-thinking. Sometimes I have to release power to others on my team and allow them to lead me. Let others invest in me.

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