Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
JANUARY 15, 2013
As a team member, you share responsibility for the success of your team. If your team meetings are boring or wasting your time, explain the problem from your point of view. If they do, there is a team issue, and your putting it on the table gives your team the opportunity to discuss and solve the problem.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
JULY 29, 2013
He was a marketing genius, and his team’s success was unparalleled in the history of the company. The problem was, his fellow team members thought he was a pain in the neck. He wasn’t a team player, he didn’t share information and he kept recognition for himself. Understand your team’s positions.
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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
MAY 19, 2014
Victor’s team had recently delivered a couple of large projects, and he was pleased with their performance. When I suggested creating a Team Charter, he told me, “Planning is fine, but I’m all about action. When people initiate action, they assume greater responsibility for ensuring a successful outcome. Is Victor wrong?
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
JANUARY 17, 2012
Team members make two common mistakes: Mistake #1: Thinking it’s the team leader’s responsibility to pull the team together and waiting passively for that to happen. Ultimately a team’s success depends on the team members, not the team leader. And sometimes teams can get stuck.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
APRIL 10, 2012
The president of the company created a multi-disciplinary task force to research what would be required of leaders in the company to be successful in the next decade. We were all pleased to be selected to be on the team. As a team, we still liked each other, but it wasn’t as much fun working on the project anymore.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
OCTOBER 30, 2012
These questions and guidelines will help you surface the right values for your team. Team values don’t need to be exactly the same as your company values, as long as they are aligned and don’t conflict. What values are needed to fulfill your team’s purpose? First identify your team’s purpose. No one is exempt.
Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2012
Leaders who want to make their team more effective often ask me for help with teambuilding, training in team skills or advice on restructuring. My next question is “What is the purpose of your team?”. I ask because I want to know if the leader really has a team. —No Not every collection of individuals should be a team.
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