Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

This team member is fully invested and enthusiastic in their work because they identify with the company’s overall vision and feel their job responsibilities contribute to the company goals. So, you need a “great” vision that your team can willingly buy into, adopt and turn it into reality. What is an engaged employee?

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JULY 18, 2013

Guest post by Joseph Lalonde: One of the best things we can do for our team is to discover our team member''s talents. The talents of our team members are usually what drives them to excel. Your team will find purpose and meaning when they begin putting their skills to work. Your team will be excited to come to work.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

If you manage 2 or more employees, it’s a good idea to have regular team meetings. Team meetings encourage collaboration, a sense of belonging and identity, help coordinate interdependent work, and from the employee’s perspective, are a good opportunity to get fed and break up the routine of the day. Timing is important here.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Your team is on overdrive. A team member with a trait, a quirk that gets under your skin. And it’s costing you and the team time and energy. Team engagement is always critical. It is natural to go for the obvious team drivers: the alpha, the verbalizer, the workhorse. What is so special about this team member?

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DECEMBER 6, 2012

Guest post by Sean McPheat : With more and more graduates finding themselves in a managerial role fresh out of university, it’s interesting to analyse the way that young managers are able to manage and interact with their older team members. Get to know your team as individuals. Steer clear of any “Big Boss” talk.

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JULY 16, 2015

Chris Edmonds : When I consult with executives on crafting a high performance, values-aligned culture, one of the first things I do is to examine the effectiveness of their leadership team. Whatever that team is called - an executive team, a leadership team, a management team, etc. They include: 1.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 19, 2015

Read Beth Armknecht Miller’s new guest post over at About.com Leadership and Management for some great tips for bringing a dispersed workforce together as a productive team: Smells Like Team Spirit: How To Foster Team Culture In A Virtual Work Environment.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 16, 2016

They’ll step in wondering just what kind of commitment they can expect from you, and many will wonder if they can measure up to the standards on your team. When you help them come up to speed with the technical standards, and give them a leg up on gaining social acceptance of your team, you’ll build a strong foundation of commitment.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 5, 2016

Now if you asked John if he trusted his team, he would say “of course.” HOW TO SHOW YOUR EMPLOYEES YOU TRUST THEM It takes more than words to demonstrate your trust in your team. Oh sure, your team may grumble, but managers who win well know there’s no greater gift you can give your team than leading them toward head-turning results.

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MAY 27, 2014

Read my new article over at About.com Management and Leadership for a very detailed, step-by-step guide on How to Align Your Team Around a Shared Vision. “Alignment” is getting everyone on the same page and marching in the same direction. alignment collaboration meetings strategy vision'

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JULY 23, 2015

Guest post by Victor Prince : Teams at work are like portfolios of people with different skills and performance patterns. Here are four moves that smart leaders do to get the highest overall return from their team. Stop Micromanaging your Exemplars – You know who the Exemplars on your team are.

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Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Moreover, once the procrastinators pull everything together as the deadline is looming, non-procrastinators may become resentful that procrastinating team members always “get away with it,” especially if the procrastinators are perceived as equally-valued in the organization or receive accolades from management for their contributions.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 28, 2015

In order to bring quality products to market that delight your customers and meet their needs, a company must have leaders that run the product teams effectively. Brian Lawley product development product managers project management'

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Great Leadership By Dan

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

If they are working in a team environment, they are probably frustrating their team members who want to move forward with the project. Outliers’ Impact on Team and Organizational Effectiveness. Slow Decision Outliers can slow down progress and create frustration with other team members.

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MARCH 10, 2016

Now, putting on my hat as a coach to other leaders, what our team decided to do is solve for this. Each leader needs to learn how to engage his or her team in an authentic way. I wanted to do the right things but didn’t appreciate how my words and actions were getting translated at times.

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Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Entrepreneurs, c orporate executives and managers know from experience that the best teams sport a rare mixture of friction, freedom and alignment. So how do you assemble a great team? What’s perhaps most valuable about understanding someone’s type is how their behavior plays out in the dynamics of a team. Our biggest takeaway?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2008

Today’s global business environment requires more and more leadership teams to operate from a distance. Giving feedback to long-distance team members requires you to make a more formal effort. So how do you provide effective feedback when you don’t see your leaders on a regular basis? Don’t leave feedback to chance.

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DECEMBER 17, 2007

It seems like every time I administer an off-the-shelf leadership team assessment, the results are horrendous! I’ve been through a gauntlet of team assessments as a leader, team member, and facilitator, with a variety of companies and teams, and the results always seem to be the same.

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Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 27, 2015

Every person, every organization, and every business gets stuck. For successful people and businesses, it can be very hard to recognize that they are stuck and even harder to do what is necessary to break free of old ideas and habits to get back on the growth path.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Within the first two months, host a 30-minute 1:1 meeting with team members across multiple levels in your organization plus cross-functional colleagues. Monthly all-team meetings help build camaraderie, and provide a forum for recognition, to discuss business performance and key projects. 2) What motivates you?

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JUNE 25, 2020

Guest post from Mike Robbins : The ability for you and your team to effectively engage in conflict may not be all that easy or fun, but it is fundamental to your performance, both individually and collectively. Usually they aren’t fun or easy, but they are necessary for us personally, for our relationships, and for the success of the team.

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MARCH 2, 2008

Teams and organizations can often get too insular and unable to think outside of their own boxes. Leaders need to encourage team members to look outside for new ideas. Here's 12 ways to ensure your team members are getting their daily dose of external perspective: 1. Arrange reciprocal visits with other groups or organizations.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

One of the most important things you can do is create margin for yourself and margin for your team. One highly successful global leader I know carves out 20% of his month for section three and holds his team accountable for the same splits. Leadership gets the team going and management keeps it going. That's the difference.

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DECEMBER 11, 2007

Taking a leadership team off-site for a few days is a great way to develop strategy, get creative, develop a team, learn, and re-invigorate a team. A new team member? The theme could be “Leading change”, or “A winning team”, or “playing to win”. Here’s a proven design method I’ve used: 1. Improve teamwork?

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Great Leadership By Dan

MAY 21, 2020

Bridge divides with team bonding. Harmful gossip and hostile cliques can’t take hold when your workforce feels like a team. Pair off and have team members ask each other what they need from one another going forward. This is a way to unite teams and get an instant dose of positivity. Create consequences for noncompliance.

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Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 8, 2019

We can’t overstate the impact that truth telling can have on the engagement, optimism, and hope people feel about their organization and their team. Truth telling makes all the difference if you want your teams to successfully work together. Give each team member three or four large sticky notes. Ask the following questions: a.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

So, if you have more than 7 values, it’s time to bring your team together and narrow your values down to the top 7 or less of your most important values. Works with and supports other team members to drive results 2. You don’t want someone joining your team who won’t live your values. I’m curious can you name all of your values?”

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JUNE 11, 2019

Define the purpose of the company and share it with your team. What are your strengths as a team/company? For example, a company mission may be to boost productivity for individuals and teams worldwide. Defining a clear mission statement allows you to be transparent with the team.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

When I joined Merchants Fleet as CEO in 2018, I knew I was joining a team of some of the most experienced professionals in the fleet industry. A big part of that is having a simple vision that teams can rally around and a strategic direction that leaders can buy into and articulate easily throughout the organization. 5000 list.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

Guest post from Karin Hurt and David Dye: You’ve asked your team for their great ideas. Laura’s story Laura, an IT Vice President at a mid-sized energy company, was excited to spend some time with her teams, hold a few skip level meetings, and see their new system in action. You have an open door. No one had ever raised the issue.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

Guest post from Barbara Bruno : Would your current team or new hires describe you as a leader who supports, teaches, and encourages them? This type of nurturing often determines whether the members of your team become engaged and retained employees or end up as a costly turnover statistic. Can I trust you? Will you do what you promise?

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

By creating a smarter workforce, you are creating a team able to produce amazing results on behalf of your clients, your partners as well as your consumers. It will ensure that your team feels connected to your mission, supported as individuals and that they feel appreciated for the work that they do.

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JANUARY 17, 2019

A good leader is someone who guides and mentors a team, who offers counsel, looks to foster a good working environment and creates a culture that’s sustainable. Natural born leaders have the ability to motivate and communicate better than other members of the team. A good leader also gives credit to their team. Lose some money?

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JULY 31, 2014

. · Ask everyone to identify three tasks to eliminate, put it in writing, and bring it to a meeting to discuss it with the whole team. If your team is too large, you may have to break it up into groups but it will be important that everyone hear other ideas about what can be eliminated. That’s called “piggybacking”. Ask yourself: 1.

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APRIL 25, 2019

A sufferer of Corner Office Syndrome he or she continues to make command decisions without consulting the team. These are the questions that need to be openly talked about with your teams. Courage and business are both team games. Guest post by Ryan Berman : Imagine for a second that your boss is miles away from the day-to-day.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

In my work with senior leaders and executive teams across a wide variety of industries, one of the most important questions I ask is to learn what those leaders pay attention to. After a 15-year career leading successful teams, Chris founded his consulting company, The Purposeful Culture Group, in 1990. What Do You Pay Attention To?

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

If you define the Cultural Layer as the de facto patterns of behavior between members on the team you can define the Mindset Layer as the de facto patterns of thought between the ears of the key leadership. It also implies a close understanding of the emotional life of the team. Agility is nimbleness of thought and action.

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