Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

High performing team members crave development. Leadership development in team meetings: #1. Successful leaders develop leaders. But your hair’s on fire. What if you don’t have time to plan leadership development? Identify: Identify… Continue reading →

Leadership Development 218

Leadership Development Planning Development Team 218

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 176

Team Energy Resources Skills 176

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 200

Team Tips Leadership Development Development 200

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 200

Team How To Advice Management 200

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 234

Teamwork Team Resources Books 234

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 161

Team 161

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 187

Emotional Intelligence Team How To Books 187

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 187

Team Succession Leadership Development Development 187

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 178

Team Teamwork How To Succession 178

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 192

Sports Team How To Books 192

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 196

Stress Team Report Skills 196

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 140

Team Goal 140

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

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 158

Team Leadership Development Development Leadership 158

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 186

Team How To Energy Leadership Development 186

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 132

Team Long-term 132

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 240

Team Energy Resources Power 240

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 191

Team How To Succession Leadership Development 191

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 164

Team How To Succession Leadership Development 164

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 159

Team Marketing Examples Productivity 159

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

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

Team 195

Team Succession Leadership 195

Leadership Freak

APRIL 6, 2017

Layoffs, complaints, stress, cutbacks, unrealistic expectations, shortfalls, and more, demoralize teams. 10 Strategies that Re-energize Demoralized teams: #1. Complain a little and move on. We’ve talked about this the last three times… Continue reading →

Strategy 175

Strategy Team Stress Motivation 175

Leadership Freak

APRIL 21, 2018

“[Will] Felps estimates that teams with just one deadbeat, downer, or a **e suffer a performance disadvantage of 30 to 40 percent compared to teams that have no bad apples.” (Bob Bob Sutton in Good… Continue reading →

Team 175

Team Succession Leadership Development Development 175

Leadership Freak

DECEMBER 2, 2019

you have a team that talks too much and achieves too… Continue reading → Talking gives the illusion of action. If the room goes quiet when you ask, “What are we going to do about that?”,

Team 171

Team Development How To 171

Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

But leading a new team, thanks to “Tuckman’s Stages,” has elements of predictability. You can’t predict the path forward when facing new challenges. Four stages – plus one: #1. Forming: Mission – What… Continue reading →

Team 128

Team 128

Leadership Freak

MARCH 13, 2017

Over-engaged leaders produce disengaged teams. Over-engaged leaders work way too hard. Work to make space for others, if you’re an over-engaged leader. Over-engaged leaders: Love check lists. Don’t dive into problem-solving without exploring… Continue reading →

Team 172

Team Delegation Succession Leadership Development 172

Leadership Freak

AUGUST 15, 2019

Love and hate at work: You love working with the people on your team. It’s not the work; it’s the people that drive you crazy. BUT there are a few things that drive… Continue reading →

Team 122

Team How To Succession Leadership Development 122

Leadership Freak

JULY 16, 2019

Successful leaders energize teams. 4 ways to energize tired teams: #1. We begin new jobs with enthusiasm. But repetition leads to boredom. Lousy bosses make work miserable. Constant pressure causes burnout. Establish direction… Continue reading →

Team 123

Team Succession 123

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 239

Team Leadership Development Project Succession 239

Leadership Freak

JULY 23, 2019

Teams that connect with each other go further with greater satisfaction. What creates and strengthens connection? Shared purpose: Purpose is a matter of heart. Purpose is bigger than goals. Shared purpose calls for… Continue reading →

Team 130

Team Power Succession Goal 130

Leadership Freak

MARCH 18, 2014

The capacity of teams to waste time and resources staggers the imagination. Multiply waste by the number of people involved. It’s one thing to tolerate one person wasting time.

Team 246

Team Motivation Leadership Development Resources 246

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 213

Consensus Team Leadership Development Process 213

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 255

Quality Team Leadership Development Succession 255

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I asked a management team two questions to help them reflect on lessons learned from managing new teams. It might help you to know that their facility opened about 9 months ago. Tell… Continue reading →

Team 134

Team Management 134

Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

To the new team: Thank you for accepting a seat at the table. I’m writing to you because you’re young and I’m counting on your new team to lift our organization to new heights. Learning to work on a team is a powerful opportunity for you. Seize it with gusto. However… There’s nothing natural about [.].

Team 209

Team Power Organization Succession 209

Leadership Freak

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Teams, like individuals, can be smart or stupid.* Three factors impact team intelligence: Social sensitivity. Be aware of emotion. Bring it up when someone seems detached, disturbed, excited, or curious. Barney, this idea… Continue reading →

Team 139

Team Succession Leadership Development Development 139

Leadership Freak

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Results-only leaders have empty-tank teams. Managing energy is more important than managing time. It doesn’t matter how much time you have if your energy-tank is empty. 4 unbreakable rules of energy: #1. Four… Continue reading →

Team 115

Team Energy Management Succession 115