Nathan Magnuson

JANUARY 7, 2019

Recently retired Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder famously crafted 16 Goals for Success which he used with his football teams over his decades of coaching. But all leaders have the opportunity to rally their teams around the outcome of their work. Against all odds, one team overcame an enormous deficit to win the game.

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Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

And he’s coached several Team USA men’s basketball teams to Olympic gold. Instead, the focus should be on building teams that can consistently be in a position to perform at their very best. Coach K knows how to build winning teams. The bottom line is this: teams win or lose together.

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Teamwork Bond Commitment Goal 120

Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Or maybe another department set up a new process that inadvertently doubled the reporting requirements from your team – which you’re not staffed to accommodate. Maybe your employee showed up late for the third time this month – and this time it caused you to miss an important deadline.

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Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Over the course of my career thus far, I’ve found that these twelve strategies for extraordinary teamwork not only make your team stronger, they have the power to significantly influence the culture of your organization if others begin to follow your example. “Who needs the information our team possesses?”

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 31, 2022

Scenario #1: Recently I was with an executive team delivering one of our most popular Leadership-in-a-Box programs Leading Change. I had two separate experiences with leading change recently that demonstrate a critical aspect that is often the difference between success and failure. Of course, I’ll share it as well.

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Nathan Magnuson

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

She is concerned her team won’t stay motivated. How do you keep your team fully engaged in the wake of success? Here are a few ideas to help your team cope with success and use it as the springboard for greater things to come. Even when your team wins, there are lessons to be learned. This is a very thoughtful question.

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Nathan Magnuson

JULY 10, 2017

Contrast this with a scenario that played out a few years back on my team. The next day, I decided I owed my team an apology. Unhindered Teams Win. In his book Leading with the Heart , basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski talks about the effectiveness of teams built on trust and a radical commitment to the collective whole.

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 1, 2017

No leader can succeed alone – and teams know this. Negative reinforcement can create resentment and easily backfire when you’ve yet to win your team over. On a project I joined several years ago, the senior executive gathered his new team together to create the blueprint. Praise inspires. Appreciation motivates.

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Nathan Magnuson

APRIL 18, 2016

Build the Team. In The Secret of Teams , Mark Miller describes high performance teams as those that can function without the active presence of the leader. This obviously requires a lot more from both the leader and the team members. Build Their Confidence. This is another oversight.

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Nathan Magnuson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

It’s not “my” team, it’s “our” team. One of the easiest (and cheapest) ways leaders engage their teams is acknowledging the contribution of each person. Leaders often struggle with the time and attention both to delegation and develop key team members. The reverse is also true.

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Succession Self-aware eBook Delegation 120

Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Team members are the best places to begin. Change Influence Leadership Organizational Effectiveness Personal Effectiveness change development influence organization team' Others : After leaders accept responsibility for themselves, they can accept responsibility for others.

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Nathan Magnuson

JULY 17, 2016

Not many things can top being part of a great team with a great culture. I’ve written about culture several times (here are my two favorites on building a leadership culture and assessing the team culture of the champion Kansas City Royals baseball team ). That was the year we had the strongest team and won our conference.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 5, 2018

Did you know that as an organizational leader, your serving audience goes much further than just your team? Team members. Embody the Values and Commitments as a Leadership Team. You’ll need a team that shares the same values and commitments. In fact, that might not be the best place to start. Frontline employees.

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Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Whether your team has achieved a significant goal or is looking to get back on track after a shake-up, here are some basic ways to get everyone back on course. Once your team has reached a goal and the celebration is over (you do celebrate big wins, right?) Choose the appropriate next step to focus your team.

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eBook Business Model Goal Follow-up 120

Nathan Magnuson

AUGUST 7, 2017

“How can I get my leaders to do a better job coaching their teams?” I hope you’ve asked that question for yourself as well, because it means developing your team is high on your radar. ” That’s a question I frequently field from the executives and HR partners I support.

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 18, 2015

Bravery is much easier with a team around you. A Good Team is Better than a Good Idea. Pixar president Ed Catmull shared that a bad team will ruin a good idea, but a good team will take a bad idea and turn it into a good one. Therefore, we must develop our teams. But it doesn’t have to be a solo experience.

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Nathan Magnuson

JULY 4, 2016

So how does your organization or team address generational dynamics from a awareness perspective? Ask for input from your team. At the end of the day, the team with the best talent wins. By now, succession planning routinely takes generational demographics into close consideration. Generational-oriented training is mainstream.

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Nathan Magnuson

APRIL 8, 2013

Were you joining a new organization, team, [.]. .” Now replace my name with yours. How would you respond? When was the last time someone asked you to identify your strengths? Was it in an interview or an application? Human Resources Organizational Effectiveness Personal Effectiveness Strengths StrengthsFinder'

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 4, 2015

Author Mark Miller and a team of facilitators walked a large group through the content of his new book Chess Not Checkers. In the early stages of most small organizations or teams, the rules are simplistic and team members may play interchangeable roles much like the game pieces in a checkers game. .” ” Why?

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Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At the bottom of the post I’ll include a link to an IDP template you can use for yourself or your team. Performance plans may be identical for all the members of a team whereas IDPs will probably be unique. What is an IDP? An IDP is three things. Third, an IDP is a living plan. It changes over time as growth occurs.

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 27, 2013

Do you take your team with you? What are your favorite conferences, seminars or training events? Do you have any that you attend every year? One of my annual staples is the Chick-fil-A Leadercast seminar. This year it takes place on May 10. Let me tell why Chick-fil-A Leadercast is so special. 5 Reasons You [.].

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Nathan Magnuson

JULY 22, 2013

Some of our hardcore “green beret” colleagues operated as independent 4 man teams conducting unconventional warfare operations. From 2006-2012 I served as a part-time member of the U.S. Army’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) community.

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Nathan Magnuson

JULY 21, 2014

I had the chance to travel to Greece and Bulgaria recently and give a series of leadership presentations to several university groups with a small team of business professionals. Each member of our small team presented a portion of the model. Let me tell you more about it. I’ll summarize it for you here below. Embody the Values.

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Blanchard Construction Travel Influence 154

Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 14, 2013

You’ve just been assigned to fix a problem or design a solution for an organization, department or team. Maybe you’ve been brought in as a consultant or joined a cross-functional task force. Regardless, management wants results. Where do you start?

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Organization Human Resources Consultative Influence 183

Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Are good ideas ruining the effectiveness of your team or organization? It can be even worse in large organizations where entire teams come up with ideas independently of one another. Once a team or an individual commits to a good idea, their personal success and pride are on the line. Thoughts for the Everyday Leader.

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Nathan Magnuson

AUGUST 4, 2014

If someone on your team has fouled things up, why don’t you try some of these responses? After laboring for 24 hours, his team finally created what they hoped to be the first functioning bulb. Shrugging off the frustration, Edison’s team worked for another 24 hours and Edison entrusted the same boy with the same task.

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Nathan Magnuson

APRIL 22, 2013

Then last week, I explained how the each person tends toward one of four leadership styles and how each style significantly impacts team [.]. In the first post, I shared the practical benefits of the assessment itself.

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 16, 2016

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. Just because you’re surrounded by quality leaders doesn’t mean you have a well functioning team. I don’t root for Duke basketball, but I absolutely want to “play” on a team like the ones Coach K creates. This doesn’t happen by accident.

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 24, 2012

I think the reason is that athletics provides one of the greatest leadership development opportunities out there because players learn to work as a team toward a common goal in a competitive environment. There is no “I” in TEAM. In short, it’s leadership development training for life. They came back with raving reviews. Commitment.

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Nathan Magnuson

DECEMBER 19, 2016

team leaders). If your team is evaluating the performance, it may make sense to go deeper, but with a large group, simply say thank you. If you openly state you will be performing an AAR following the event, you prepare your audience to taken mental (and hopefully actual) notes throughout the session. Compile, Share, Archive.

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Nathan Magnuson

OCTOBER 17, 2016

But productive meetings are essential for collaboration, decision-making and team effectiveness. One team I’ve worked with reserves the last two minutes for a semi-impromptu dance-off just to reinforce that it’s a fun team to be on. Even the late Peter Drucker considered meetings a necessary evil.

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Nathan Magnuson

AUGUST 15, 2016

Recruit a strong team, including people who are smarter or better than you. Work hard to promote trust and collaboration within the team and organization. Build a team with diverse viewpoints. Additionally, dictators are careful to prevent high levels of trust among their subordinates for fear of future opposition.

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Nathan Magnuson

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Sometimes when I meet with a leader of a team or a department, I’ll ask a question about priorities that usually raises an eyebrow or two. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the ones who can answer it usually seem to be on top of things a lot more than the ones who draw […].

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Nathan Magnuson

MARCH 3, 2014

These activities are essentially limitless, such as reading a book, attending a networking event or professional club, joining a cross-functional team or just learning something new. There are assessments for learning styles, job fit, team fit, leadership, etc. What are your developmental goals?

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Library Mentor Learning-by-Doing Consultative 180

Nathan Magnuson

APRIL 21, 2014

“Our team did a great job demonstrating __.” “Here’s an opportunity for our team to demonstrate.” Then you’ve got to relate them to the way people think and act in the context of everyday situations. Point out when the values were present. ” Use values-oriented language to assess future work.

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Construction Follow-up Organization Consultative 189

Nathan Magnuson

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

You may have gotten a new job or joined a new team. In fact, one of the great risks of being new to any group or team is appearing incompetent based on unfamiliarity with culture, relationships, processes, systems, policies, etc. When was the last time your face was the unfamiliar one? How did it go? Competence.

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Nathan Magnuson

JULY 6, 2020

As the leader, you need to have a plan for developing each member of your team. In fact, many take a new job for the learning opportunity it provides, as opposed to the accomplishment. But the best growth plans are created together.

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