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Building Trust Develops Team Cohesiveness

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Army Infantry, and later in my career as a Drill Sergeant. These values were foundational to many of my business decisions. Team cohesiveness doesn’t simply happen, it is created. That means you need to look out for your employees, defend them, advocate for them, and represent them — they are your team.

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How to Employ Leadership Fundamentals…or Falter

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Your team and your user community will follow you up the hill, help you capture the enemy flag and celebrate victory with you. Team meetings, user advisory boards and a consensus approach might take a little time, but a plan concocted in a closet and then jammed down everyone's throat didn't work, did it? Book value is not guaranteed.

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How to be an Effective Manager

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It is important to be personal and on good terms with your team members because this is the only way to ensure teamwork and peak performance, but you must also be professional to be respected and trusted. The key to mastering these seemingly contradictory traits is to build a strong foundation of trust by earning the respect of your team.

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The Advisor’s Corner – How Do I Build Ownership?

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Question : How do I build ownership of the team with the team so I don’t dominate as the leader? Too many leaders simply plunge into ‘task’ mode without even considering the dynamics of their teams or how to get them most from team members. Make sure that everyone is connected to that shared purpose.

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Human Feedback is the Greatest Path to Efficiency

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Once you are aware of this, you can re-wire your brain to see feedback-giving as a very positive way to help employees do a great job and succeed in their careers. Moreover, you will actually create very positive relationships with your team members as you share frequent and helpful feedback conversations. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Where Have All the Leaders Gone?, part 5 of 6

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To create such a devoted followership, leaders must remember that they are also followers – not only in the sense of supporting others’ missions but also through subordinating their own interests for the sake of serving their teams and organizations. One area of particular importance is career. Be accountable.

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The Advisor’s Corner – How Do I Lead Those Older Than Me?

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This is not a bad thing; in fact, if you are good leader, you will welcome the diversity in perspective, experience, and wisdom you can utilize from within your team. In my career I rarely held a leadership role without managing people older than me, until I became the older one! Books typically valued from $14.95 – $29.95