article thumbnail

How to Encourage More Courage on Your Team (Team-Building Activity)

Let's Grow Leaders

If you want your team to feel more courageous, remind them of times they’ve been courageous before. This team-building activity gives your team a chance to reflect on their micro-moments of courage. First, we know from Dr. Amy Edmondson’s research on psychological safety, that how we think about the past matters.

article thumbnail

Leadership Book Club: How to Read Courageous Cultures With Your Team

Let's Grow Leaders

Practical ways to engage your team (or leadership book club) as you read Courageous Cultures together. One of the real joys of being authors is hearing from leadership book clubs and teams who are reading our books together. We also make it easy for teams to read together and discuss what they’ve learned. Own the U.G.L.Y.

Books 327
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

10 Inexpensive Ways to Develop People on a Team

Ron Edmondson

Every team needs some inexpensive ways to develop people on the team. This is dangerous for a team, which wishes to remain healthy and continue growing. If a team is not learning and improving it will soon struggle to maintain any level of success. They have to bring information back to share with the team.

article thumbnail

10 Ways We Create Unhealthy Team Environments

Ron Edmondson

No one intentionally sets out to create unhealthy team environments, but I’ve seen it done so many times. There are things which injure the health of a team. Just as with a healthy team environment, creating an unhealthy team environment often happens – though perhaps unintentional – by things we do as leaders.

article thumbnail

Solve the Mystery of Successful Teams

Engaging Leader

It means that members of a team feel comfortable in their team to be themselves, participate, share ideas, disagree, and even ask for help. Organizational behavioral scientist Amy Edmondson of Harvard first introduced the concept and how it affects team success. She […].

article thumbnail

Life Update/Transition for Ron Edmondson

Ron Edmondson

Here’s a life update for Ron and Cheryl Edmondson. I am especially interested in 5 T’s of leadership (some verbiage I just started playing with) – Traction, Transitions, Turnarounds, Trust and Team Dynamics. Join Nate (or Chandler) and I for the Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast. I would love to help.

article thumbnail

Seven Indications Your Team is Dysfunctional

Ron Edmondson

What are some indications your team is dysfunctional? Chances are, if you’ve served on very many teams, you’ve served on a dysfunctional one. There are no perfect teams. And all teams are all dysfunctional during some seasons. Team members never feel valued or appreciated. Mediocrity is celebrated.

Team 67