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Making Team Meetings Worthwhile

The Center For Leadership Studies

More work than ever before is done completely through teams. These can be globally dispersed and remote teams or matrixed across departments and functions. How many of these dynamics have you experienced in team meetings, just in the past week? This could include several necessary SMEs or managers of team members.

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How to Keep Team Meetings on Track

The Center For Leadership Studies

More work than ever before is done completely through teams. Globally dispersed and remote teams? With the amount of time spent in meetings to accomplish work, team meetings need to be expedient and efficient–and considered worthwhile!–to The Team Charter should state how each meeting will begin. Localized and in person?

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Four Do’s and Don’ts for Leading Remote Teams

The Center For Leadership Studies

Effective leadership in a global workplace requires more creativity and diligence than ever before. 1 The challenges are amplified with remote team members who are likely scattered across time zones of states and provinces, regions and continents. Second, for how the dispersed team will function effectively together.

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Building a Culture of Accountability

The Center For Leadership Studies

Instead, VP of Sales Emily is accountable for the results which detail how well—or poorly—her sales team is performing. First and foremost, building a culture of accountability requires consistency, patience and possibly a shift in thinking from an organization’s leadership. Many organizations use a “RACI” for this.

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Manage The Challenges of Working In a Matrix

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Leadership In a Matrix. Everyone must provide leadership and assume responsibility for success. Understand you are part of a team, whether or not you all report to the same person. If the team is not successful, you cannot be successful. Create a RACI chart. Think “we” instead of “me.”. Conflicting Loyalties.

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To Hold Someone Accountable, First Define What Accountable Means

Harvard Business Review

As prescribed in the commonly used responsibility models — RACI, RAPID, and the others — accountability should fall to one (and only one) person per item, even if the work involved requires input and contributions from others. Madison went ahead and formed a team, which had several meetings. Consider this example.

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Three Innovation Lessons From India's Titan Watches

Harvard Business Review

For both its RAGA and Fastrack lines, Titan put people who "looked" like the target consumer in key leadership roles, and spent a good deal of time trying to understand target customers in a deeper way. When a leap of faith is shared by the senior leadership team, it is that much easier to take.". Rethink the offer.