Tim Milburn

MAY 8, 2012

As a leader, you need to be aware of the different narratives (fancy word for story) that are at work on your team or in your organization. You always run the risk of competing narratives on any team. As the leader, you have the opportunity to tell the story that makes the purpose and actions of the team significant.

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Letter Follow-up Team Organization 166

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 25, 2010

You know, that team from the National League that’s headed to the World Series this year. It was pretty obvious there were a lot better teams out there (at least that’s what the analysts kept saying). On paper… But the San Francisco Giants are a team that scratched, clawed, and won a lot of close (CLOSE!)

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Leadership Team Learning-by-Doing Goal 121

Tim Milburn

JUNE 19, 2013

Instead of losing confidence, a healthy business leader will take responsibility and use mistakes to learn and boost their efforts and the efforts of team payers. In fact, healthy business leaders use their failures to motivate their teams to be smarter and more innovative as they strive for success.

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Company Morale Incentives Motivation 107

Tim Milburn

MAY 15, 2012

Effective leaders use purpose to show their teams what is possible and what is within reach. Without purpose, individuals and teams can easily go off track. When purpose is lacking, the telltale signs are obvious: fatigue, mediocrity, fractured teams, and goals that are stated but without accountability.

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Tim Milburn

JUNE 22, 2012

Watch how my team members work together. If I know what the motivations and capabilities are of the members of my team, I’ll know what buttons to push. Do I know what makes my team members want to be involved? Sometimes my care for the team may get in the way of results. Motivation is an inside job.

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Leadership Motivation Micromanagement Strategy 126

Tim Milburn

APRIL 20, 2012

When you finish strong, it serves as a model for your team. A successful ending should be a team effort. Work to keep your people engaged, motivated, and connected to the goals and vision of the team right up to the end. This isn’t just about you, but about all of the people whom you lead.

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How To Follow-up Commitment Morale 136

Tim Milburn

JULY 2, 2012

I can’t count the number of times a team has gone into the locker room at halftime – down by a bunch and deflated – and returned to the game a different team. When a team comes out of the locker room at halftime and plays differently (better!) They use this break in the action to do important work.

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Sports Goal Follow-up Planning 124

Tim Milburn

JANUARY 19, 2012

Leadership Matters – Team sports require leadership. Business, ministry, government and academia are all TEAM SPORTS. Passion Matters – The intensity of the team is always a reflection of their leadership. Passion Matters – The intensity of the team is always a reflection of their leadership.

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Blanchard Sports Influence Learning-by-Doing 107

Tim Milburn

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Leadership is easier at the beginning because this momentum carries a team through the initial bumps in the road. Simply put, you should have some idea where you and your team are going. By looking ahead, you can anticipate what the team will need further into the journey. You need to get a 30,000 foot view of the situation.

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Price Learning-by-Doing Energy Cost 143

Tim Milburn

MAY 19, 2013

Hopefully, you are learning what it takes to be productive and to help those on your team to be productive as well. Being a leader means being able to communicate effectively to a team, and that comes into play big time when you have a goal to meet. 5 Tips To Help Your Team Be More Creative. Where to turn though? Yup, Twitter.

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Tim Milburn

AUGUST 3, 2012

Consider theses attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. Great coaches know that a team culture must be flexible or it risks stifling the individuality, intuition, and free will of the players. They know better than to limit possibilities.

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Sports Belief Systems Comparison Open-book 133

Tim Milburn

JANUARY 25, 2012

What makes it even harder to swallow is that they looked like the better team throughout the game. It’s easy to lead a winning team. Everyone likes to be on a winning team. When a team loses, you get to see what kind of leader a person really is. The Ravens lost by three points.

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Tim Milburn

JANUARY 30, 2019

I remember lashing out at one of the people on my team because he was pushing for a proposal that I thought was ill-advised and poorly timed. I wish I had kept my cool when I initially confronted this team member. Would you like to see the Rhodium Rule infiltrate the culture of your team or organization? A PERSONAL EXAMPLE.

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Chemicals Follow-up Motivation Examples 101

Tim Milburn

APRIL 5, 2012

All work is work for a team. The purpose of a team is to make strengths productive and weaknesses irrelevant. People decisions are the ultimate control mechanism of an organization. That’s where people look to find out what values you really hold. No individual has the temperament and the skills to do every job.

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Tim Milburn

MARCH 30, 2012

Here are what I consider to be 5 of the most lethal momentum killers that can stop any organization or team in it’s tracks. Teams that merely do enough to get by are headed for disaster. At the end of each sports season, it’s the teams that exemplify their very best that make it into the playoffs.

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Sports Creativity Morale Crisis 129

Tim Milburn

JULY 15, 2013

You want this club, this team, this project, this event, or this idea to grow. It’s amazing how many ways the members of your team will surprise you, for better or worse. You might get a call after an event because someone on your team dropped the ball, but you’re the leader…so you’re responsible.

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Tim Milburn

JULY 18, 2012

After the coaches from the other team told the batter to take his place on first base, I (while coaching in the field) watched Mitch turn to the kid who was standing on first base and say, “You know you’re out, right? Great play. They’re just letting you stay on first so you don’t feel bad about yourself!”

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Tim Milburn

MARCH 30, 2011

The third priority is to gather your team. You are probably reading this on a monitor and saying to your screen, “But I was elected/selected to serve ON a team. I don’t get to GATHER a team.&# Yet, what they fail to tell you or equip you to do is accomplish those things while guiding a team of people…to lead.

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eBook Team Positioning Follow-up 76

Tim Milburn

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

For those of you who are very successful at what you do—who are perhaps the highest selling salespeople on your teams—you know what I mean. About the Author: For more than three decades, Jeff Shore has guided executives and sales teams in large and small companies across the globe to embrace their discomforts and deliver BOLD sales results.

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Brainstorming Executive Coaching Open-book Learning-by-Doing 144

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Not only will you have to work at solving problems in your personal life, but must deal with the problems that occur within your team and organization. When you and your team begin to lose momentum, it can seem like every issue you handle is a problem. 2) Ignore it. 3) Complain about it.

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Tim Milburn

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Great followers submit to the overall good of the team and the leader. Good leaders have a sense of the culture and the vibe of the team. They sacrifice for the good of the team. You can become the type of leader people want to follow for all of the reasons Sinek mentions above. Follow first.

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Leadership Simon Follow-up Positioning 167

Tim Milburn

MAY 4, 2012

Hopefully, most of the people you lead will have positive attitudes, follow your leadership, and be an all-around team player. Unfortunately, there will always be some who know how to push your buttons, frustrate your leadership, and cause friction amongst the team. I call these folks: difficult people.

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Learning-by-Doing Positioning Resources Team 167

Tim Milburn

APRIL 5, 2011

Your team is loaded with people who will do something greater than what’s been done before. I want to challenge you to state expectations that each person on your team will reach for and work toward. Gather your team and let them know what you expect of them. The sixth priority is to state your expectations.

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Goal Team Morale Follow-up 88

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 22, 2012

The Baltimore Ravens (NFL team) recently lost one of their leaders, Ray Lewis, to a tricep injury. Kevin and his team always have a new project or resource they are working on. 10 Characteristics Of High-Performing Teams. Consider the type of example you set for others. Inspirational NOT Menial.

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Influence Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Examples 166

Tim Milburn

FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The team gets better only when the leader gets bigger. Followers see their team as a line and know everyone’s place on it. Powered through the team’s participation. The team gets better when the team gets bigger. Followers see their team as a circle and get to know everyone who’s in it.

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EVA Comparison Leadership Energy 76

Tim Milburn

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

His team is functioning well and he’s experienced a good number of successes so far in his leadership year. As this happens, you and your team will find that you have the tendency to start living from event to event. Part of what it means to equip your team is removing the barriers that get in the way of their effectiveness.

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Tim Milburn

MARCH 13, 2012

At some point, these teams have to be thinking, we just need to make the tournament. There are a lot of teams that feel left out after Selection Sunday. But before the start of the games on Thursday, every one of them will push history aside and play the game, knowing they have a chance because their team is on the floor.

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Team Positioning Productivity Products 88

Tim Milburn

JANUARY 10, 2014

I am blessed to have a team of people who assist me in putting tools and resources like this into the hands of student leaders. Will you be a part of my team during this launch? Will you be selfish or selfless? Will You Help Me Launch This Book? I need your help getting the word out.

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Books Leadership Follow-up Review 136

Tim Milburn

JUNE 27, 2012

These days, it seems that the same common concepts are stressed over and over in order to ensure team success. So, if you and your team, company, or family are after steady achievement, reflect on these ten surprising concepts. In fact, I prefer that teams do. Do not adhere to a specific team “culture.”

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Organization Team Sports Self-aware 135

Tim Milburn

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Expectations had been high at the start of this season because of the superstar team they had put together. Secondly, they aren’t playing that well as a team. Without team chemistry, a person’s talent may actually work against what the team is trying to accomplish. First off, they aren’t winning games.

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Leadership Tips Team Crisis 76

Tim Milburn

MAY 22, 2012

I’m taking some time to reflect on these five ideas and how to better develop them on a team or in an organization. Servanthood should permeate the culture of your team, embodied and demonstrated by everyone no matter position or role. You will be the best you can be by helping others be the best they can be.

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Tim Milburn

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Jayson Stark of ESPN eloquently stated… But when a team like this wins, it isn’t just for the men inside those uniforms. And when a team like this wins, it’s for another special group, too. 0 Comments Congratulations to the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants. You understand that, right?

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Budgeting Resources Tips Team 68

Tim Milburn

MARCH 25, 2011

That means it’s time to put your team together. You need to put a team together. It’s important to know what you’re recruiting people to, what kind of positions you need filled, and what you expect people to be doing if they join your team or cause. Encourage, praise, and support them as they join the team.

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Planning Arkes eBook Download 76

Tim Milburn

APRIL 16, 2012

I spent four days there with my newly elected and selected student leadership team. They create and add value to a team of people. I just returned from Boston. It was a fantastic trip. We made the journey from Boise to Boston to attend a Leadership Conference. Almost everything I teach and train on flows out of these five areas.

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Tim Milburn

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

It’s time to start filling the roles and responsibilities of next year’s student leadership team. They typically don’t make good team players and have a hard time delegating and involving other people in their work. We are entering the season of selection and election. This is such an important time.

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Maturity Delegation Sports Follow-up 110

Tim Milburn

AUGUST 1, 2012

You might be getting ready to return as well – to school, to work, or to a team you stepped away from for awhile. So let me ask you: How do you reconnect with work, school, or your team when you’ve been away for a period of time? So here I am on Day #1, preparing for a new school year. No related posts.

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Sports Motivation Planning Tools 140

Tim Milburn

APRIL 30, 2012

This reinforced the message that they were a team, and the inherent acknowledgment of the COO’s work in making the new venture a success was a huge motivating factor for the COO. Murphy are consultants specializing in leadership, coaching, and team development. Margaret P. Holtman and Jillian B.

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