Adrenaline Addiction – How Leaders And Teams Suffer
Are you or someone you know addicted to adrenaline? Many in leadership positions are addicted to adrenaline and don’t even know it. Not only does the adrenaline addict pay a price (working harder and harder, rushing, poor relationships, etc.), the organization they work for suffers (everything is last minute, poor strategic planning, always in crisis […]
Teams In Trouble # 7: Passing The Buck – – How To Escape The Endless Loop
It’s an endless loop. One team keeps creating problems and handing them off to other teams. You’re the manager and people want you to put an end to it. But it’s not that easy. The “creation” of problems is all part of the process. Putting your foot down and saying “Stop!” will only stifle everyone’s […]
Developing the Managerial Mind
In response to the Personal Foundation – A Course in Conscious Leadership teleclass that starts next week, Cliff Jackson points us to an article by Paul Glenn (author of Leading Geeks) entitled “Developing the Managerial Mind”. I urge you to read the entire article, and here is the key point: “If you want to grow […]
Is Your Team Building Event DICEE?
Guy Kawasaki says a great product is “DICEE” which stands for: Deep. A great product is deep. Indulgent. A great product is a luxury. Complete. A great product is more than a physical thing. Elegant. A great product has an elegant user interface. Emotive. A great product incites you to action. Is it possible to […]
Teambuilding Burnout
Here’s a picture of someone who was just told they’ve got to participate in a teambuilding event. Does he look like someone you know? If people are burned out on teambuilding events its usually the result of: 1. Previous training events that were poorly designed and delivered (and people are tired of it). 2. Training […]
Leading Team Building Games — Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone
One of the challenges for many trainers or educators who want to begin using an experiential approach to teaching team skills is dealing with the unknown. You may be new to teaching experientially and leading a team building game may be foreign to you. My degree is in education and most teaching is very controlled […]