Crazy Busy, Leadership, and Teamwork
One of the challenges of being a team leader is becoming too busy (“crazy busy”). Being crazy busy is actually at epidemic proportions among team leaders. Patrick Lencioni suggests being crazy busy is a sign of “adrenaline addiction”. Here’s a great article from Tim Krieder at the New York Times entitled “The Busy Trap” If […]
Tribal Leadership — TED talk by David Logan
At TEDxUSC, business professor David Logan talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form — in schools, workplaces, even the driver’s license bureau. By understanding our shared tribal tendencies, we can help lead each other to become better individuals.
6 Ways to Ruin a Company Offsite Meeting
Can leading team building exercises (games) ruin your company offsite? This article from Inc Magazine says yes.From the article: Method # 6 for ruining your company offsite: Include teambuilding exercises when teambuilding isn’t the point. Teambuilding exercises, like ropes courses, puzzles, treasure hunts, etc., were incredibly popular in 90s corporate America. They’re still fairly popular. […]
Sit down lectures – – Is there a better way to learn teamwork?
Photo from Andrew Scott on Flickr Remember college classes? Sitting in a lectures taking notes? Remember how engaging these lectures were? “Sage on the stage” is how this method of instruction is known. If you’re like most people, a good portion of college lectures were terribly boring and did not fully engage you. Fast forward […]
Systemic Shame — What does Penn State have to teach us about organizatonal culture?
Brene Brown is one of my favorite people. Her work on leadership and organizational culture is profound. I mention Brene Brown in light of the terrible crimes committed by Jerry Sandusky who is a former assistant football coach at Penn State University. How could Sandusky hurt so many children within the organization of Penn State […]
From “Stuck” to “Go” — Unleashing More Team Power in Your Organization with special guests Susan Gerke and David Hutchens
Have you noticed how everyone in organizations talks about teamwork? For facilitators who specialize in teamwork, it can be frustrating to encounter misperceptions and biases about team training. (“No, having a Panini bar in the break room is NOT teambuilding!”) In this free Leadership TeleSeminar, TeachMeTeamwork.com community members Susan Gerke and David Hutchens will explore […]