How can we avoid poor team performance?
Two favorite images illustrating the need for Managerial-Leadership and Team Development systems to be used within companies. Great teams and managerial-leaders happen on purpose.
Why should anyone be led by you?
The question of “why should anyone be led by you?” is STUPID. It’s like asking “Why should anyone follow you?”. Lead / follow where? In what role, context, etc… There is no such thing as a free standing leadership role. Following that argument there is no such thing as a leader. There is managerial-leadership, military-leadership, BUT NOT “leadership” or “leaders” all by themselves.
Decision Making Procedure Fixed Team Problems
Making decisions as a team requires a shared understanding and procedure for accomplishment. The confusion and strife that occurs because the team cannot make a decision will ruin any progress made on the work. In order for decisions to be made quickly, and the work to be completed on-time, on-budget, within quality, while the team still gets along, a known and agreed upon procedure must be used.
Enthusiasm Competence Passion
The balance of Enthusiasm, Competence, and Passion has both nature and nurture components. How you balance and use / illustrate your Enthusiasm, Competence and Passion in work and how your work system is set-up to allow you to be enthusiastic, competent and passionate about what you do can be a struggle.
Dealing with Difficult Team Members: The Not-Enough-Time Member
The Not-Enough-Time Member: Never has time for the team meetings, tasks and work, always “has to go early”, and in a rush.
Dealing with Difficult Team Members: The Disengaged Member
The Disengaged Member: Has either lost interest or never had any interest in the team’s work, meetings, and efforts.
Dealing with Difficult Team Members: The Power Monger
The Power Monger: Always working to assume authority and take over the team. Constantly feels a need to take over the discussion and work.
Dealing with Difficult Team Members: The Legalist
The Legalist: Everything the team does MUST follow the rules, exactly as they are stated.
Dealing with Difficult Team Members: The Veteran
We have all been there, even with High Performing Teams. One or more team members can be seen as disruptive and finds a need to either act-out or take over the team project…just making the team meeting unpleasant.
8 Rules in Motivating People Thunderdome Jesus and Optical Illusions
I was with a group of 8 managers. They hired me to coach and develop along with them what they called “techniques and systems to motivate their teams”. What I called The productivity of our people is dropping and we have punished them, yelled at them, offered $$ incentives, and created a Thunderdome process. Holy shit more of the same is not working…we need help! And help is what I do.