Our Team Meetings Suck Here is how we SOLVED
We associate certain behaviors, actions, and scripts with specific locations. The environment and location can be powerful and sabotage and change for better or worse interactions.
Solution Finding Stimulus Where are you? How do you Know?
On a scale of 0 – 10. With 0 being you have some idea what to do, and 10 being you know exactly what to do – where are you on this scale? How do you know?
Solution Finding Stimulus. Observer Question; What would they notice?
It is 3 days from now, and you have solved this problem. Who would be the first person to notice? What would they notice? What else? …
Change in Companies and Teams is Not Only Possible it is Inevitable
If a team seems un-movable, don’t just push harder and scream about how obstinate they are being…resistance is futile. Use the inevitability of change to slightly shift their shared perception from stuck to change.
Solution Finding Stimulus Scientific Observer Question
Pretend you are in an experiment and a Scientist is observing your behavior. What would they write/observe that illustrates you are making progress on the solution?
Is it Useful to the team? If not then STOP IT!
You follow advice from someone or are convinced that X is useful, and Y did X so therefore it will work for me.
That makes sense. Until you do it and it does nothing.
What do you do when you are stuck? Robots, Coaching and Procrastination
To get unstuck you need to do something different.
Behavior Precedes Your Story of Work, Teams and Leadership
Suggesting that he should act ‘As-If’ his work life was organized, his executive team made better decisions quicker and his team achieved what we defined as high-performance. This was more than a thought exercise, it was time for this executive to actually behave As-If.
Reflecting Upon the Team Building and Leadership Experience
Framing my reflection question: How could I have improved the participant application of the content to their work better today?
Photo Inquiry Friday What does commitment to the goal and project look like?
Having commitment results in role clarity and all team members knowing what role they play and what role the others play in achieving the goal; sufficient allocation of resources to remain committed; decision get made because the team members are committed and know the roles of the team.