Posts with the ‘Teams’ tag
“People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.” -Samuel Johnson Is the problem with the forgetful followers or with their leaders? Samuel Johnson is saying that as a leader, we need to be the Chief Reminder Officer. If something is important it is worth repeating. If we find people forgetting what […]
Who doesn’t love the Navy SEALs? Answer: The enemy’s of freedom. But to the rest of us, these warriors are heroes. They are the elite of the elite. They understand teamwork and define it with simplicity.
Everyone wants to be part of an Elite Team and leaders want to lead Elite Teams. Leaders can push a lot of buttons and pull a lot of levers in an effort to make their team elite. But, the truly elite teams start with the right kind of team members.
Which person in this picture is a mature leader? It may not be the one with gray hair. Age and experience have less to do with being a mature leader than some people think. The real key to being a mature leader has more to do with the leader’s ability to let go of their […]
Last week I observed two sales representatives at a local restaurant taking a company mandated knowledge test together. When someone asked what they were doing the answer was “Just exercising good teamwork.” Really? Is that what that was?
My boss had some pretty high standards. In fact, he often bragged that his standards were higher than those of his peers. When I came onto the team, I liked his approach. I truly believed that a leader who set high standards got more out of people and had better teams. I was wrong, and […]
It was classic Sea Gull Leadership. The boss swoops in. Dumps on everyone. And swoops out. Nobody liked it when the “old man” showed up at their team meetings. When the boss came in the room, everyone knew they were going to walk out of the meeting with bad news, something to fix, and a […]
Give Courage! That is what it means to encourage someone. Some leaders often misinterpret the whole notion of encouragement. They believe that encouraging someone is a soft skill or skill that only bubbly personalities use. But it’s not that simple.
There is no reason to have sports at a school if character is not being developed through athletic participation. Sports provide the best labortory for teaching our kids about character. But, just because our sons or daughters play a sport, does not mean they are learning the lessons of character sports can teach.
There should only be one point guard on a basketball team. If a team is nothing but point guards, that team is due for a losing season. When everyone wants to lead and no one wants to follow, the team is in trouble. Likewise, when nobody plays point guard and everyone is content to be a […]
