Posts with the ‘Teams’ tag
Values, values everywhere. Every company seems to have a list of values they claim to be important. Most of the time those values are a list of words on a website or a poster. Integrity, Service, and Teamwork are among some of the most common values companies claim. But, we all know that just because […]
Craig’s boss left the company suddenly due to an ethics issue. Now Craig was leading the team. The team had been on a down hill slide for a while. But now, both performance and attitudes were in a nosedive. “How can I turn it around, Dave? People are angry, hurt, and wondering about their futures. […]
Dave Anderson discusses how a new leader can lead a new team with best selling author Dan Miller. They dig into how does a leader know he/she is ready to lead and how to prepare. Dan Miller is the #1 best selling author of the book 48 Days to the Work You Love and No […]
Dave Anderson of Anderson Leadership Solutions interviews General James L. Anderson of West Point and Vietnam War veteran discussing the importance of developing character on your team. If you want the core values of your team to actually be lived out in their behaviors listen to General Anderson. Free PDF downloads are available at Overwhelmedmanagersguide.com. Podcasts […]
Dave Anderson of Anderson Leadership Solutions interviews Stephan Moore of Shiloh Camp discussing the importance of casting a vision for your team. If you want a team that keeps the big picture in mind and doesn’t stray away from what’s important, listen to how how even the most overwhelmed leader can accomplish casting a vision. […]
Save space on your website. You don’t need a vision statement, a mission statement or a list of values. They are worthless! Most companies and a lot of individuals have a vision, a mission and a list of values. When we design them, we have high expectations that the impact of these philosophical platitudes will […]
It is hard for a leader to change the established habits of a team. Most leaders want a team that consistently demonstrates high character, but are unsure what to do beyond setting up rules and demanding compliance. There is a key element to changing habits that is often overlooked by everyone. Yet it has proven […]
The tyranny of the urgent keeps many leaders from accomplishing the truly important. I speak to leaders all the time who want to stop reacting and start leading. Most of us know what we should be doing, but we have difficulty taking everything we know we should be doing and actually implementing it. I […]
It was a good old knock down, drag out fight. We had chosen our sides and were all vehemently sure of our positions. In Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, he expends 20% of his thesis on the need for healthy conflict on a team. He says, and I believe, that without conflict […]
Do you want a “me first” team? Do you want a team filled with politics and positioning? Do you want a team that does the minimum necessary? Few of us want a work culture like this. The word culture is derived from the middle English word cultivation. When I work with teams, I see the […]
