Feb 27 2013
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Do We Need Team Leaders Ever heard of self-led teams? Sometimes they’re called leaderless teams. Are they real? Maybe so; I’ve heard of them, but never actually seen one. What I have seen are poorly led teams and team members that spend most of their time vying for position. Whether by plan or …
Feb 20 2013
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Leading Teams with Star Players In just about any team sporting event you’ll hear about the Most Valuable Player, or MVP. It’s easy to conclude that without this particular player, the contest would have would have been lost. Perhaps that’s true but in the teams you’re leading at work, the concept of an …
Feb 13 2013
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Leading Teams You Don’t Get to Select In the military, leaders change jobs frequently and seldom get to select their own teams. Instead, military leaders are sent to an organization to pick up where their predecessor left off and work with the team that is already in place. Though I sometimes felt this …
Feb 06 2013
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Team Leader Responsibilities You’re going to be leading a team and it suddenly hits you. How? What’s the secret to effective team leadership? Here are some basic tips to help you get started right. 1. Make sure you have a clear mission and definite goals. Then make sure everyone on the team understands …
Jan 11 2011
Send to Kindle“Be Careful!” Those words jumped out from a bumper sticker on the car I was passing. We were on the interstate, traveling at interstate speeds when I saw the bumper sticker. Of course I immediately wanted to know what I should be careful of, what danger I should avoid. Alas, the explanation, the …
Oct 07 2010
As leaders, we are usually pretty quick to demand answers when things go wrong. We want to dissect failure, figure out what went wrong and how to fix it, and unfortunately, sometimes place blame. It’s healthy to do this. Not to place blame, but to analyze what happened and develop plans to fix the problem and prevent recurrence.
