Recently I joined my friend Eric Zimmer on his podcast, The One You Feed, to discuss how to focus our lives on what’s most important to us, and what blocks us from […]
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How Does Your Team Handle Commitment Tension?
Think of two standing commitments most of us have, or aspire to have: To honor the commitments we make to ourselves and others To honor the commitment to do what matters most […]
Improve Your Team Communication with Repetition: The Rule of 7
As the manuscript deadline for Team Habits approaches (just a few weeks left now!), Charlie is heads down on writing, along with everything else he has going on. For Angela, it’s been […]
Why You Can’t Put Performance Management on the Back Burner
Leaders too often think taking time to examine a team’s performance, whether that’s correcting what’s wrong or amplifying what’s good, is boring or isn’t necessary for getting today’s priorities done. That sort […]
No Looking
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Al Pittampalli of The Modern Meeting Standard. Track relay teams live and die by the baton handoff. They know not to look. Look for even a […]
Complexity Changes During A Business’s Growth
As businesses move through different stages in their lifecycle, they gain and shed levels of complexity. While it’s true that more mature businesses generally carry greater levels of complexity, the kind of […]
How to Spread Teamthink Throughout Your Organization
This post is part of the Elements of Leadership series. If you’ve been following this series, you’ve no doubt noticed that I view organizations more like teams than mere collections of people. […]