Posts Tagged ‘teams’
5Ps Leading Teams to Top Results: Quick Team Assessment
Whether you aspire to lead people, are early on your role as a team leader, or have been leading teams for years, I strongly recommend you check out this tool. In working on the ground teams around the world, we’ve learned that the best team leaders and team members are clear on five key areas:…
Read More3 Things to Know About Millennials
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to support a learning and development initiative for Federal senior executives. I serve as an instructional designer for this program, largely coordinating subject matter experts to speak on everything from civilian-military relations to negotiations and the role of the media in federal initiatives. I learn immensely from…
Read More007. Harnessing the speed of trust with NYT bestselling author Stephen M. R. Covey
New York Times bestselling author and global thought leader Stephen M. R. Covey joins Patrick in the Leadership Lab to discuss the importance of trust. He shares what it means to be trustworthy and key behaviors you can employ to build stronger relationships, teams, and organizations. Together we learn that trust is the one thing…
Read MoreTake Time to Explore Your Organization’s Culture
I invite you to suspend reality for a moment and go on an odd, but arguably informative, journey with me. Imagine that Charles Darwin, the 19th century English naturalist and geologist, sets sail from England aboard the HMS Beagle. His destination – the Galapagos Islands. A space-time continuum fluke transports Darwin to your 21st century workplace. He is…
Read More4 Awesome Reasons to Hire a Canine Coworker (#4 Might Save Your Life)
In 2017, The New York Times reported that, “…43 percent of employed Americans said they spent at least some time working remotely….That represents a four percentage point increase since 2012, a shift that meets the demands of many job seekers.” If you are part of the growing wave of people working from home, or envision…
Read MoreScientist Call It “Exhaustion Syndrome” and It’s Killing Your Team
All too many of us suffer from a personal energy crisis. We no longer work a standard eight-hour day. Our minds are constantly churning trying to make high value decisions, virtually twenty-four hours day. Our mode of life today—constant stress, poor diet, and lack of exercise and sleep—leads to what scientists call “exhaustion syndrome.” “[Exhaustion…
Read MoreWhat Legos Teach Us about Teamwork
When our son was a little boy, he discovered a passion for Legos – not a general liking, but a true passion. His exposure started with a small Lego set. I have no recollection of his first Lego, but it was probably a car, a boat, an airplane, or some other form of transportation. Over…
Read More6 Ways to Be Invaluable @ Work
Over the past twenty years, I have been surrounded by many top performers: Courageous fellow paratroopers in the U.S. Army Amazing colleagues at both a global consulting firm and my own professional services agency Outstanding leaders throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia Brilliant students at one of the nation’s top universities As I consider…
Read MoreHow to Run Effective Team Meetings
Like you, I have been to (and led) my share of team meetings – some effective, others a colossal waste of time. None are immune from the occasional poorly run gathering. Want to improve? Work to get team members to say 4 things. 1. “We go in there, do what we need to do, &…
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