Team Working
Coaching Steve
Steve wanted to work up a strategy for getting his people on board. He mapped out where he thought they were at, and initially decided Nathan was up for the chop. Though it didn’t turn out that way.
This is coaching Steve – an illustration of what coaching is and what coaching isn’t. Includes some insights into leadership and getting people on board and a useful mapping tool.
Read MoreIntroducing: the DIY team away-day
If you are settled on having an in-person team away day we can support you remotely and you save 60% of the cost of us doing it for you. Introducing the DIY team away day…
Read MoreNeeded: one project hero and an act of God
One member of a leadership team I was coaching asked “If we were working on the team, what sorts of things would we be doing?” I asked him what he thought. The day after I came up with forty fairly simple things a group of people can do to improve how they work together. Here are three. And a little quiz at the end.
Read MoreThe myth of “alignment”: it’s not enough
The team is aligned, they are on course to reap the multiplying benefits of their collective effort. Yet they are often frustrated and come up short. Stuff happens.
Alignment gets you started as a team, but it’s the painstaking and unending work of reaching agreement along the way that counts. That’s what real collaboration looks like.
The big fight-back starts here with a fun quiz ….
Things have become so hard in recent times, how come? There’s coronavirus, Brexit and rampant change powered by physical technology. We are not keeping up, though developing social capital might help. But how? Here’s a serious fun quiz.
Read MoreCould coronavirus improve construction productivity?
We are in Coronavirus lockdown. Construction industry leaders and managers are working from home. When we come out the other end will this be the new way of working? Could this improve productivity?
Yes, definitely mine!
Strengthen resilience, get on the front foot and handle whatever happens …..
Sick of being on the defensive, Jane and her team decide to strengthen their resilience. Way to go team! Let’s see how ….
Read MoreThe Team Boost™ – a story
Thomas rang. “We are a good team, we’ve worked well together for years and we all know each other and get on. Yes there are a few personalities, nothing major, though there is always some of that going on isn’t there? It’s just we seem to have lost our way a bit, the energy is…
Read MoreThis must be right, McKinsey said it.
When the top team is working together towards a common vision they are twice as likely of having above-median financial performance. And executives are five times more productive when working in a high performing team than they are in an average one. Sounds about right to me and McKinsey are a class act, have considerable…
Read MoreIf I was in charge I’d get people joined up
For those working hard right in the middle of an organisation it’s difficult to notice the gaps or overlaps or when things are not joined up. Here’s an example: you are in a busy café for lunch. You eventually catch the waiter’s attention and ask ‘excuse me, what’s soup of the day?’ He hesitates for…
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