Like many young businesses, the founders tend to forget, to think about their new venture’s talent profile. Just as a sports coach builds her team, she knows what positions the team needs and looks for talents and strengths accordingly. She is building a well-balanced team roster. “There’s no such thing as a well-balanced leader… only […]
When I first read about the Gallup book, Born To Build, as a sports coach, my thoughts jumped immediately to building a well-balanced team of players. Wait. Hold on a minute. I need other coaches to help. Don’t forget, I need a well-balanced leadership team first. The reality, a lone entrepreneur or sports coach, needs others […]
So here we are with the last key in Developing a Team — Inspiring the team. In our “Develop a Winning Team” introduction, we talked about the question leaders ask about winning teams. How do I help the team reach success? How do I develop a team that others want to join? Then we started […]
In our last blog, Developing a Winning Team – Hiring Formula”, we started looking at three basic areas to focus on, when combined, will help develop a winning team — the hiring formula, firing, and inspiring. Do you and your team have a “firing” process? Are you consistent? Firing a Team Member Being released from one’s responsibilities […]
In our last blog, Developing a Winning Team, we started looking at three basic areas to focus on, when combined, that will help develop a winning team — the hiring formula, firing, and inspiring. Do you and your team have a “hiring formula” or process? Hands, Head, and Heart Unlike sports, work teams spend more time evaluating […]
Many first time and emerging leaders think about how to develop a winning team. How do I help the team reach success? How do I develop a team that others want to join? There are three basic areas to focus on, when combined, will determine the success to develop a winning team: hiring, firing, and […]
Stories of powerful group efforts have been around since the Bible stories. Some of the efforts were for a wrong cause, yet some are incredible stories of the power of people coming together… to be a winning team. Develop a Winning Team From many stories in history, we can see how to develop successful winning […]
Values of your team may be different from another team in the same sports association, company, government, or enterprise. Your values should reflect the people on the team and their leader. What’s important is that you go through the discovery process and embrace the team’s values. Once you do, you’ll better understand your team, its […]
The Law of Empowerment, from The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, says only secure leaders give power to others. But what does it mean to be secure? Using the analogy of personal finance, let’s look at what’s missing from the lives of insecure leaders. This will help us better understand where security comes from and […]
A common phrase you’ve most likely heard… “a bad apple in the barrel ruins the others”… will definitely ruin the others quickly. Have you seen any of these common rotten attitudes that ruin a team? I trust this will help so you can recognize them for what they are, when you see them. Recognize any […]
