(This is the fourth in a series of five articles about building high-performance teams.) If you’ve read our recent articles about vulnerability-based trust, healthy conflict, and commitment for teams, you have the beginnings of a truly outstanding team! What’s next pays huge dividends, but is perhaps the hardest thing for […]
By Danielle Siegel, PCC, LCSW Many of my clients are so consumed by their work that they are struggling to see the bigger picture of life. They are like little gophers working underground and every once in a while, they pop their heads up to see what is […]
(This is the third in a series of five articles about building high-performance teams.) Team performance is judged in large part by the recommendations they put forward and the decisions they make. This includes the small steps that a team makes along the way, and the big decisions that drive […]
By Rachel Verlik, PCC Let’s be real- NO ONE likes having difficult conversations. They can be awkward and uncomfortable, with high stakes and little expertise in having them. And because we don’t like them, we either botch the delivery, get angry, or avoid them altogether. In any of those […]
(This is the second in a series of five articles about building high-performance teams.) Most organizations and teams would benefit from more conflict. Yes, you read that correctly! Teams and organizations typically work hard to avoid conflict. They strive to create an artificial harmony where no one says a critical […]
By Roberto Giannicola, ACC July 2004, San Francisco. It’s lunch time. I’m ready to deliver my first workshop. In the audience, there are roughly fifteen friends and acquaintances here to support me. After twenty minutes, that support turned into pity. Almost everyone was painfully grimacing as they witnessed my […]
(This is the first in a series of five articles about building high-performance teams.) Any leader who wants to create a high-performance team must begin with trust. Trust is the foundational behavior which enables the other four “cohesive” team behaviors — engaging in healthy conflict, commitment, accountability, and collective results. […]
By Janet Makepeace, ACC Can you think of a time when you have provided guidance to complete a task and ended up with an individual going off in a direction you could never have imagined? Or, worked hard to have your team prepare a deliverable and afterward find […]
When we consider leaders we know, becoming a leader, or becoming a better leader, we naturally think about different types of leadership styles. Various experts have catalogued different leadership styles, from “relational” leadership to “transformational” leadership. For a quick overview of core leadership styles, read Arden Coaching’s “Become an Exceptional […]
By Katherine Poehnert, M.Ed. Psych., PCC I bet you probably saw the last part of this title, rolled your eyes, and thought “I am not reading any of this “law of attraction” malarkey. Well don’t worry, if you are still with me, what I am about to share is […]
