At the end of a quarter, it’s common to pause and assess organizational performance, accomplishments, and progress toward annual goals. As we approach the end of the first quarter of the year — an extraordinarily challenging and stressful time — it is still important...
By Gilly Weinstein, PCC. Can you think of a situation, in recent weeks, where you needed to make an on-the-spot-decision? Where you were suddenly stuck, slightly uncomfortable, possibly mid-meeting, with all eyes on you? You know that tugging sensation of arrrghhh,...
Michael thought Patrick Lencioni’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ was brilliant. The Five Behaviors approach builds effective, high performance teams based on a hierarchical model of vulnerability-based trust, engaging in healthy conflict, team commitment,...
A Washington DC-based life sciences company functions — and thrives — based on the work of its numerous project teams. One of the company’s most productive and effective project teams recently wrapped up a major project. As the senior team was reviewing their work,...
By Kevin “KJ” Johnson, PCC. "We do not learn from experience ... we learn from reflecting on experience."- John Dewey, American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer In the early dot-com years, I led a team of web professionals in the creation of what...
It’s no secret that we are enthusiastic advocates of Patrick Lencioni’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™. It’s a proven approach that builds strong, high performance teams. The five behaviors are linked together — one trait builds upon another, starting with...
Patrick Lencioni’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ has become the most widely used process for effective team development globally. The Five Behaviors approach builds effective, high performance teams based on a hierarchical model of vulnerability- based trust,...
Innovation is a hot topic these days. And creativity is required to support and sustain innovation. In fact, a survey by IBM of more than 1,500 CEOs revealed that creativity was ranked as the number one factor for future business success — above management discipline,...
A recent Harvard Business Review article states that everyday approximately 55 million meetings occur in the United States. Love them or loathe them, no one can deny that a great deal of critical interaction, sharing, ideation, and decision-making happen in meetings....
Anthony was asked to lead a new cross-functional team at his company. The mission of the team — innovation. Senior leadership felt that the company’s historic reliance on serendipity was not enough to drive future success, and that a more formal, structured approach...