The Connected Team isn’t the one with the latest tools that sync from phone to tablet to laptop in seconds. They aren’t the team that’s delivering on all of their sprints in rapid succession. They aren’t the team that sits side-by-side having lunch with each other each and every day of the week. These are all good things. But the Connected Team is the team that picks up where one leaves off, that understands the…
Very easy to make… Take one part knowledge. Two parts will. Four parts ability to grind. Three parts desire to fail and try, fail and try, fail and try again. One part Entrepreneurial know-how (adds some flavour, but okay if you don’t have to start) Seven parts positive outlook. Six parts humble pie. Mix together in a haphazard fashion, drink from a monster cup which is promptly slammed on the table when emptied dry and…
This is a very hard question to ask of yourself and of others. It generally arises when your motivation has dipped, the projects have lost their lustre and you feel you are doing more grinding and “going through the motions” than you should be. But you want to get better, you want to improve and you want to be there. So the question you have to ask yourself is whether you are too far gone.…
If you lead a team and have not gone with your team on any of the following; Conference Customer Meeting On-Site Deployment Sales Presentation Something, anything, where you and members of your team worked hard towards a common goal that is now resulting in a trip somewhere. You owe it to them to find a way to get them there with you for any and all of the reasons below (choose whichever ones help); Watch what…
Too often we confuse the lofty goals of leadership with success and forget why we are really there. We don’t have all the answers. We don’t know which direction is best We don’t know what will happen next. With all those unknowns in front of you, it’s easy to feel worried, afraid and unsure of what happens next and how are we to “really help people”. And, it’s in those moments that you realize that you…