24

Jun

Do You Enforce Consequences for Non-performance?

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3coze

consequences, croatia, dalic, football, kalanic, performance management, soccer, World Cup

Be a better team leader, Headline News, Success Stories

It’s World Cup time again. This global football-fest is always a great source of teamwork stories, including that moment in 2010 when I got called as an “expert” to comment when France’s players refused to practice in protest of one of the star players being expelled. Well, Russia 2018 is providing its fair share of […]

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17

Dec

Should I risk making someone emotional?

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3coze

anger, argument, conflict, crying, emotion, emotional, yelling

Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, Communicate, conflict, Connect, Success Stories

I’m in the midst of a series of posts exploring our profound conflict aversion and its toll on businesses, teams, and individuals. In previous posts, I shared a couple of the things we’re taught as children that give rise to our conflict aversion: “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all,” and […]

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01

Oct

8 Quick Tips to Shorten Your Meetings

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3coze

agenda, decision making, Executive team, fewer meetings, shorter meetings, waste of time

Be a better team leader, Communicate, Contribute, Exercises, How to fix teams, Success Stories

I was facilitating an executive team meeting last week. Although the meeting had been scheduled as a full day, four people started the day saying that they needed to leave early. (I’ll save my rant about that for later). Four of the team members needed to be gone by 3pm, so we decided to move […]

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22

Jan

You get the team you deserve

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3coze

alignment, healthy team, investment, meetings, performance objectives

About teams, Be a better team leader, Success Stories

I spent a day last week with one of the teams that reminds me of the value of a great team. It’s a team that’s invested a couple of years in building a strong team dynamic to accomplish a challenging turnaround. At one point in the day, I started to say to someone that “you […]

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13

Mar

Sticking to it

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3coze

brain, fitness, habit, high performance, personal development, resolution, training

Contribute, Exercises, Personal Development, Success Stories

It’s mid-March and your New Year’s resolutions have probably converted from hope into guilt just as quickly as a donut converts carbs into body fat. But it doesn’t have to be that way. I want to share a few tips for becoming more self-disciplined so you can stick to the commitments that matter. For the […]

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10

Jan

The joy project

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3coze

failure, happiness, joy, New Year's resolution, relationships, resolve, success, work

Personal Development, Success Stories

I’m not a big believer in New Year’s resolutions, but I’m a huge fan of personal growth. Instead of a resolution, I give each year a theme. This is the story of my two-year journey on the theme of joy (complete with epic fail in 2014 and recommit in 2015). I hope it inspires you […]

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19

Nov

Do your teammates know your struggles?

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liane

brainstorming, challenges, openness, sharing, stakeholder management, team meetings, vulnerability

Be a better team member, Communicate, How to fix teams, Success Stories

  Work is hard. And if you toil away in solitude, it’s arduous and sometimes overwhelming. What a waste when you have teammates who can share the burden and even lighten the load. If you are struggling in silence, ask yourself why. Why don’t you share? Here are the most common things you tell yourself […]

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09

Sep

On the merits of productive disengagement

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liane

adult colouring, coloring books, contemplation, downtime, honey bees, machine learning, resilience, silence, Thinking, vacation

Be a better team member, Success Stories

  Thank you to those of you who have sent notes complaining about the dearth of posts this summer. It’s nice to know that you miss them! It’s been an eventful summer for me and my reaction was to think more and write less. My kids headed back to school Tuesday and our household is […]

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24

Jun

Fresh start every morning

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liane

affirmation, assumptions, exercises, feedback, kids, teachers, teamwork

About teams, Be a better team member, Exercises, Success Stories

  Tomorrow is the end of another school year for my daughter Mac. She’s just finishing grade 3 and a year’s worth of schoolwork is coming home in her backpack. I always enjoy looking at my kids’ work, but this time there was something really cool…something that can teach us all an important lesson about teamwork. In […]

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21

Jun

It’s not too late to change who you are

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liane

courage, development, growth, labels, Ride to Conquer Cancer, self-concept, Self-image, transformation, weaknesses

Be a better team member, Exercises, Personal Development, Success Stories

  “I am not a good listener. I have never been a good listener. I will never be a good listener.” “I’m shy. I don’t talk much in meetings. I do better one-on-one.” “I’m a hot head. I get aggravated. But people know that’s just me.” I hear endless statements like this from people who […]

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