03

Feb

10 Tips to Prevent Misalignment from Destroying Trust

jeff

alignment, dysfunction, dysfunctions of a team, integrity, kickoff, new team, trust

About teams, Be a better team leader, Communicate, Exercises, How to fix teams, Right Words to Say

Lack of trust is a common problem on teams and can lead to severe team dysfunction. Most trust issues can be avoided if you use these 10 techniques to get your team off on the right foot.

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29

Jul

Struggling to fit in on a new team

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liane

Bully, excluded, Exclusion, joining, new team, ostracized, outsider, welcome

Be a better team member, conflict, Horror Stories, Right Words to Say

  I received a great question from the ChangeYourTeam community recently: How long should it take after joining a team for a new member to be treated fairly? Of course the obvious answer is “no time!” I would hope that a new team member would be treated fairly right from the start. But I’m not […]

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28

May

Dealing with uncertainty

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liane

ambiguity, anxiety, change, new boss, new structure, new team, organizational change, reactions, restructuring, stress, uncertainty

About teams, Be a better team member, Horror Stories, Personal Development

Have you lived through a time of uncertainty on your team? What did you learn about your comfort with ambiguity and your strategies for coping with a vacuum of information? You probably have your own way of handling these difficult situations and it’s important to be aware of your tendencies and the impact of these […]

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16

Apr

How to build a high performing team

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liane

forming, forming a team, guiding principles, new team, norming, norms of behavior, rules of engagement, storming, team building, team effectiveness

Be a better team leader, Be a better team member, How to fix teams

It’s been a long, fantastic, exhausting day. I am sitting down to write and the ideas aren’t flowing so I asked my 8 year old daughter what she thought I should write about. She said “you need to write about how to start a good team.”  That seemed like a pretty good idea to me, […]

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06

Oct

Breaking in a new team

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liane

changing teams, first day, new colleague, new job, new role, new team, new teammates, switched jobs

About teams, Be a better team member, Right Words to Say

Imagine being on a team that you’ve worked hard to nurture; a team that has finally reached the point where you’re trusting each other, collaborating well, and working efficiently.  Now imagine that after all the effort and time invested, you’re told that you are moving to a new team.  Aaaaahhh! This is what happened to […]

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02

Oct

Do You Remember Your Rookie Card?

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liane

business cards, engagement, enthusiam, first day of work, first job, new job, new team, rookie card, what to do on your first day

About teams, Personal Development

No, I’m not talking about a 1952 Mickey Mantle card from a pack of gum. I’m talking about the moment you got your first business card.  Do you remember that moment? I do. I had just finished five years in graduate school. I was 26 years old and had just moved to the big city […]

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09

Jun

What can you do to accelerate trust on a team?

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liane

accelerating trust, building trust, getting to know you exercises, joining a new team, new boss, new team, new team members, team building, working with new teammates

Be a better team member

A client recently made a comment that I hear all the time. “We haven’t worked together long enough to trust each other.” We can’t afford the luxury of years of shared experience before teams are high performing. So what’s to be done to reduce the time to trust? Here are a few guidelines. Trust first. […]

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