So you are a leader. Maybe you are a team leader, or perhaps an owner, a manager, or maybe you are an entrepreneur and you are your own boss. The fact is you are doing the best you can to lead. You are challenged by the everyday busyness. It seems like you are putting one fire out, and another ember …
Leader Board: The DNA of High Performance Teams – Omar L. Harris
It doesn’t matter if it is a sport, a for profit business, a non-profit business, or even a family when it comes to developing a “high performance team” there seems to be some commonalities. The first is we are all pretty aware that all teams go through pretty much the same phases, from forming to storming, to norming, to performing. …
Fearless Success – John Foley – Blue Angels
Success is a funny word. It can mean so many different things depending on who you ask and what day of the week it is. However, if we were to look at success as improvement upon what ever it is you are, whether that be your life, your career, or your business, then there are certain principles that apply regardless …
Managing When No One Wants to Work – Ralph Peterson
It is has happened to most all of us. You start your job so excited. You work like crazy to impress your boss…and then something happens. The intensity is gone. The desire to put forth the effort wains. Then there are those types of industries, oh, let’s say housekeeping where many people are not excited to do their job. What …
Be Chief: It’s a Choice, Not a Title AND 28
I have read and heard it said from numerous coaches and experts, “the only thing you can control is your attitude and your effort”. My guest on A New Direction Rick Miller would add one more to those two true statements…Being Chief, because after all it is a choice, not a title. Rick Miller is an author true of the …
Run a Fast, Flexible, Focused Management Team – Ed Muzio – Iterate – AND 19
When I say the word manage, what is the first thing that comes to mind? How about when you hear the word management? What do you envision when you hear the word “team”? Now let me ask you this question: Do your managers behave like a team? Are they efficient? Are they willing to change? In episode 19 of A …