History provides lessons for teams. Let's take the time to explore a few of them. This post explores patterns that I see resulting from the interaction of ability, demands and support. Let me explicitly state what I mean by those variables -- Ability is the capacity to do something through talent and skill. Demands are the problems that must … [Read more...]
What is Leadership?
How do I define leadership? Leadership is the ability to adapt the setting so everyone feels empowered to contribute creatively to solving the problems. Leadership is an ability, meaning a leader has a capacity to do something through talent and skill. Talent is natural ability and skill is proficiency gained through training and experience. Talent … [Read more...]
Managing Yourself, Managing Meetings
Workshop Is your time being wasted in meetings? For example, you join a problem solving meeting attended by the right six people. But the discussion wanders aimlessly and contributes little to the solution. You feel your time was squandered and wish you would have invested your time doing something that would have made a difference for … [Read more...]
Change: Knowing When, Knowing How
Workshop Kurt Lewin said, "There is nothing so practical as a good theory." A gift from pioneering family therapist Virginia Satir is a good theory about how people process change. The Satir Change Model describes the: five major stages of a change; transition between stages; effects each stage has on feelings, thinking, performance, and … [Read more...]
AYE Conference
Although I am no longer a host, I recommend the annual Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) Conference. The focus is around individual, team and organizational effectiveness. Esther Schindler, a reporter for CIO Magazine, participated at the 2006 conference and said the following about it on CIO.com's Information Collective Blog: ...it was a … [Read more...]
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