Leadership Trait to Avoid: Letting Your Ego Conduct the Meeting

Ego Taking Control

So there I am in a meeting room with George and five members of his team.  George had invited me to sit in on a meeting and evaluate what was happening.  He said that the team was stuck; that they were completely unable to pull in the same direction.  As their […]

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Great Leaders Hold Spirited Meetings

So there I am in a meeting with Dave and his team.   Dave invited me to attend the meeting because, although he had scored exceptionally well on the employee survey, there was one aspect of his style that people found difficult to understand.  He asked me to watch him in action and help him recognize […]

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Building Spirited Business Teams Part 3 – Demonstrating Courage

Demonstrate Courage in Words and Action.

In the first two articles of this series of seven, I put forward a proposition that there are two types of business teams.  Teams with spirit and teams without spirit.  Business teams with spirit are winners.  Teams without spirit are losers. The previous two articles each addressed one of the […]

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Building Spirited Business Teams that Think and Act as a Team

In the first article of this series of seven, I put forward a proposition that there are two types of business teams.  Teams with spirit and teams without spirit.  Business teams with spirit are winners.  Teams without spirit are losers.  Athletics provide a helpful illustration of the way in which I use the word ‘spirit’ […]

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Building Spirited Business Teams Part 1

The Power of a Shared Vision

There are two types of teams.  Teams with spirit and teams without spirit.  Teams with spirit are winners.  Teams without spirit are losers.  That’s just the way it is.  Take a look at your favorite sports teams.  Take a look at the teams in your organization that outperform others.  And […]

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