by Robyn McLeod | May 4, 2017 | Team Development
Years ago I had a peer (I’ll call her Nancy) who complained constantly about her team. We were both managers of large sales teams, worked for the same overly demanding boss, and had to manage in a period of never-ending restructuring and downsizing. I’ll...
by Robyn McLeod | Apr 30, 2015 | Team Development
We’ve all been there. A new initiative is announced and you’re tapped for the project team that will handle planning and implementation. You may be excited about it or dreading it. And some of that may relate to whether you raised your hand for the opportunity or were...
by calfandre | Jan 12, 2011 | Team Development
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” ~Vince Lombardi If you follow sports as I do, then you have no doubt heard about the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team. Just a few weeks ago, they met...
by bdattner | Nov 3, 2010 | Team Development
There is increasing interest in the business world in “onboarding”, the process by which managers and executives are oriented to, and integrated into, an organization. Books like The First 90 Days by Michael Watkins have become bestsellers, and organizations of all...
by bdattner | Jul 28, 2010 | Awareness
Henry Ford reportedly once complained that all he wanted from a worker was a pair of hands, but that he had to deal with the whole person instead. Each of us brings our whole self to work each day, whether or not we realize it. As much as we might like to believe we...
