Category Archives: teamwork
Harnessing Your Strengths – Best Practices
Sometimes it’s nice to get a quick reminder of the way we can, and should, direct our attention to our strengths. Below are 9 strengths-based best practices that can help…
When Teamwork Doesn’t Work – and Why
Teamwork, as opposed to independent work, has increased dramatically in the last two decades. Some calculate the average time spent working with others has increased 50% or more in the…
Make 2017 Your Team’s Best Year Yet
“My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other’s kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater…
Magnify Your Talents, Ignite Your Team
Are you working on a team that recognizes your talents? The collective effort of a high performing team results in a sum that is greater than its individual parts. Appreciating…
Go far, go together
Are you an INCLUDER? Is so, you already knew this wise advice.
Great Managers Build a Sense of Belonging
The decline of the American community is a sad and news worthy topic. Researchers tell us that Americans are less likely to join groups and have long-lasting friendships today than…
My Favorite Story of 2013
Watch this 20-minute video and get pumped to pursue any goal you may have set for 2014. Diane Nyad’s first-person account of swimming in the Gulf Coast from Cuba to…
Celtics’ Brad Stevens Understands What It Means to Use Your Strengths
On occasion I think that the plethora of sports-related metaphors used in the business world may be a bit overdone . . . but then a perfect one just falls…