Howard Shore’s Interview with Square Peg Round Hole
In this interview with Square Peg Round Hole, Howard shares an essential framework to ensure your business moves forward in this rapidly changing and competitive economy. He talks about the three guiding elements – strategy, execution and people – to finding success in your business and how if you’re not paying attention to these then…
8 Questions That Indicate Whether You Have Trust
Trust is the foundation to a cohesive team. While most leaders know this, they are unaware that they are probably breaching trust daily in their own organizations. When working with a new leadership team, I must first understand how dysfunctional the team is and specifically how strong the trust level is. Ironically, most CEOs will…
Do Your Team Members Trust You?
Do you believe your entire team trusts you? How do you know? If you could increase their trust level, would it increase business performance? If you pay attention, you will notice that you expect everyone to trust you all the time while you give only varying degrees of trust to everyone else. Interestingly, your team…
How Conflict Can Help Your Team
A great way to tell if you have a strong team is by examining the amount of regular, healthy conflicts that occur in meetings. Conflict is actually good. It’s natural and it can result in powerful ideas that save or make the company significant dollars. If you aren’t seeing healthy debate in your meetings, the…
4 Ways to Create Linsanity on Your Team
Do you have a Jeremy Lin on your team? You might. You may think you understand the potential of every person on your team but the truth is, you could have unbelievable, untapped talent sitting “on the bench” just waiting to be discovered by you—or your competitor. As company leadership we must think like championship…
Overcoming the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team
In his book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, Pat Lencioni identified team behaviors that reduce positive results in an organization. In my opinion, this book is a must-read for all managers and C-level leaders. As the company leader, you are the core of your team. Your primary responsibility is to motivate and…
Talent Building Lessons – Miami Heat Coup
Acquiring Chris Bosh and LeBron James and retaining Dwyane Wade has created a lot of press for Miami and the Miami Heat. However, there are some critical business principles that all business owners can learn from this experience.
Building A Winning Team – Making Decisions Stick
Many leaders complain that they hate to go to meetings because they are non-productive. It is common to find that decisions taken at meetings do not stick. Instead, group decisions at meetings become the subjects of post-meeting lobbying. Some team members call separate meetings to try to filibuster the decision. Others take a passive-aggressive approach,…
STOP! Change Perspective and Start Leading
Our need to be safe causes us to be fearful in those uncertain situations. This is the right time to make a pit stop, refuel, and clean the windshield to get our business or career ready for the next race.
Is Your Company Flying in V Formation?
Geese fly in V-formation for aerodynamic efficiency. Are management and staff focused on reaching a common goal through teamwork? How do you know if your teams are staying focused and flying in a V-formation to generate customer retention and loyalty?