8 Ways to Create Pride within a Team

8 Ways to Create Pride within a Team

When pride is present at work, it inspires individuals and teams to achieve more, communicate better, and build upon each other’s strengths. When it’s not present, it can get ugly, really ugly. Most successful teams carry a high level of pride to the work they do and...
How to Deal with a Team Member’s Weakness

How to Deal with a Team Member’s Weakness

You know what it is like to hide behind a weakness. We all have them and many of us try to hide them at all costs when you are trying to impress workplace leaders or perhaps just keep your job. Everyone on the team you are leading right now has plenty of weaknesses....
5 Ways to Address Poor Performers

5 Ways to Address Poor Performers

  The main reason poor performers persist within teams is their leaders are scared to talk to them about their performance concerns. You don’t want to hurt their feelings, get into an argument, or have them take revenge on you or the team. It can be an...
The Value of Your Unachieved Goals

The Value of Your Unachieved Goals

As a leader, you set goals (at least I hope you do). If you are a really good leader, you write your goals down and perhaps tell a few people about them for accountability. But even the most outstanding leaders don’t achieve all their goals. So, then what happens to...
Why You Need to Fail Faster

Why You Need to Fail Faster

Failing sucks! There is nothing fun about it and no one wants to be apart of it. But the sucking part of it doesn’t need to last and many times failure leads to the biggest and best breakthroughs. Admitting a mistake shows you are wiser than you once were, don’t be...
Diversity Is Not Where You Are Looking!

Diversity Is Not Where You Are Looking!

Where Do You Keep The Ketchup? Have you have struggled with the diversity vs. skill debate when building and working in teams? I know I have, along with countless Human Resource managers. Why can teams find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone?...