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How to Align your Team and Organization
A couple of summers ago, my wife and I went kayaking on the Harpeth River, a little river here in middle Tennessee. Shortly after casting off, we approached a small set of rapids. Since the water level was low, we risked scraping the bottom of the kayak on the rocks...
Not so Obvious Ways to Build Trust on Teams
I made a short list of some not so obvious methods that some of the leaders of teams I’ve been working with have successfully used recently to build trust on their teams. Here they are: They instigate uncomfortable conversations during team meetings, instead of...
How to Leverage Graduated Sharing to Build Trust on Your Team
I love to play and coach basketball. Back in the 2000’s, I remember wrapping up the last game in our city’s adult recreational basketball league. We had lost, again. We had lost every game that season. What I remember most is that despite having skills, something was...
How to Handle the Unexpected
In addition to working with executive and leadership teams, I have had the honor of facilitating a number of leadership workshops. One of the skills that tends to be more difficult for middle managers and supervisors is handling the unexpected when dealing with senior...