Leading Solutions for Leading Business
Second of a four part series reviewing Stages of Group Development.
Following the Forming stage, the once polite conversation of a new team is replaced with discord and uncertainty. Everyone, especially the leader, will need encouragement during this tumultuous phase. [Read more…]
First of a four part series reviewing Stages of Group Development.
And so it begins– a new team takes shape. Introductions are made with handshakes across a boardroom table. Nervous conversations begin and a few business cards are exchanged. It is an exciting and anxious time, full of possibility. [Read more…]
I am not a huge basketball fan, but let me sit court-side, and the game comes alive! The sights and sounds of the game pale in comparison to feeling the floor vibrate under twenty, size-15 feet sprinting down the polished maple wood floor and the rush of air pushed forward by a wall of racing competitors. [Read more…]
I clung to the wall, almost 45 feet off the ground. Nothing separated me from danger but a rope and a trusted friend, Bob Neuman*, who was on belay. I didn’t notice I was so high on the wall until I could no longer hear Bob’s advice. When I tilted my ear toward his 6’ 2” frame, my gaze caught ground for the first time and I could barely see him! [Read more…]
Most meetings don’t end early and rarely end on time. Regardless of the duration scheduled, conversation usually expands to consume the time allotted. In 1955, historian Cyril Parkinson noted, “It is a commonplace observation that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” This assertion, known as Parkinson’s Law, rings true in most encounters, whether they are in-person or over the phone. [Read more…]
They say intelligent people tend to be more messy. Though I fancy myself as intelligent, I’ve decided I am NOT smart enough to have a messy desk. When I worked in an office building, I had a very clean desk. In fact, I was teased about my clean desk, but I didn’t mind the heckling. [Read more…]
Remember, yelling “En Garde” as a kid? It warned our friends to “take a defensive position” and let the imaginary fencing match begin. This French phrase came to mind as I walked passed an odd building the other day. It was the fence that drew my attention. Actually, it was the huge spotlights designed to illuminate the fence in opposite directions that drew my attention. [Read more…]
