Tag: team
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Transition
Transition. Change. We love it when the seasons change or when something bad turns into good. It’s something we dream of as well as stress over simultaneously. We long for moving to the next thing, but it can keep us up at night when it happens to a team we are in charge of. Change brings…
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Change: An Unexpected Roadmap
You’ve cast the vision, instilled the values, spent hours of time guiding and training your team. You are ready to soar! Then…… A key player falls sick and enters the hospital. The exciting events of marriages and pregnancies are causes for celebration yet create waves of change in a family or organization. In missions it could be the…
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Superstar Versus Team
The recent trend in sports is to assemble a collection of superstars in hopes of winning a title. Is this the path to success or would organizations be better served to build a strong team? The trend in sports seems to favor teams with many integral parts over the collection of 1 or 2 superstar…
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Promoting Balanced Lives in your Team
Half of American workers hate their jobs! That is shocking! I believe we can improve the enjoyment of our teams by promoting balanced lives coupled with creating a team environment and being concerned with their growth. Too often workers dislike their jobs because the road to success come through overworking. Workers need to be challenged and pushed, but…
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Get the Right People on the Bus
Jim Collins, in his bestselling book Good to Great, is famous for saying “get the right people on the bus.” This is so true. Having good people has been one of the biggest reasons for our success in South Africa. But at times, we have to think differently in order to make this a reality.…