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Team Leads as the Communication Link

Communication

On larger, global initiatives consider one area of responsibility for team leads is to be a communication link between the management team and the team’s leads direct reports. The larger an initiative, the more individuals involved in it; which requires more effective communication to ensure success of the initiative. By having the team lead function […]

One Approach to Solving a Business Problem

Talking with a colleague the other day, he shared that he was tired of trying to solve business problems he was having on his own. He felt he needed to expand his options for solutions and likely, if he did so, would come up with even better solutions to the problems he was trying to […]

The Four Stages of Team Development – Part 3

An example of a team moving through the four stages – Part 3: A Team Working Well Together

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Stage 3: Norming and Stage 4: Performing

Let’s skip to about 2 months into the initiative. The Stakeholder Support Committee was doing well working together. They had […]

The Four Stages of Team Development – Part 2

An example of a team moving through the four stages – Part 2: Storming

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Stage 2: Storming

Prior to the second meeting of the Committee, I reviewed the postings on the SharePoint® site. While overall the conversations were professional, in a few cases, committee members seemed to shoot […]

An Introduction to the Value of High Levels of Emotional Intelligence

“Emotional Intelligence is the ability to monitor one’s own emotions and the emotions of others, to discriminate between different emotions and use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior.”

(Wikipedia.org, referencing: Coleman, Andrew (2008), A Dictionary of Psychology, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press.)

Individuals with high levels of emotional intelligence (EI) are better able to […]