Posts with the ‘Teams’ tag
“If you don’t know where you are going, how do you expect to get there.” is one of my favorite quotes of all time. We all want to lead or be part of an elite team. But what does good look like? What do elite teams have in common? How can a leader develop an […]
“Dave, my goal is to do your job someday.” Debbie confidently stated. My response was one word: “Why?” Too many people look at moving into leadership and moving up the chain of command as the definition of success at work. I wanted to be clear to Debbie that climbing the career ladder for climbing sake […]
The first team I led had two women, two African American’s and someone of Asian descent. The other 5 were white males. Our team picture could have been used as an HR poster for diversity! I hired most of them because I felt they were of high character and high potential. Diversity was not part […]
It stung! No doubt about it. A few months after Bob left the company, I found out he had pulled the wool over my eyes. I got burned by someone I had trusted. He faked his work activity reports. He forged signatures of clients. There were even rumors of him talking to me on the […]
Dave Anderson interviews best selling author Jeb Blount. Topic: Why Do People Follow You? (30 minutes) Jeb Blount is the CEO of Sales Gravy (www.salesgravy.com) and the best selling author of People Follow You along with 6 other best sellers. All past and current podcasts also available on iTunes. (Over 5 Million downloads to date!) […]
It happens everywhere, and we are all vulnerable. In business, in the military, in non-profits and in churches good leaders succumb to a temptation. Every leader is vulnerable including me and you. I am talking about moral decisions. Decisions that ruin our credibility, our reputations and our moral authority. The public is shocked. Our friends are […]
My headache began as soon as she started to speak. She and her counterpart were having issues – AGAIN! The crazy thing was both these people were talented and were great individual contributors. But when I put them together, it was like oil and water. On this day, I had had it. I wanted the […]
The softer side of leadership is in vogue these days. Those softer leadership skills are critical to a leader’s long-term success. A leader who doesn’t care about his team will one day turn around and find no one following him. However, problems arise when leaders allow these principles to prevent them from making the hard […]
He called it playing the Devil’s Advocate. We just called him the Devil. We were getting nowhere – as usual. Every time a new idea was brought up, the Devil poked holes in it. As soon as he began to speak, you could see the joy and enthusiasm get sucked out of the room. Everyone would look at the […]
Leadership and sports analogies go together like peanut butter and jelly. There are so many bad examples of leadership on display in politics and business, that sports is often the best place to go. However, when you read the title of this entry, you may now be thinking of sports stars who seem to crave […]
