Productive self managing teams rarely happen spontaneously. Companies need ground rules to make them work well. I’ve been curious about a relatively new method some
Some experts claim that in the future, work in organizations will be done by self managing teams. In my previous post, I mentioned that some
What would it be like to work in self managing organizations? Some forward-looking companies are now using self managing principles to organize work with stellar
I’ve been reviewing the history of organizations, looking at ways we’ve used in managing people to work together, including tribal and agrarian organizations, and more
In my work as a coach, I find most of us can’t identify our own thinking styles. We’re too immersed in our behaviors and habits.
Typically, we handle problems in a tried and true way that we’re comfortable with. We don’t even think we have a thinking style because it’s
What’s your thinking style? Just like we have personality preferences for introversion and extraversion, we also have preferred ways of thinking about a problem. There’s
If you’ve ever asked yourself how you can improve team performance, it’s not complicated or mysterious. You can do three simple things today to immediately
Measuring team performance isn’t easy. We know when they achieve great results, but how can we know what factors contribute the most to team effectiveness?
I’ve been exploring some of the problems working in teams in my posts here. How can you be an effective team player and help your
Business is an active, demanding endeavor. Only those who consistently apply themselves succeed. Organizations that thrive require leaders who actively dream, plan, engage, solve, pursue,
Surveys and studies indicate global job dissatisfaction is at a two-decade high. Disengaged employees account for nearly 70 percent of the workforce, which significantly affects
Most employees favor consensus-run organizations where leaders manage democratically through inclusion and feedback. Consensus-style leadership is a refreshing alternative to tyrannical leadership, but democracy, taken
Sudden information is generally incomplete, incorporating whatever is available at the moment. By contrast, leaders sift through information, take time to gather data, and draw
