Synergistic teamwork at its most (impressively) basic
If you manage or work in or with teams of any sort, you must watch this video. Note the instructions given at the start, watch what happens, then listen carefully to the question asked right at the end: This is an example of a team working…
leadership, Synergist, teams, teamworkHow to flourish in any crisis
Ever wonder why every month brings another tale of a badly handled corporate disaster (here’s last year’s haul: BP, HP, Netflix, Groupon, HP, Bank of America, News International, Yahoo, HP, Toyota, Google, Kodak), yet you have to go back to 1982 for…
crisis management, leadership, Operator, Processor, Synergist, teams, VisionaryWhy businesses stumble in a crisis
Last time, we looked at the three steps required to recover from any crisis: 1. Clarity. 2. Direction. 3. Control. This seems pretty straightforward, yes? So why do so many leaders, not to say entire executive teams stumble so badly when…
crisis management, leadership, Operator, Processor, teams, VisionaryGet A Room
When I coach executive teams, a recurring issue is discovering that everyone on the team is in a different room. I’m not talking here about the challenges of virtual meetings, but rather, what goes on inside the head of individuals when they get…
dysfunction, high performance, leadership, metaphor, perception, teams