For all the big talk, matching T-shirts and off-site strategy sessions, calling a group of people a team doesn't make it one. Here’s why many groups fall short, the keys to forming an effective team, and team ground rules.  more  

The moose represents an issue that everyone knows is a problem but isn't being addressed. People are trying to carry on as if things are normal. By failing to declare the issue, they further empower it.  more  

Building a strong partnership between staff and council is essential to effective municipal management. In many instances this lack of harmonization is caused by lack of agreement on the defined roles for both staff and council members.  more  

When change fails, it can almost always be traced to dysfunctional leadership.  more  

Feedback can be destructive when it serves only one's own needs and fails to consider the needs of the person on the receiving end. Good feedback takes into account the needs of both the receiver and giver.  more  

Today's highly effective teams have a broad ownership and participation in the team's tasks and how everyone works together to achieve them. Team members and leaders share responsibility for the effectiveness of the team. One of the best indicators of the strength of a team is the "We to Me" ratio.  more  

Strong leaders who are effective coaches know the value of reflection and renewal. They periodically pull themselves and their teams back from daily work in operations to work on themselves.  more  

Leaders know that poor performance is like a highly contagious disease. The longer it goes unchecked, the more everyone suffers.  more  

Getting teams to share the workload and become more self-sufficient shifts the team leader's role and focus. Leaders spend much less time personally solving problems, and invest their time in making sure the right problems are being solved.  more  

Highly effective leaders are now showing the performance power of building a team-based organization Where teams have been effectively organized and led, the list of team outcomes have led to dramatic improvements within the organization.  more  

Effective team management begins by clarifying what a team's purpose and role is and deciding how it will operate. A team's commitment and performance increases exponentially with the degree of power, control, and ownership they feel they have.  more  

Take the courageous approach to leadership by building team commitment and ownership. Our "Energy Index" Assessment is a great place to start.  more  

Most high performing organizations use a wide variety of teams. Discover the Leading Teams approaches that can help you to avoid the pitfalls and pave your organization's pathway to success.  more  

Team spirit is the catalyst every organization needs to achieve outstanding performance. Strategic plans, marketing, technology and capital investment are clearly important, but emotional commitment of the people using the tools and executing the plans is what determines whether companies sink or soar.  more  

We can't build a team or organization that's different from us. Successful team or organization leadership begins with successful self-leadership. The first step in improving my team or organization is improving me.  more