Posts Tagged ‘team leadership’
Less Meetings – More Conversations
The crew of an aircraft begin their duty period with a routine that sets them up for the success of that flight. They collect information about the weather conditions at their departure, destination and alternate airports, their assigned aircraft, and fuel and payload requirements. They discuss how these may affect each other and start to…
Read MoreThe Big Picture – Direction, Clarity, Energy
I had the pleasure and privilege a few weeks back of sitting in on a flight test in an Airbus 320 simulator and flying an approach to landing myself. Because it was a flight test, and was conducted in a simulator, the crew had flown us through take-offs and approaches in every kind of bad…
Read MoreFair Exchange #2 – Valuing Our Side of The Exchange
Last week, I spoke about The Concept of Fair Exchange, and boy did you respond! I received several emails in return, and requests for more on the topic. So here is more. First of all, let’s review the concept: If you GIVE more than you TAKE, you feel RESENTFUL. If you TAKE more than…
Read MoreStep 1 – Communication
Last week we talked about whether each of us is REALLY open for business and I promised that we’d be having a look at each step of the 5-Step Process to Building a Powerhouse Team – the first step being Communication. These 5 steps are the process that must be followed to take a band of individuals and knit…
Read MoreFriday thoughts – feed this in and let it percolate:
Many of the conversations we have these days would have had our grandparents shaking their heads. Whether they were happy and fulfilled in their work wasn’t something they gave much weight to. It seems a flighty consideration, and yet today, much hinges on it. Do we bounce out of bed filled with passion and inspiration,…
Read MoreGoing fast, or going far – finding the balance:
As leaders of a team, it can be hard to find the balance between wanting to go fast and wanting to go far. We have teams to support the process, to divide up the responsibilities and to add to the outcome – and yet we risk spending so much time managing those teams that we…
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