Tag: relationships
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THE ONE MISSING INGREDIENT IN YOUR TEAM
I’ve been doing a lot of work with leaders and their teams over the past fifteen years or so, and I discovered one absolute truth. In every single team where there is dysfunction (and by dysfunction I mean performance issues, conduct or behavioural issues, backstabbing, gossiping, blame cultures, a lack of accountability etc) there is…
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HOW TO BUILD PSYCHOLOGICALLY SAFE TEAMS
I was watching something on tv the other day and there was an interaction between two colleagues in the workplace. The first said that “for all intensive purposes” what he had done was the right thing to do. His colleague immediately jumped in and corrected him saying that the phrase he was looking for was…
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MAKE BETTER DECISIONS
The workplace will present you with a number of decision points throughout the day. Some of these will be small decisions, and some will be big decisions which impact other people, organisational outcomes or future direction. Of all the various options you could choose, how do you know which is the better option? How do…
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WHAT IS IT LIKE WORKING FOR YOU?
Think about what it might be like to work for you. How do you think your team feel about coming in to work every day? Are they inspired? Motivated? Engaged? Maybe you think they are but how can you be sure?
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THE OPPOSITE OF LEADERSHIP
Let’s start with a hard truth: Many people in leadership or management roles got promoted to to these positions based on either their individual job performance or tenure. It is unlikely that they were selected for their natural ability to effectively lead, serve, and engage other human beings to be and do their best. The…
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“PEOPLE DON’T LEAVE JOBS…”
The old cliché about people not leaving jobs but leaving managers exists because its true.
The Workplace Coach 