Does it matter if your team trust one another? You bet it does! Studies consistently show a strong correlation between trust and performance in teams. Teams who trust one another have deeper discussion, greater team cohesion and research shows that highly cohesive teams are more successful. Perhaps not surprisingly, research also shows that trust is
The Power of Purpose
“Purpose driven companies make more money, have more engaged employeees, have more loyal customers and are better at innovation and delivering on transformational change” (HBR – The Business Case for Purpose) Goals are logical, tangible. Purpose, why we do what we do, is less tangible, more emotional. This difference might be the reason we tend
The Power of Compelling Goals
Lewis Carroll’s Alice asked the Cheshire Cat: “Would you please tell me which way I should go from here?”. The cat’s reply, “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to”. This is a perfect example of the importance of setting goals. All great leaders, it seems to me, have a view
Developing Strategy in Uncertain Times – Planning for the ‘New Normal’
None of us can be certain what the ‘new normal’ will look like when it comes and this degree of uncertainty makes developing your strategy more challenging, but not impossible. If you are in the process of reviewing your strategy two articles are well worth a read. The first comes from BCG: ‘Covid 19: Win the
Sorry, but it’s time to revisit your strategy
These are challenging times for leaders. The current crisis is forcing us all to move into survival mode. It’s a natural human reaction – when faced with an immediate threat to our survival we are programmed to focus all of our mental and physical resources to address that threat. And, as one of my bosses
In these times of remote working, don’t be a remote leader
We are living in challenging times. As many of us, and our teams, move to working from home, remote working poses a unique challenge to us as leaders to keep everyone connected to each other and the business overall. We took that for granted when we were all working from the same office, going to
Try Being the Last to Speak (and listen, really listen)
As a leader do you feel that your team look to you for answers? Do you feel that the key requirement of a leader is to provide direction? Sometimes, with this mindset, you can find yourself dominating the conversation which may mean the views of your team aren’t being heard. It means, if there are ten
Keeping to Your New Year Goals (or any goal for that matter)
I had numerous discussions with family and friends over the holiday break about their New Year resolutions. January 15th is supposedly the most common day for ‘failing’ on your resolution – as we all know it’s easy to make resolution but much harder to keep to them. There’s probably a good reason for this –
The Power of Failing (every now and then)
Apparently, there is a perfect rate of failure – and it’s 12.5%. 1 in every 8 of your decisions, initiatives, projects should end in failure. I’m not sure how that exact figure was computed but it makes sense to me: if you never or very rarely fail, you may well develop a reputation as a
Trust: the heart of a high performing team
In my work with teams, helping to improve teamworking and drive performance, my first challenge is to understand whether there is genuine ‘trust’ between the members of the team. Trust, in my view, is the greatest differentiator between a good and a high performing team. A recent study by Google, amongst over 150 of their