Teams
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Your ‘Tribes’ Are Important For Your Career Success
What Are Your Tribes? Broncos, Seahawks. Democrat, Republican. Christian, Jew. We belong to ‘Tribes.’ The correct definition of this is a social group that preceded the “state,” small in size. The current use of the word is more of an… Continue reading
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Lessons From The Oklahoma City Thunder
I admit with some embarrassment that I am a total, absolute, over-the-top OKC Thunder fan. My family and friends are pretty incredulous about this—I’ve never shown any interest in sports that weren’t related to my children. Ever. Nevertheless, my move to… Continue reading
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Why Is It So Hard to Build A Team?
Teams Are Easy, Right? In theory it should be easy to create a team. Each stakeholder part of the organization sends their best and brightest, outside expertise is brought in, the goal is explained and the “team” gets to… Continue reading
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Stand Out: Work On Projects
Internal People on Projects When I work as a consultant on big change projects in companies, there are always consultants (outsiders) and business representatives (insiders). The insiders are usually identified as subject matter experts, business leads, and sponsors. Despite what… Continue reading
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Why Doesn’t Your Team Work?
All of us get to spend time on teams. Some of us spend all of our time on teams. There are terrible teams, good teams and great teams. Most of us rarely get to spend much time on great teams. … Continue reading