Team Ingredients #4 Communication Skills and Conflict Resolution: What is natural is to avoid conflict, jump to rash conclusions and not communicate what you are thinking. What is unnatural yet necessary is to make your thinking visible, fill in the “white space” for people, identify your assumptions and resolve conflicts. Actions: The team needs to […]
Teamwork is an Unnatural Act: #5 Personal Leadership
Team Ingredients #5 Personal Leadership: What is natural is to stay in your comfort zone and only take risks that you are assured of success. What is unnatural yet necessary is to take risks that are consistent with your values and become a change leader stretching and encouraging others in spite of your own doubts […]
Teamwork is an Unnatural Act: #6 Appreciation of Differences
Team Ingredient #6 Appreciation of Differences: What is natural is to value team members with similar backgrounds and opinions. What is unnatural yet necessary is to embrace differences and creative tensions to generate better solutions and raise the “Team IQ.” Actions: The leader is a powerful role model to the team for how to deal […]
Teamwork is an Unnatural Act: #7 Accountability & Consequences
Team Ingredient #7 Accountability & Consequences – What is natural is to be disappointed with the efforts of others on your team, but never hold anyone accountable for the missed “deliverables.” What is unnatural yet necessary is to discuss accountabilities and consequences up front, before a project gets underway and review them throughout the project. […]
Teamwork is an Unnatural Act: #8 Mentoring Others
Team Ingredient #8 Mentoring Others – What is natural is to get caught up with urgent crises of the day and do little mentoring or training of key employees or colleagues. What is unnatural yet necessary is to take time to train and mentor others to be better performers. Career development, learning and succession planning […]
A Modern Girl’s Guide to Life with Jane Buckingham
As a self-made Life Coach for the Modern Girl, Jane Buckingham regularly appears as a guest on “Good Morning America,” “The View” and other news shows. She wrote her first book, “Teens Speak Out,” at the age of 17. She subsequently created The Cassandra Report, Trend Central and The Intelligence Group, all of which she […]
Coaching Generation “Y” with Bruce Tulgan
Bruce Tulgan is internationally recognized as the leading expert on young people in the workplace and one of the leading experts in leadership and management. Bruce is a best-selling author, an adviser to business leaders all over the world, and a sought-after keynote speaker and management trainer. Since 1995, Bruce has worked with tens of […]
Harvesting Your Happiness, with filmmaker Lisa Cypers Kamen
Lisa Cypers Kamen of the Harvesting Happiness Company, is internationally recognized as an acclaimed documentary filmmaker, positive psychology life coach, devoted philanthropist, author, radio and television talk show host, renowned happiness expert, public speaker and mother of two. As an expert in her field, Ms. Kamen educates both private and public audiences on building and […]
Ken Blanchard, Author of “The One Minute Manager,” Speaks from the Heart
Management GURU, Ken Blanchard, is a prominent, sought-after author, speaker, and business consultant. He is universally characterized by his friends, colleagues and clients as one of the most insightful, powerful, and compassionate individuals in business today. Dr. Cathy Greenberg and I talked with Ken, who coauthored with Spencer Johnson, the phenomenal best-selling book, The One […]
Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door
Harvey Mackay is one of America’s most popular and entertaining business speakers, speaking–on average–once a week to Fortune 500-size companies and associations. Toastmasters International named him one of the top five speakers in the world. He is the author of five New York Times bestsellers that have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. His […]