Many of us had that teacher in grade school that instituted a behavioral management system rooted in positive reinforcement in a last-ditch effort to tame the wild and unfocused masses of 7-year-old boys and girls unleashed upon them by stressed parents each morning. The carrot was simple, yet oddly abstract:...
"What we have hee-yuh...is a fail-yuh to commun'cate." Question: Do you recognize this quote from a) that fine talkie Cool Hand Luke, with that young whippersnapper Paul Newman, b) the beginning of In Living Color's runaway hit "Cult of Personality" from the days of my youth, or...
One of the toughest aspects of managing a team is having to let a team member go, especially a long-standing one. When you have spent the time training someone, gotten used to their personality foibles and signed their birthday card with clever little witticisms a few times, it becomes tougher...
A colleague pointed me to an interesting and quirky article about managing personalities at meetings. The article lays out psychologist Dr. Sharon Livingston's case that the group members a leader might encounter at a meeting fall into seven general categories, which she discovered bear an uncanny resemblance to the personalities...
The fuel that keeps an effective team running on all cylinders is clear and timely communication. From the moment a challenge is conceived to the day of delivery on a task, a high-performing team relies on the efficient sharing of information. However, there are certain points in the process...
The true test of a team is how it weathers the hard times: failure to complete a task, lackluster performance, times when upper management isn't living up to its promises. The team leadership must take responsibility for making sure the team is ready to face adversity. Here are some ways...
With today's widespread accessibility of information and wall-to-wall communication, the idea of leveraging informal organizations has become much more popular in the board room, as well as such realms as political campaigning and independent music distribution.Grassroots and word-of-mouth efforts on social networking sites like myspace have allowed both politicians and...
In the world of academia and academic publishing, giving and sharing credit are hallmarks of the trade -- and the driving force behind innovation. It is this very tangible recognition of their work that is the coal for the creative engines (or perhaps I should say ethanol for the hybrid...
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