by Michael Holland Spice up your ongoing team meetings with two simple practices. Rotate the Seats In many team meetings, especially those team meetings that occur on a regular basis, attendees often sit the same seat every week. Guide a change in energy, perspective and attention by creating a purposeful rotation of seats. Make it [...]
by Michael Holland The show, Storage Wars on A&E on A&E, provides a look into the world of modern day archeologists seeking treasures buried in storage units that have been forfeited due to nonpayment. Potential bidders for the auction have the opportunity to look through the door of the storage unit for a couple of minutes, but [...]
by Michael Holland How’s the social cohesion within your team? To what extent are you and your team members really enjoying each other and relishing in each other’s successes? Enjoying each other, now there’s a concept! How on earth could I even begin to enjoy those people who seem to work so hard at making [...]
by Michael Holland The dynamic nature of teams tends to be underestimated by most leaders and team members. A stagnant team wallows in low performance and disengaged personalities while a thriving team excels with high achievement and an abundance of team loyalty. We often forget that the team itself is a living breathing organism which [...]
by Michael Holland In one of the highly tense scenes in the movie Top Gun, the fighter pilot scans his radar screen while working the controls of his fighter jet trying to line up the crosshairs on the enemy jet he’s chasing. The crosshairs align, the screen changes color to red and a loud tone [...]
by Michael Holland Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller released a new book in February 2012. You might remember Blanchard, who wrote the now classic, The One Minute Manager, which was extremely impactful, given it’s easy to read format and 3 practical management techniques. The new book, Great Leaders Grow: Becoming a Leader for Life, is an [...]
by Michael Holland Explain why you are meeting with your team. Really, take 20 seconds and explain the value proposition for the hours upon hours you and your team spend in meetings during a month. Teams do need to communicate and make decisions so coming together in meetings to communicate is an effective methodology. It’s [...]
by Michael Holland Employees want to know that you, as their leader, are in tune with their progress against their goals. Their innate desire is to receive attention, but the attention must be in forms they prefer whenever possible. As you look at your team of direct reports, think about how each one prefers to [...]
by Michael Holland Work teams are living, breathing organisms and like humans they grow up through time. Well, at least most teams grow up through normal plateaus. We love working with teams as they form together during the toddler phase because the team is just so much fun. Open to learning, inquisitive, seeking to get [...]
by Michael Holland There's a point in time when you have to decide if you will take ownership of your time or allow the beast (the company, the boss, the customer, the colleague, the employees, the family) to own you and your time. Awhile back, I adjusted my perspective from seeing time as [...]
