Expand your horizon to influence and motivate others to actively build cohesive teams.
NFL Champions on Leadership
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Expand your horizon to influence and motivate others to actively build cohesive teams.
Embed the above image on your site: Leadership Insights from Super Bowl Champions by Bishop House Consulting
By Michael Holland Picture this real life competition with a goal to build the tallest structure that can support a soft, fluffy, lightweight marshmallow using spaghetti, twine and tape within 18 minutes. First, there's a ballroom full of 100 co-workers. They are broken out into random teams of 4 to 5 and are busy at [...]
I have always viewed being able to touch my toes as an indicator of my flexibility. And occasionally I’ve worked hard enough to be able to place my palms on the floor. Recently I’ve thought that this same level of stretching and flexibility is exactly what leaders need to be doing as they lead their [...]
This past week I had the opportunity to talk with two 30-something sisters and their brother from Pakistan. They talked about the violence in their city; the discrepancy in wages earned by Christians and non-Christians; the common practice of woman having a “relationship” with their boss in order to be paid more; and the night [...]
By Michael Holland Leaders assume that the organizational structure of their team should stay constant until some outside force tells them they need to think about restructuring. Like robots, leaders just work day-in and day-out facilitating meetings exactly the same way, enforcing company policies, playing politics, wearing the same clothes, month after month.   [...]
By Michael Holland    It is the 5th inning and the team is down 9 to 0 in the national championship baseball game. The coach looks around at his team of teenagers playing in what they see as the most important game of their lives. He’s a talented coach and was a star baseball [...]
By Michael Holland     My favorite NFL football team, the Baltimore Ravens, will play in the Super Bowl this Sunday. The team is catching their perfect wave at exactly the right point in time. The head coach, the coaching staff, the influential leaders, and all the players are positioned to follow their playbooks [...]
By Michael Holland    Your employee has asked to see you for a couple of minutes. Your instincts jump and your soul is telling you that it is likely the employee is going to resign. The meeting is as you thought; the employee has accepted a new position. This is a great opportunity… for [...]
by Michael Holland    All seasoned leaders at one point in their careers have been challenged with the departure of a key employee who had certain work knowledge that was painful to replicate. Companies invest time and money in developing succession planning for leadership roles. They invest in developing strong leaders to make sure [...]
by Michael Holland    It would be great if employees were more accountable, took initiative, went the extra mile, took responsibility for their own development, were self-motivated not being influenced by the negative behaviors of others and quickly turned failures into lessons learned. Our roles as leaders would be so much easier. So, ask yourself these [...]