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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 [...]
by Michael Holland Build consistency in your leadership and delegation of tasks and projects by clearly differentiating the roles people should play. It’s important to clarify that roles are not people. Leaders must distinguish, clearly articulate and consistently visualize the differences between the roles that exist and the people who fulfill those roles. [...]
by Michael Holland My friend Jerry can tell a heck of a story. He pulls in that southern charm, teases you with just enough data to paint the picture in your head and then delivers the guts of the story. In a matter of 3 to 4 minutes he has conveyed a full set of [...]
by Michael Holland Leading GDTs – Geographically Dispersed Teams – is more the norm for leaders today than an anomaly. Leaders leading teams spread across the USA or the world is surprisingly much the same as leading teams dispersed in several local stores or on separate floors of a building. The broadness of the spread [...]
