Most of the programs we deliver deal with leadership teams and leadership development, so we understand the critical need companies have for guidance in this area. This article provides some great information as you plan to develop your leaders. Enjoy!
Dr. Bruce Tuckman
Recently we did a deep dive with a client on the stages of her team’s development. We used an activity called interdependency or “the Quantum Puzzle” to illustrate how her team can progress through stages and what happens when change is introduced.
Full Post >>Dr Meredith Belbin
What I like most about Dr. Belbin’s approach is that he doesn’t subscribe to the generic use of the word team to describe work groups. He also doesn’t believe that scavenger hunts, boat building and culinary types of events are great for the social aspect of group development, and should not be considered “team building.”
Full Post >>Dr. Katherine Benziger
Many of us have read or even operate and facilitate around the same community of authors and team/leadership experts. We all know and either like or dislike the work of Blanchard, Covey, Lencioni and Kouzes and Posner. We enjoy the personality dynamics presented by Jung, Myers Briggs, Eysenck, and other personality theories. But the month of December we will dedicate to some of intellectuals who may not be as well known in the area of team and leadership development. Experts like Dr. Katherine Benziger.
Full Post >>Put Superman out of a Job!
All of us remember how Superman could save the day. While our author, Dr. Henry Cloud, is not suggesting we become full-fledged Supermen or Superwomen, he does present a few ideas that would play well for today’s leaders.
Full Post >>Dr. Cloud says that leaders must “Play the Whole Movie” or in other words, evaluate their decisions in the present based on how they will affect the future.
He makes it clear that many people often look to the next step following a decision, but seldom do people go beyond that to many more possible outcomes. How can you plan for adjustments if you haven’t thought through many of the things that could happen from the decisions you make?
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