Crafting Your Leadership Legacy

I can still recall the feeling of satisfaction and anticipation that came with my promotion to Senior Product Manager and my first people leadership role. Reading the company announcement that named my new team, and our mission to define the next generation of products to fuel the company’s growth, I was determined that we were going to be the best, exceeding every expectation in the relentless pursuit of our goals. I was already…

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22 September 2019

Leadership

Team Leadership Trends 2018

The reshaping of organizations that began at the turn of the century continued this year at an accelerated pace. How organizations respond and reshape themselves based on team leadership trends will determine their trajectory: greatness or mediocrity.

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24 December 2017

Leadership

The One Habit

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." —Aristotle, 384–322 BCE Aristotle's observation about human behavior and motivation speaks to the essence of leadership. As a leader, it is our habits that determine the expectations we create and the experience that we deliver. Those behaviors, whether conscious or unconscious, place us and our teams on a path towards excellence or meandering towards mediocrity. Experience versus Expectation…

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23 July 2017

Motivation and Engagement

Three Keys to Motivation at Work

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader." —John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States Why do we do what we do? Insights from ancient philosophers to modern-day behavioral scientists show us that the answer is as complex as the question is simple. From a behavioral science point of view, "what we do" is easier to answer than the "why".…

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16 July 2017

Leadership

Don’t gamble With Your Team Fundamentals

Too many team leaders gamble on the performance of their team without having put in place solid team fundamentals. During my research, I uncovered many reasons for team leaders taking shortcuts in building their teams — from too little time due to competing priorities and their company’s obsession with quarterly results, to believing that they can drive the team to perform through a mix of inspiration and coercion. While some teams that are…

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8 July 2017

Leadership

What Makes Exceptional Team Leaders Different?

About this blog This is the first of four posts which are excerpts taken from my recently published book, The ONE Habit: The Ultimate Guide to Increasing Engagement and Building Highly-Effective Teams. My doctoral research on human motivation, engagement and team performance was the basis for the book. Following the first four foundation posts, “Notes From The Field” describes team leadership experiences from my career, as well as from many other team leaders…

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1 July 2017