4 Posts found for Keyword: teams

Collaborating effectively requires helping others. And helping others requires compassion, which in turn means learning about who they are and what they want. So in order to help my clients, at the start of each relationship, I devote two or three hours to asking the following questions:

• What are your proudest accomplishments and biggest disappointments?
• Which activities energize you and which drain you?
• How do other people

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Author: Susan Cramm | Source: What’s Love Got to Do with Business? | Original Publication: strategy+business | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Improvement

It’s perilously easy for corporate innovators to skate past the why and the how, particularly those working in new-growth groups or incubators. One mechanism some companies use to deal with this problem is to have each team complete a charter before it starts to work, detailing the project’s strategic intent (the why), specific goals (the how), strategic options that are on and off the table, … [ Read more ]

Author: Scott D. Anthony | Source: The Two Questions to Ask Before You Innovate | Original Publication: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Innovation, Management

A survey evaluating a team’s performance can be a powerful tool for making that team more effective. And the first message that consultants and HR professionals often communicate on these surveys is: “To ensure that the team gets the best data and feels protected, we will make sure responses are confidential.” The widespread assumption is that if team members know their answers are confidential, they … [ Read more ]

Author: Roger Schwarz | Source: What Anonymous Feedback Will (and Won’t) Tell You | Original Publication: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

At one well-known energy company, the five executives of a top team were asked to list the company’s 10 highest priorities. Alarmingly, they listed a total of 23 priorities; only 2 appeared on every executive’s list and only 7 on the lists of more than three members; indeed 13 of the 23 priorities appeared on only one list. In other cases, the team doesn’t agree … [ Read more ]

Author: Erika Herb | Source: Teamwork at the Top | Original Publication: The McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior