Advancing Managers & their Teams Internationally; Empowering Authentic Women Leaders
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Why is POSITIVITY crucial for teams and relationships?
A perplexed team leader approached me with the following. His team is bringing in the results. Performing well. Reaching quotas. But he doesn’t understand why morale is low. Why aren’t his people motivated… What’s missing? People are working so hard on their individual goals. They don’t understand what connects them… There’s no time. Is there [...]
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What’s the NEW model for today’s teams?
Connection drives team performance. That’s the message of Losada & Heaphy’s nonlinear dynamics and empirical research (see post “what happens when teams CONNECT?!”). Businesses want efficiency and results. How are results achieved in organizations? By teams! Teams exist to produce results. Our goal is therefore high performing teams. The old, out-of-date model for team development [...]
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What happens when teams CONNECT?
The essence of a great team is connection. We all intuitively know it in our gut. We feel it in all our relationships. When there’s connection, it’s the spark – like magic…. Last week, a colleague reminded me of a research paper that I heard about last year. ”The Role of Positivity and Connectivity in Performance of Business [...]
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Do you REALLY want to look in the mirror?
Not everyone wants to live with the TRUTH…. People may prefer to talk around, communicate indirectly, act like everything is fine, while boiling inside…. What’s hiding underneath the indirect action? Who’s it serving? My style is direct, confronting issues and putting up a mirror. From a belief that people want to hear it like it [...]
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Is your goal Agreement or Alignment in your teams and relationships?
Think about the following 3 scenarios: The agreement was signed. The product was delivered as specified. BUT dissatisfied customers due to expectations not being met. Consensus was achieved. A plan is formulated to reach the objective. BUT the team is gets stuck during execution – not understanding, communicating well, afraid to “rock the boat”. A very important [...]
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3 Women Entrepreneur Differentiators – an empirical summary
Last night we held a FreshBiz game for Developing Entrepreneurial Thinking at the Raanana Women in Business Club that I’ve been facilitating for the last several years. A fun and enlightening experience for all those who attended. This was the first women-only event featuring this interactive game. At the end of the event, I asked [...]
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“Gloria facilitated the discussion well. The Knowledge Café enabled the Zell staff to view another side of the prospective students. A side that is important in team work and team success.” September 22, 2008
- Liat Aaronson, Adv, Executive Director, Zell Entrepreneurship Program, IDC