By PeopleLeaders | People Leaders Podcast
Working well in a team can often be the difference between project failure and success. One way to increase team cohesion is to develop a team charter that details how the team will work together to get the best result.
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By PeopleLeaders | People Leaders Podcast
It’s fair to say that most organisations have a Purpose Statement, Mission Statement or something that determines the company’s’ scope of operations and direction. However, though they need just as much clarity and direction (or perhaps more!), it’s rare that individual teams within organisations have their own distinct Purpose Statements.
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By PeopleLeaders | People Leaders Podcast
It’s important for managers to check in on their staff in regular one-on-one catch ups. But without a process or structure, these conversations can be quite transactional. In this post (and this podcast episode), we explain how we help managers pave the way to far more valuable and effective catch ups using four steps and five additional tips.
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By PeopleLeaders | People Leaders Podcast
Influencing is an important skill for anyone, especially people leaders. In this post, we continue our discussion on Influencing, focusing our attention on how best to address those with the personality style of ‘Feeler’. Let’s be clear again – this isn’t about manipulation. It’s about how delivery of a message is integral to how it’s received. To influence someone with a predominant decision-making style, we can message our communication in a certain way to influence the outcome for a win win.
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By PeopleLeaders | People Leaders Podcast
Today we’re sharing insights about the benefits of preparing tangible takeaways before heading into an exchange with a team member (or a colleague for that matter). We’ve recently come across several situations where we’ve helped leaders prepare for a variety of responses heading into a conversation. Invariably we’ve found that presenting visual materials or specific evidence to back up points or demonstrate intent has successfully influenced outcomes.
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By PeopleLeaders | People Leaders Podcast
As you move up the leadership chain, your role steadily changes from supervisor to manager to leader. Supervisors are very task oriented and the focus of their work is ensuring that outputs are met in a particular timeframe. Managers and leaders however are more focused on empowering their team members to take responsibility for their own outputs.
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By PeopleLeaders | High Performing Team Assessment Tool , People Leaders Podcast
Good communication is an obvious and critical requirement for teams to work together yet it’s one of the first areas to look at when the team is not in ‘flow.’ the seventh ‘face’ of a high performing team. Good communication starts at the top of a team and works its way down as team members always […]
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By PeopleLeaders | High Performing Team Assessment Tool , People Leaders Podcast
It’s a standard law of nature that where there is no growth things become stagnant. This is true in the organisational environment as well. Personal and team growth is critical and without it, work becomes mundane and businesses get left behind as the ‘competition’ moves ahead. Of course we’re not referring here to growth in the […]
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By PeopleLeaders | High Performing Team Assessment Tool , People Leaders Podcast
In this episode, Jan and Michelle talk about the relationship teams have with clients and stakeholders. A “stakeholder” is anyone who has something to gain or lose as a result of your efforts, so it’s important to be clear on who they are, how your team’s work affects them, and how to maintain expectations. Jan […]
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By PeopleLeaders | High Performing Team Assessment Tool , People Leaders Podcast
In this episode, Michelle and Jan discuss the importance of internal processes and procedures which successful teams follow. By having clear and organised actions planned for regular and unexpected situations, attaining goals and solving problems can actually be simple and easy. Setting expectations also sets teams up for success, and keeping everyone in the loop on […]
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