Submitted by Sal Silvester on July 15, 2010
Have you ever watched a 400-meter relay team work?
On a good team, their hand-offs are impeccable.
In fact, given two teams of equal quality runners, the team with the more efficient
hand-offs always wins. The same holds true in the work place.
Submitted by Sal Silvester on June 10, 2010
I am going through two major transitions in my personal life right now - (1) getting married in October 2010, and (2) selling and buying a new home.
Both are amazing changes that will have a significant and profound impact on who I am as a person. And as I reflect on these changes, I am constantly reminded that change itself is inevitable in this life, but how we handle it is a choice.
Submitted by Sal Silvester on May 25, 2010
So, you want to take your management team off site and work on building cohesion? After having conducted management team retreats for over 9 years, I have learned a few things. Here are some tips to keep in mind:
1. Identify your objectives. If you want maximum focus from your management team off site, get clear on what outcomes you want to achieve. Also identify what challenges will stop the team from achieving the expected results and what will be different when those challenges are overcome.
Submitted by Sal Silvester on May 19, 2010
One of the costliest mistakes senior leaders make is spending too much time IN the business instead of ON the business.
When senior leaders focus too much time on the technical and tactical aspects of the business, and playing the role of project managers, they fail to look at the strategic aspects of the business and the longer term plan.
This typically results in ambiguity of roles and responsibilities and a lack of alignment.
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