Do you know the five dysfunctions of team… at least from Patrick Lencioni’s perspective? In a story-telling format, he’s laid out an interesting case for what are the dysfunctions keeping most teams from optimal performance — and how to get around them. Here is a sampling of each of the five dysfunctions. If these resonate [...]
Posts Tagged ‘management’
Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a Team
Posted in business, executive communication, Uncategorized, tagged management, Patrick Lencioni, teamwork on October 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Building an Effective Leadership Team
Posted in business, management, tagged leadership, management, trust on July 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The most effective leadership teams are the ones that empower their members enough to challenge one another but is cohesive enough that once a decision is made everyone falls in line. It takes trust from each member to create such a leadership team. There needs to be a transparent environment where difficult situations are directly [...]
Three Key Principals of Managing Change
Posted in business, tagged Change management, management on May 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes in the cycle of a business, drastic structural changes are needed for an organization to leap to the next level of development and growth. Such changes are never easy and some companies altogether fail to recover from such an event. There are three key principles can help an organization maneuver through such drastic changes. [...]
Making Excuses for Your Management Team?
Posted in business, entrepreneur, management, tagged business, company building, executive, leadership, management on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Management teams say a lot about any company. Effective leaders surround themselves with great people. Such leaders understand their weaknesses and know how to augment those inadequacies by hiring accordingly. Real leaders are not afraid to hire people who will challenge them intellectually. An effective CEO also knows when someone on his/her management team will [...]
Building Trust Keeps the Team Strong
Posted in business, entrepreneur, management, tagged leadership, management, team, team concept, trust on June 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Trust. Why is it so fleeting? Trust determines your relationships with your most intimate peeps, with your work colleagues, with strangers, with everyone. Some of us have the propensity to trust too much, others too little. In a team environment, it is critical to trust your teammates. When a superstar athlete does not trust his [...]
Over-Communicate During Times of Change
Posted in business, entrepreneur, tagged Change management, communcation, crisis management, management on June 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Absent of clear information, people generally presume the worst. Therefore, in time of change or crisis, it is good to over-communicate with facts, as well as contextual information. Unfortunately, it is during these times of change that leaders are buried in the day-to-day and communicate the least. Often, unsure of next steps or too wrapped [...]
Office BBQ & Three Core Components of a Great Work Environment
Posted in business, entrepreneur, management, tagged management, work environment on June 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This video blog is during an Intrepid US office Friday BBQ. The reference topic is “Three Core Components to A Great Work Environment” from an old blog post.
Three Core Components to a Great Work Environment
Posted in business, tagged business, employees, Human resource, management, work culture, work environment, work perosnality on March 7, 2010 | 3 Comments »
There are three core components to creating an attractive and compelling work environment. The first and most critical component is business success and stability. Many see being “too” focused on financial numbers as somehow not complementary with creating a great work environment. It is only through financial stability that a company can protect its work [...]
Entrepreneur’s Job is Putting Together the Right Team
Posted in business, entrepreneur, management, tagged entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, management, startup on December 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As an entrepreneur of a startup company, I imagine myself as a general manager of a professional baseball team. My main job is putting together the RIGHT team. Many think an entrepreneur’s first task is to come up with a killer concept. Yet, it’s been said many times that ”ideas” can be a dime a [...]




