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Choosing an Executive Team
Building a cohesive leadership team is the most important responsibility a CEO takes on. This team will be setting the direction, tone, strategy, priorities and executing against plan. The organization will never be more focused or aligned that the exec team at the...
Broken Trust
Guest Post by Bill Weingartner This month's Thoughts from the Field (June, 2022) is from my good friend and colleague, Bill Weingartner (Denver, CO). He discusses the challenges that cohesive teams face when they experience a break in their trust, and how they go...
Spread True Rumors
Guest Post by Glenn Lyday This month’s Thoughts from the Field (May, 2022) is from Glenn Lyday, my colleague in San Francisco. Glenn explores one of the simplest, and often overlooked, tools to help create a healthy and aligned organization: cascading...
Building Your Protection Team
In this “Thoughts from the Field” (Feb 2022) my colleague Bob Bernatz (Newport CA) highlights a critical mindset every leader must adopt – I need others to protect me. It’s a bold bit of humility! CEOs become CEOs typically because of some mix of hard work,...
Artificial Harmony
“Minnesota Nice” is a real thing… I was born in St. Paul. I know. It’s impossible for a Minnesotan to take the last potato out of the serving bowl no matter how hungry he is. There is only one answer to the question, “How do you like this outfit?" As a kid, my...
Faster, Better Decisions
In our work, we find there are two qualities that set great teams apart: their ability to make great decisions and their ability to carry them out. Or more nuanced, great teams make faster, better decisions than their peers and can execute those decisions...
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Tools & Videos
Roles in the Meeting: Decider, Flow Master & Scribe (4-mins)
https://www.loom.com/share/4eac1562537a4c04a9835a581c2d8699 While the Team Leader is the default "decider" - different topics may require different leaders to bring it to closure. We'll explore the value that a Scribe and Flow Master bring and everybody's...
Battle Planning your Defining Objectives (3-mins)
https://www.loom.com/share/ae76157078864139a6ad594d9cceb28d When see clients struggling to make progress on their Thematic Goal we see that they didn't get clear and specific enough in their "Battle Plans" for their Defining Objectives. Battle Planning is one way to...
The Scorecard Review – Context and Focus (4-mins)
The Lightning Round vs. Daily Huddle (3-mins)
https://www.loom.com/share/2057abf7e6514daebdbce2ef7833f901 In discussion of meeting effectiveness often we hear questions about the difference between the Daily Huddle and the Lightning Round to set the context of a Weekly Tactical meeting.
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