Ideas Archive

Defining Sponsorship

A big factor in the failure of change efforts: Lack of sponsorship. Find out here your own readiness in this area.

POSTED BY Beth ONeill ON 02/19/13 09:15 AM 0 comments

TAGS: change management • effective teams • leading change • teamwork

Virtual Team Meetings: What They Reveal to Us about How We Collaborate

Up your game for virtual team meetings.

POSTED BY Justin Jones ON 12/05/12 10:49 AM 0 comments

TAGS: effective teams • teamwork

Leading Virtual Teams - a free web event

A free web event to give you practical skills and methods you can use right away to improve the way you collaborate and perform virtually.

POSTED BY Demetra Anagnostopoulos ON 07/25/12 01:38 PM 0 comments

TAGS: effective teams • teamwork

LeaderLens: Virtual Collaboration - Best Practices for Global Teams

Ashley Welch interviewed Elana Yonah, Co-Founder of Rise, for her perspective on "Virtual Collaboration: Best Practices for Global Teams."

POSTED BY Ashley Welch ON 06/06/12 10:38 AM 1 comments

TAGS: collaboration • effective teams • LeaderLens • leadership

The STAR Team Model for High Performance

Jamie Harris uses a sailing metaphor to describe the necessary points of effective teamwork.

POSTED BY Jamie Harris ON 07/05/11 10:20 AM 0 comments

TAGS: effective teams • leadership • teamwork

How Much "Yes" Do You Need?

With fast execution on everyone's mind, knowing how much alignment and agreement is needed to get the job done is critical. Jay Gordon Cone offers ways to get the agreement you need.

POSTED BY Jay Gordon Cone ON 11/26/08 11:59 AM 0 comments

TAGS: collaboration • communication • effective teams

All for One and One for All: Getting Your Work Team on the Same Bus

Senior Consultant Jay Gordon Cone observes the various structures of collaborative work teams, and offers a unique assessment tool. Gauge your team success quotient today!

POSTED BY Jay Gordon Cone ON 07/29/08 11:52 AM 0 comments

TAGS: collaboration • effective teams • teamwork

Managing the Matrix: The Non-Negotiables

What do you need to navigate the matrix organization? Andy Atkins suggests you start with building agreements that stick.

POSTED BY Andy Atkins ON 06/30/08 11:41 AM 0 comments

TAGS: effective teams • leadership • leadership development • leading change • management • teamwork

Achieving team balance: everybody rotate!

Teams achieve balance when individual team members adjust, or rotate behaviors rather than favoring just one. Jay Gordon Cone offers a 4-Behavior Map to clarify the concept and help you apply it.

POSTED BY Jay Gordon Cone ON 10/03/07 09:52 AM 2 comments

TAGS: effective teams • self-awareness • teamwork

A cure for bad decisions?

According to a new study, fully half of British employees give low marks to their managers’ decision making skills. What’s causing this, and what can be done about it?