Archive for March, 2009

Do you have an effective team?

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Many times I will look at a business that claims to have teams or even claims to be a high performance organization only to find employees that do not understand what they are expected to do.  You may wonder, what are they doing all day?   Well they are being reactive, ...

The implementation problem

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

There are many theories and class on how to be a leader, manager or even a skilled employee.  I have found books and classes on how to do strategic planning.  There is even a book dedicated to Execution theory (Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy , ...

Why do some groups have trouble with high performance teams

Monday, March 16th, 2009

I often wonder why some businesses have such trouble implementing a High Performance team. Over time the meetings start to be canceled in preference to real time task resolutions.  Sometime between eight and twelve months the project is stalled.   The group refuses to get out of there comfort zone.  What ...