Spark Excitement

Call for a quick brainstorming meeting with your larger team. Illicit their answer to the following three questions to re-energize a depleted, stressed out team.

One: What’s working? What do we have to smile about?

Two: What makes us special?

Three: What is your specific gift to the team?

Ignite and engage others with the positive!   

 

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Your Communications

Identify one specific thing you can stop doing today to be a more effective communicator. Then commit to staying conscious and changing it.

For those who need examples, common “stops” include:

Over-reacting.

Interrupting.

Pontificating on the same point ad nauseum.

Being distracted while someone is attempting to communicate with you.

Listening to gain ammunition instead of attempting to understand their frame of reference.

Having to be the center of attention as all times.

From my observations across three continents, stopping a negative behavior can be as profound – if not more -- to your credibility as starting a positive behavior.

 

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Painting a Vision and Masterpiece

What is the vision for your team and organization?

Is it:

Big enough to inspire and engage others?

Does it illicit an emotional response?

Did others have a role and say in developing it?

Does each individual know how they specifically contribute to its attainment?

Is it easily repeatable and understandable?

How many people can recite it with a smile?

What are the two to three critical success factors for its attainment? Did you get input and a reality check from the troops? Are they “too” strategic?

Are you passionate about the vision and its attainment?

It always begins with you!

 

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