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February 2012

Effective team communication

I have found in my consulting career that one of the biggest obstacles to teamwork is effective team communication. Solid team communication skills are usually lacking for a variety of reasons. I am outlining what I call my five B’s to effective team communication. If every team could master these five B’s a lot of problems could be avoided, especially in regards to work team communication

One by one Leadership

I made the statement that each of us have the power to lead no matter who we are or where we sit. We have been blessed by hundreds, perhaps thousands of leaders in our own life and have had the opportunity to be a leader in hundreds of others lives. I like to call this a one by one leadership approach. We all have the opportunity to be leaders in some capacity.

Leaders Listen

There are some of us (and you know who you are, right?) who are in denial that they are addicted to these devices. A little while ago I was chastising one of my children for texting while we were having a family discussion. I accused him of being addicted and that it was rude and inconsiderate. I am embarrassed to say that my children quickly reminded me that it was no different than the five times I had pulled out my Blackberry that night during our discussion to check e-mail – touché.

Team Cohesion – Team Builder

Here is one of my favorite all time team builders. I have personally facilitated this activity many times and it has never failed to create what I intended it to create (see purpose below). Let us know how it goes.

Leadership by example story.

I heard it once said that a good example has twice the value of good advice. I came across a powerful leadership story that I would like to share and that highlights what leading by example is all about.