Leadership and Teamwork Tip Recently I found this VERY interesting way to exercise for those over 50. First, stand on a comfortable floor. Take a 5-pound potato sack in each hand and then extend your arms out from your side horizontally. Hold that position the best you can for one minute, then relax and repeat […] Read more
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A number of years ago I learned an important principle that changed how I did a lot of things, particularly how I focused. It’s a principle that I have also passed on to my children and many others. It’s called the Pareto principle—also known as the 80/20 rule. Vilfredo Pareto was an Italian economist who […] Read more
Teamwork Improving Tip Could you imagine any sports team seriously competing without a scoreboard? Do you think the teams would play different? Can you imagine watching the “big game” without seeing the score? How long would you continue to watch the game? In my years of experience of developing teams in business I have rarely […] Read more
Years ago I played a teamwork mind game called the “Prisoner’s Dilemma.” Maybe you have heard of it? Two criminals – who are co-conspirators – are locked away in two solitary cells. Neither can communicate with the other. Both prisoners are interrogated by officials. Both are offered the same deal – if you stay silent you […] Read more
Great teams are made up of people who passionately care about the team. Nothing new, right? But I also believe that those who passionately care about the team also passionately care about each other as well. The antithesis of teamwork is a group of individuals who don’t get along, people who are only in it […] Read more
