The new year and decade are well underway! In a recent gathering, several of us reminisced about Y2K, the “turn of the century” milestone that put the tech world on edge going into 2000. The hardcoding of date information that might not comprehend a year that did not...
In May of 1992, I joined Microsoft Corporation in the Customer Service and Support division and began a great career that continued for over 20 years. There were 45 of us who started on that same day here in Las Colinas (Dallas) Texas. One of the things I immediately...
We have been talking about the building blocks for a successful, cohesive team. Your team may be in the corporation, small business, nonprofit, or faith-based setting. Today, I want to address the topic of Commitment, which is the pivot-point for any successful team....
For part two of Team Conflict… I received a comment that has turned into a guest post from a friend of many years, Dennis Seely.No conflict – No progress. Nothing happens. Opportunity lost. Time wasted in another mind-numbing meeting.Many people are “conflict averse.”...
This may seem like a completely ridiculous question. Why would anybody go looking for conflict? Why would we not avoid conflict? This is a no-brainer… or is it? There are actually times when conflict serves a purpose. The specific time I am thinking about is that time...
My number one premise about teams is that trust must be solidly anchored as the foundation of a successful team. And by “successful” I mean a team that is able to achieve significant shared results, whether that be a product, a service, or some other outcome that is...
