By Chris Brown
Inspiring a team to follow you is not about the money or tight control. It’s about leadership. So what makes a great leader?
For many small business owners, building a team of creative, passionate team members seems like a distant dream—something they'll never be ...
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Teams
4 Ways To Share Vision With Your Team –
Depending on your role, you might be sharing the vision with the entire organization, with your team, your supervisor, or just close colleagues. If you lead a group, here’s a few tips that will help you build long-term buy-in around the vision:
Be enthusiastic and passionate ...
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5 Steps to Encourage Team Creativity –
by Beth Graybill
Anybody else wish you could squeeze a little bit more creativity out of your team?
Everyday teams of talented, creative, thoughtful, passionate, hardworking men and women give blank stares, burn valuable time and energy and hold back on their creative talents ...
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8 Thoughts On Creating Great Partnerships –
Collaboration is crucial in today's culture. Great organizations seem to always have a strong ability to partner well. Partnerships are not always easy though. Teaming up with one another can result in true synergy. Or many times can result in ultimate failure.
Here are a few ...
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5 Practical Ways To Drive Values Deeper –
I recently met with all the managers and directors of the Resources Division at Lifeway, the division I am responsible to lead. We have nearly 650 employees in the division, and they all report to the leaders who were in that room. At the beginning of each calendar year, I remind ...
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Stay in Your Lane, or Own the Whole? –
Perhaps you have had a leader challenge you to “stay in your lane.” Whether your mind conjured up a football analogy or lanes on an interstate, you got the message. Quit trying to lead everyone else’s area, and focus on yours. And perhaps you heard a different message in a ...
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