Taking apart the Ideal Team Player- Pt. III. Are you smart?
As we discussed the last 2 weeks, Patrick Lencioni believes that ideal team players are humble, hungry, and smart. What does he mean by smart? In the context of a team, smart refers to your common sense about people: being interpersonally appropriate and aware. “Smart people tend to know what is happening in a group […]
Taking Apart The Ideal Team Player-Pt. 2: Are You Humble?
As we discussed last week, Patrick Lencioni believes that ideal team players are humble, hungry, and smart.
After all these years, how do I change my name?
Like many of you, I’ve called myself one thing for all of my existence. Now, after being a Member of a Vistage group for 4 years and a Vistage Chair for over 17 years, Vistage is changing the name from a Vistage Group to a Vistage Peer Advisory Board. We shall call it a “Board” […]
How do you choose between the company and the relationship?
Don’t tell me you’ve never had to choose between what is best for the company and a family member, a business partner or a friend in the organization. Excruciatingly difficult, isn’t it?
Do you assess being a team player when you hire or coach your employees?
On the interminable flight back from Slovenia, I had the opportunity to read Patrick Lencioni’s book The Ideal Team Player. Like all his books, it begins with a story about a company, which I read last. I went straight to the back where he describes the model.
Are you creating partnerships for leverage?
Last week I received a copy of Inc. magazine with a letter from Vistage CEO Sam Reese explaining the new partnership between Vistage and Inc. He wrote an article for the magazine that shows up on P92, about his many take-aways from being a CEO
What is not said with words?
Do you ever walk into a room and see someone slouching in a chair looking defeated? As a coach, that is the first thing I notice. I am there to talk with your true heart and your real soul. I look for what is not said with words. If you think that is hard to […]
Do we talk too much?
This week about 100 Vistage Chairs gathered in Boulder, Colorado for Keepers of the Flame. This is a conference for Chairs who have 10 years or more of tenure. We get together to do the deeper work we need to continuously grow ourselves and to connect with our dear comrades – the chairs who have […]
Are you over-committing?
Keeping commitments is a major factor in trustworthiness and accountability. It can be described as “Doing what you said you would do.” And then there is committing. You can do anything, but not everything. Some signs of over committing are: -not keeping your commitments (duh); -being grouchy or hard to be around; -not enjoying what […]
What does the data mean?
I was just enjoying a little light reading: on a sunny afternoon: “The Changing Economics and Demographics of Young Adulthood: 1975–2016.” from the US Census Office. Who taught Vistage Chairs how fun this was?