Is a “Standing” Meeting the Key to Team Creativity?
The next time you’re tasked with coordinating a team meeting to come up with the next big creative innovative idea for your agency, remove all of the chairs from the room.
Posts Tagged: management
Lead with Integrity and an Open Mind
Making mistakes is not only normal but also necessary for personal and professional growth.
Us vs. Them
An “us vs. them” mentality can grow in workplaces where employees are the “us” and leaders are the “them.”
4 Counterintuitive Leadership Lessons
To help others out on their leadership journeys, I’m writing today about four counterintuitive lessons I’ve learned leadership.
3 Keys to Building a Productive Team
How can you make sure your team is operating at its most productive level?
Honing Your Lateral Management Skills
The benefit to the team grows exponentially when all members of the team (i.e., not just managers) can effectively manage laterally.
Praise Effort, Not Talent
Praise effort and resilience and avoid singling out intelligence, smartness or talent.
Leaders Teaching Leaders: Leadership Development in the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization
Sean Corbett, Program Manager at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), gave an excellent presentation on the FAA’s Leaders Teaching Leaders (LTL) Program at the Training Officer’s Consortium’s Annual Executive Institute in Ocean City, MD this week. Sean shared his experience in standing up and launching an LTL Program at FAA and highlighted the elements that… Read more »
7 Things I Learned Going From Managing 0 to 25+ Employees
As a manager, your role is to set the stage for the team to be successful. Here are seven things I’ve learned that help.
7 Signs It’s Time to Quit Your Job
Change is hard. Finding a new job isn’t always easy and changing where you work can bring on stress. Even so, there are times when quitting your job is the best or only option you have.