Tag: team
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Hierarchy and Decision Making
Erin Meyer covers how cultural differences in leadership styles create unexpected misunderstandings [Being the Boss in Brussels, Boston, and Beijing of the last issue of Harvard Business Review]. Looking at how people behave towards hierarchy is not enough to understand what kind of leadership style they will expect. A second dimension needs to be taken…
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The Evolution of Trust
When forming a team, or starting to work with a team, I usually start with the foundation of a team: Trust. I even used several times, the book from Patrick Lencioni: The Five Dysfunction of a Team, obviously because the “Absence of Trust” is the base of the pyramid. I remember playing 2 times, with…
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Team Identity
The sense of belonging is an important experience to have. Belonging means that we are accepted as part of, as a member of the group, the team, the company. We want to be part of a team because what defines the team identity is appealing to us. The team is defined by its vision and…
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How to start when managers are stuck in uncertainty and fear
How to start when managers are stuck in uncertainty and fea? That was the question I asked to my peers that participate to the Happy Melly Coffee. This was the first day I was able to participate to the Happy Melly Coffee since when I moved to Boston. Uncertainty and Fear were the main questions.…
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Let us code!
I started this article a long time ago. And that’s a comment from a person I work with that triggered the sense of urgency to contribute to solving this problem. He said: Stop interrupting us! Let us code! I became sensitive to interruptions when I discovered the Pomodoro method, subject that I covered in this…
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The Five Dysfunctions of A Team
“If you can get all the people of an organization rowing in the same direction you can dominate any industry on any market against any competition at any time.” When the author use this quote from a friend in front of executives, they are all nodding, not only to express their approbation, but to express…
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The Chimp Paradox
The Chimp Paradox is a book from Steve Peters subtitled: The Science of Mind Management for Success in Business and in Life. I used the model proposed to represent how our brain is working during conferences I gave on the Search for Happiness, and I had some positive feedback. In this article, I would like…
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Black Box
The black box in this article are those installed in planes. Those black box allows to analyze what happens during a more or less dramatic incident. Setting an organization where facts are analyzed to improve the system is a defining characteristic of airlines industry. A characteristic that enables an incredible improvement of security. Matthew Syed…