Make Teams Great as a Leader with a Connected Mindset
Chapter 1 - Knowing your Energy - Becoming an Executive
As an entrepreneur, others had to do what I said, even if I wasn't aware that my positional authority trumped my influence. My self-deception as an executive at Microsoft, became clear when I didn't have positional "authority", what I had was "influence." To influence others, I had to understand my personality...
Make Teams Great as a Leader with a Connected Mindset
Chapter 2 - Developing a personal brand
While understanding yourself through the eyes of personality and energy is a great start, we all have "mirrors" in our lives, people who have known us for years in various settings who can help us identify what we "give" relationally that impacts why people relate to us. Knowing that is precious to connecting...
Make Teams Great as a Leader with a Connected Mindset
Chapter 3 - Adapting ourselves to others
If I know who I am, both strengths and weaknesses, then I have to learn how to relate in the complexity of a company to all sorts of people in a variety of circumstances, both on good days and bad days. How can I learn to "be myself" and connect whether I don't like someone, they don't like me, or on a bad day for me.
Make Teams Great as a Leader with a Connected Mindset
Chapter 4 - Recruiting a Team Willing to Connect & Perform
Just because I know who I am and my own values and ability to connect, doesn't mean I can get a team to both Connect and Perform. Recruiting and establishing the norms for the team is critical to having the 'right people' on the bus with you.
Make Teams Great as a Leader with a Connected Mindset
Chapter 5-9 Is the challenges of making teams great!
I have lived the team challenges for over a decade with different teams in both corporate and startup. If you are interested in this topic, you know the hardships of balancing people and performance. I provide the personal stories and learning that has led me to stay connected no matter the difficulty in doing so...