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Collaborating with HR to hire is just the beginning of building a great team. It also includes asking tough questions like, “Are we limited by the team we have, not the team we should have?”
Asking hard questions like this helps you not only hire good people now, but make sure you are thinking about what you need in the future. As the Wayne Gretzky attributed saying goes, you should skate where the puck is going.
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Great teams are not created with incentives, procedures, and perks. They are created by hiring talented people who are adults and want nothing more than to tackle a challenge, and then communicating to them, clearly and continuously, about what the challenge is.
Instead of perks, one should...
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The benefit of being radically honest: If you want to know what people are thinking, there is no good replacement for simply asking them, best of all face to face.
If you want a culture of candor and accountability, you may want to consider simple, direct feedback, too.
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You have to exhibit the courage you want people to have.
Actions speak louder than words. What you do as a leader says more than even the most inspiring speech. Lead by example to have a great company culture. If the CEO of Netflix can admit he’s wrong, then so can any staff member...
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Efficient teams are created by hiring talented people who are adults and want nothing more than to tackle a challenge, and then communicating to them, clearly and continuously, about what that challenge is.
Are your employees aware of your business’s biggest challenges? Do you listen to the...
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There’s a big difference between a team and a family: teams change regularly and are optimized to win at all times, while families strive to stick together no matter what.
Treating employees like teammates instead of family can be scary if you’ve never thought that way, but if you’re scalin...
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When employees start to whine about a process, the CEO has to really dig into what’s bothering them, because they hate senseless bureaucracy, not discipline.
When your company grows, there are more people to keep connected, more to coordinate, and the stakes are higher. It’s only logical to...
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The most successful organizations will be the ones in which everyone, on every team, understands that all bets are off and everything is changing – and thinks that’s great.
Being comfortable with change is not easy. It can feel safer to be a slow-moving, command and control organization whe...
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The most important thing about giving feedback is that it must be about behaviour, rather than some essential characteristics of a person, like ‘you’re unfocused’.
You cannot sugarcoat feedback, or the spirit behind it and its importance can be missed. At the same time, you don’t want to ma...
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A business leader’s job is to create great teams that do amazing work on time. That’s it. That’s the job of management.
If you and your managers build great teams, they will help you solve your toughest problems.
While you help them focus on the most important work, many other distrac...
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Saying 'Yes, but' in a discussion shows that we do not agree with the other person, however, we are trying to keep it polite.
Nevertheless, in order to come to a mutual agreement, questions like 'What do you need?' should be preferred.
We can get to know ourselves by conversing with others, but not how we think a conversation should be. The key to a great conversation is asking the right questions and then listening well.
Some examples: Think about what flaws of yours you want to be treated in a bet...
Asking a lot of questions (lots but not too many) unlocks learning and improves interpersonal bonding.
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