The 1 Great Secret of High Performance Teams

Most teams are weak because they have a deficit of trust and inadequate relationships between team members. Almost every problem or performance issue will relate at root to the deficiency of these two qualities.

The single most critical habit that strong teams have mastered is the habit of honest timely feedback, objectively and sincerely delivered to every individual, regardless of rank or station.

It is this habit above all others that solves problems, drives performance and fosters collective endeavour.

Freedom Inside Constraints

The Legendary Basketball coach John Wooden[1], would begin each new season by sitting down his new players and demonstrating to them how they were to tie the laces on their shoes. Surely unnecessary? – These athletes had been playing the game for years. Wooden’s point, was that for many things…

What Do You Notice?

‘Clarity begins with realizing what we do not notice—and don’t notice that we don’t notice’. Sir Alex Ferguson the legendary former coach of football club Manchester United was quite clear in his leadership philosophy and approach to coaching that the ability to notice what was going on, to…

Good or Bad? Your Choice

‘Attitude is a small thing that makes a big difference.’ Winston Churchill There is an old story about a little girl walking past a building site. As she walks by, she asks in turn 3-workmen what they are doing? The first replies that he is laying bricks. The second…

What Do We Remember?

‘…a war begun for no purpose, carried on with a strange mixture of rashness and timidity, brought to a close after suffering and disaster, without much glory attached either to the government which directed, or the great body of troops which waged it. Not one benefit, political or military, was…