Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

As an executive or team leader, understanding and enhancing your virtual team’s productivity is vital to the success of your projects and overall business goals. Disparate systems and inconsistent workflows can further complicate collaboration efforts.

Software Review 100

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Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Role of Mindfulness and Well-being in Enhancing Leadership and Productivity In an era where the velocity of change is unprecedented, leadership demands more than just strategic acumen and technical prowess. These practices, deeply interwoven, offer a pathway to enhanced leadership effectiveness and organizational productivity.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Through a blend of strategic planning sessions, team-building activities, and reflective exercises, a well-designed offsite can unlock new perspectives, ignite creativity, and lay the groundwork for transformative growth. Preparing for Success The foundation of a productive executive team offsite lies in meticulous preparation.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the daily operations, you and your leadership team can focus on long-term goals, team building, and innovative thinking. These gatherings are critical for aligning leadership on company vision, strengthening interpersonal relationships, and making decisions that will steer the company’s future.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Importance of Building a Positive Work Culture Fostering a positive work culture is not just beneficial; it’s a strategic imperative for any organization aiming to thrive. By cultivating an environment that promotes well-being, collaboration, and growth, you pave the way for enhanced performance and innovation.

Culture 100

Culture Underperforming Technical Team Collaboration Leadership 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the day-to-day operations and fostering a focused environment, your leadership team can craft innovative strategies and strengthen collaboration. Importance of Strategic Planning Offsites A strategic planning offsite is not just another meeting; it’s an investment in your organization’s future.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Introduction to Experiential Intelligence in Executive Teams Understanding Experiential Intelligence In today’s competitive business landscape, it’s important to recognize that the traditional metrics of intelligence such as IQ or even EQ (Emotional Intelligence) are no longer sufficient on their own.

Leadership 113

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Here are some key advantages: Boosted Creativity : Offsite meetings can spark creativity by providing a change of scenery and a focused environment away from the usual distractions. Improved Focus : With day-to-day distractions left behind, your team can concentrate fully on strategic issues and high-level thinking.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Exercises 100

Tullio Siragusa

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Design Thinking for Collaboration: A COOs’ Guide to Cross-Functional Teams Innovation. As a COO, you can apply this approach to increase collaboration within your company by following these steps: Encourage cross-functional teams: Design Thinking requires collaboration between different teams and departments.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

By identifying signs of low morale and understanding its impact on productivity, you can begin the journey of transforming a potentially toxic workplace culture into a high-performing, collaborative team. Consider organizing regular team outings, workshops, or team-building exercises that focus on collaboration rather than competition.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Collaboration 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Explore further on building a positive work culture. Poor Leadership and Management Practices Leaders and managers set the tone for the workplace, and their practices can either contribute to or alleviate toxicity. This not only motivates individuals but also strengthens team bonds. Work collaboratively to find a solution.

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Underperforming Technical Team Culture Policies Collaboration 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Behavior Examples Verbal Abuse Insults, belittling comments Social Exclusion Ignoring, excluding from meetings Intimidation Threats, aggressive body language If you notice signs of bullying and harassment, it’s crucial to address these issues promptly. These can range from professional development workshops to informal social events.

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CMOE

AUGUST 6, 2021

Team members demonstrate leadership and earn the trust of their colleagues. Low-functioning teams, on the other hand, are unstable, disorganized, and do the bare minimum. These teams are often managed by leaders who fail to inspire their employees to devote more of themselves to the team. Cross-train employees.

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eZassi

APRIL 18, 2017

Open innovation requires a culture of collaboration to thrive. From Traditional to Collaboration. The values and beliefs are literally embedded in every policy, procedure, meeting, and event. To achieve a culture change from traditional to collaboration, an organization must: Start at the Top. Align Impacted Services.

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Collaboration to solve problems is all about culture, incentives, team building, leadership, and more. Design of the session should include introvert-friendly tools (see #9). There is a great deal to say about the 10 Commandments listed above. I could write a book on problem framing, #2, alone.

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CMOE

JULY 14, 2020

Helping leadership teams recover after the global pandemic will be no small task. In this blog, we will share the story of one leader who is using his experience with CMOE’s Team Alignment process to bring his team back from the brink. Live-Virtual Meeting. Part II is the live-virtual alignment meeting itself.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

With their wealth of experience and authoritative insights, they can offer fresh perspectives that challenge the status quo and encourage teams to strive for higher standards of performance and collaboration. Keynote speeches serve as a shared experience that can unify a team around new concepts and ideals.

Culture 100

Culture Team Building Case Study Collaboration 100

Cris Beswick

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

What is Psychological Safety and How Does It Affect Team Performance Psychological safety is the belief that team members will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes. Otherwise, failure or fear of failure leads to a lack of trust and decreased collaboration between people and teams.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 22, 2022

Closing the Virtual and Cultural Gap GUEST POST from Douglas Ferguson Learning to connect a culturally diverse virtual workforce is an essential part of managing cross cultural remote teams. Faced with the challenge of virtual team building, remote team managers … Continue reading →

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CMOE

MARCH 10, 2021

There are a variety of reasons why teams are holding virtual team retreats on a more regular basis, including: The team is unable to meet because of travel restrictions. The team is made up of talented remote members who are geographically dispersed. The team is struggling and needs to meet as quickly as possible.

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CMOE

APRIL 27, 2021

They understand that to collaborate effectively, they must be driven by a shared purpose—and with this comes accountability: each person is motivated to do their best work and help their team achieve its goals. People who are in value-aligned teams exhibit characteristics like the following: Enjoy collaborating.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Design more innovative innovation meetings that boost creativity and strengthen engagement. We’ve all been to uninspiring organizational meetings before. Far too often, engaging and innovative meetings are rare and fall short of accomplishing their goals. You can host more innovative innovation meetings that inspire.

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CMOE

MARCH 4, 2021

In today’s flat and lean organizations, it is easy to lose sight of the reasons why strong management and leadership are necessary. While it is important for organizations to have empowered team members who think and act like owners, most do not have the time, energy, or capability to work on other critical business priorities.

Management 52

Management Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Training 52

Tullio Siragusa

JULY 6, 2020

Team building activities positively impact the productivity and morale of the company. Employees communicate more openly outside of a work environment and build stronger relationships. Team bonding is the best way to open communication channels. This will ensure that they communicate better.

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Engagement Technical Review Project Training 80

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Inappropriate meeting behavior that shuts down others, hosing collaborative work. Teams and work groups don’t know how to be collaborative. Hiring a professional facilitator can be a big help, but facilitative leadership is something that needs to be around 100% of the time. And yes, this can be trained.

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Tullio Siragusa

JULY 6, 2020

Team building activities positively impact the productivity and morale of the company. Employees communicate more openly outside of a work environment and build stronger relationships. Team bonding is the best way to open communication channels. This will ensure that they communicate better.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

For guidance on developing strategic thinking within your leadership team, you may find value in 10 ways to get your leadership team thinking strategically and building the best business strategies. Cultivating a Forward-Thinking Mindset The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

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KindlingApp

JUNE 1, 2015

I instantly knew that the book contained the foundation of the culture I would hope to build in MidAmerica—my only question was whether the MidAmerica team was ready for it. Prior to my arrival the team had gone through two years of coaching, training, and team building to establish a foundation of trust.

Software Review 40

Software Review Technical Review Innovation Programs Culture 40

InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

We have collaborated with over 100 organizations for a variety of in-person and virtual innovation, design thinking, and leadership workshops and events. We recently led a 4-hour long design thinking leadership workshop at an organizational culture conference held in Madison, Wisconsin.

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etventure

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Modern businesses have evolved into efficient operations, where high-achieving managers work to meet clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) every quarter. Collaboration. When each business unit is intensely focused on its KPIs, this leaves little room for collaboration. Build and Grow your Group of Digital Evangelists!

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 15, 2020

Organizational Design: Clearing the Runway for Collaboration and Breakthrough Thinking. We also asked teams and team members to determine their own ways of measuring success, and used that to measure the success of the organization as a whole. Rather, people tend to confuse shared governance for participatory leadership.

Design 55

Design Collaboration Guidelines Leadership 55

Tullio Siragusa

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This shift not only democratizes the organizational process but also nurtures a culture rich in collaboration, innovation, and shared responsibility. This can be achieved through regular team meetings, suggestion boxes, and an open-door policy by the management.

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System Case Study Policies Culture 62

Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

So in the same way wellbeing boosts our immune system, culture serves as a company’s immune system, giving it the resilience to meet inevitable challenges. Lead by example: we believe it’s important to encourage leadership and managers to role-model healthy behaviors and boundaries.

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