After the Lakers’ stinging defeat to the Suns what stuck in my mind was the image of Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher staying behind in the locker room after teammates had left to hash over what happened. The intense conversation was their singular focus. That’s a sure sign of a strong partnership. How do they [...]
College basketball’s “Final Four” playoffs had few superstars. Tom Davis of NBC Sports wrote, “This is being billed as the ‘No Name’ Final Four.”
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said, “The megastar that you normally seem to find in these Final Fours isn’t there. I think it’s refreshing that you’re looking at four teams that ‘team’ is [...]
Hear and see the beauty of teamwork in this gently corny video and this beautifully startling one.
Then watch this contagious public dance and this huge singalong.
Me to We in action can lift our spirits.
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Joe Lee was sitting at a table, rapidly counting rain jackets in a small room somewhere above the sumptuous lobby of the Jamaican hotel where I was to speak at a corporate conference the next morning. I did not know who he was then, although he looked familiar. I was just told that the man [...]
We can be stakeholders in the future of the U.S., not free-riders. We are called to participate in its renewal. Not only can we do what is asked but we’re being asked what should be done.
In true Me2We style Obama keeps assuming that you and I can
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Here’s a hilarious yet painfully familiar “how (not) to” video - especially for creative consultants. You’ve been hired by a team. Then you discover they have not
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Is someone not pulling their weight yet expecting to enjoy the fruits of your group’s hard work? Here are five tips to prevent freeloading. Avoid the unattractive, energy-sucking role of the nag. Instead increase the chances of bringing out the best talents and temperament in everyone. That makes work more productive and life more fun.
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Are you yearning for the life you set aside to do what you felt you “should”? Then let four college-age Canadian friends bring you back to your dreams. That’s what they set out to do on a road trip in a “funky old bus.” That bus broke down in my village of Sausalito [...]
Have you ever been on a team where things just fell apart? Or was dominated by complainers (or worse) or endless, circular talk or caused another risk? Or one person (perhaps you) got stuck doing most of the work? Wouldn’t life be more fun and productive if we understood how to create higher-performing [...]
Why discover how to make self-led teams succeed? Because, in this flattening world, more of us are thrown into the self-led situation. And, more alluringly, we can have more fun and make more money, according to Alex Linksker. Can’t beat that name for someone who writes on “organizational democracy.” He boasts, “We boosted [...]
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