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The 4 Stages of Leverage When Building a Team: Stage #1 - The Backwards Leverage Stage:
Organizations can experience different stages of growth, each with its own challenges and opportunities. The most challenging and often the starting point is the Backwards Leverage Stage. This stage, is characterized by when the balance of power between the leadership and staff becomes unbalanced and the leadership loses its grip on having meaningful influence on the culture and direction of the organization. This is a difficult position for any organization to be in. Leverag
joel
Nov 19, 20237 min read


Why Leaders Fail to Design a Great Team: Obstacle #3 - Leaders Lack Competence and Confidence:
See Obstacle #1 Here and Obstacle #2 Here. Obstacle #3 - Leaders Lack Competence and Confidence: A third obstacle to building a great...
joel
Nov 19, 20235 min read


Why Leaders Fail to Design a Great Team? Obstacle #2 - Leaders Hold onto What is Familiar:
Building a successful team may be a difficult effort for leaders, and one of the most common challenges they face is the reluctance to...
joel
Nov 19, 20238 min read


Why Leaders Fail to Design a Great Team: Obstacle #1: Leaders Don't Go Above and Beyond...
Despite the value of developing a strong team, many businesses and individual leaders have trouble reaching this objective. Why? Let's...
joel
Nov 17, 20236 min read


Are You Failing to Attract Great People Because Your Job Posts Suck?
Don’t Compete – Stand Out: Leaders that effectively recruit from outside the organization don’t try to compete with all the others. If...
joel
Nov 9, 20235 min read


Where Are All The Heros?
Something is Wrong: If you are in a leadership role and you seem to continuously spin your tires not getting anywhere, and people let you...
joel
Nov 1, 20233 min read
The Mentality of Building a Team
Do you believe that there are enough good candidates out there to build a great team? This requires a positive and optimistic mentality and a belief that you can find and attract the right people to your team. Scarcity Mentality vs. Abundant Mentality: Mentality – An outward awareness of my environment. When it comes to success in business, our mentality is often just as important as skills and experience. Two mentalities that are commonly discussed in the world of business a
joel
Oct 13, 20236 min read


Tongue Burning: It's My Right!
The "Hot" Debate: Take-n-Bake Pizza vs. Pizza Delivery Pizza, the glorious creation that has united foodies around the world, is a topic...
Joel Smith
Aug 11, 20233 min read


How to NOT Be a Know-It-All
The thing about know-it-alls is, they don't. Being assertive with others while maintaining sensitivity and respecting personal boundaries...
joel
Aug 7, 20233 min read


Ten Ways Ineffective Leaders Attract Ineffective Team Members
Ten Ways Ineffective Leaders Attract Ineffective Team Members A team's success and output are directly related to the quality of its...
Joel Smith
Jul 11, 20234 min read


Creating a Win/Win Culture in The Workplace
Friend or Foe: "Friend or Foe" was a suspenseful TV game show that captivated audiences in the 1990s. The show pitted contestants against...
joel
Jul 10, 20239 min read


The 4 Stages of Leadership Leverage in the Workplace
The 4 Stages of Leverage: Sometimes if feels like the whole world is against you. Organizations can experience different stages of...
joel
Jul 7, 202320 min read
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