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What high-performing teams do differently

Why do some teams get extraordinary results, while others struggle just to finish mundane tasks? Why do certain teams glide to victory, while others can’t even cross the finish line? What’s the…

3 Insights about YOU (and your team)

Conflict can rip a team apart, skyrocketing resentment against management or even pitting co-workers against each other. But office conflicts will calm down, or even dissolve entirely, once people…

What makes your team tick?

Each person on your team has a distinct personality. Can you read their cues? Once you understand what makes each of your co-workers and employees more fascinating, you can start to build a far…

Are unbalanced teams hurting your employee engagement?

Can you have too much of a good thing? When the members of a group share a very high concentration of the same Primary Advantage, problems can arise. For example, a team with too much Passion can…

Team conflict (and how to fix it!)

The room hummed, filled to capacity with director-level executives, buzzing with a combination of caffeine and curiosity. I was leading a keynote at the global headquarters of a Fortune 100 brand…

How to make someone feel amazingly good about themself

The greatest gift you can give is to show someone else their highest value. Up to now, we’ve been looking at you, and your own highest distinct value. Now, let’s look at the people around you: The…

Double Trouble for Trust: the security blanket becomes a wet blanket

Your personality has valuable, captivating differences. These attract people to you, and help you build relationships. Yet we all have one fatal flaw. When you get stressed, or tired, or out of whack…

High performers, not headaches

A lot of times when I talk with business owners, entrepreneurs and leaders within companies, the qualities that help them succeed, are very different from the qualities of their team members. Leaders…

7 Ways to motivate your team

Ever wanted your team to get motivated… pronto? Let’s say you’ve got a big deadline coming up. The pressure is on… you HAVE TO deliver the goods. But the amount of work is scary. And your project is…