by Winno | Mar 5, 2018 | Learning to lead
I shared some ground rules about team meetings last week, now some important ideas about who runs them. To make it easier on the manager (and to develop the skills of team members) it is worthwhile rotating the chairing of the meeting amongst participants. The...
by Winno | Feb 26, 2018 | Learning to lead
Yes, it’s true. Getting your team together for a regular meeting can be a pain in the butt because you run out of things to say, get sick of chairing them and the team don’t want to come anyway. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll share some simple rules to make...
by Winno | Feb 23, 2018 | Learning to lead
The other day someone asked me what they could do to motivate their team. In response, I told them, “Motivating your team is often easy. Simply, improve your attitude!” You see I’d noticed in my short time with them that they didn’t smile, were abrupt with people, too...
by Winno | Sep 4, 2017 | Learning to lead
You know I’ve never rated myself as a great father. When I go to funerals and hear kids talking about their dads and how great they were, I sit there wondering what the hell my kids will find to say about me when I go. You see, I was always too busy working and...
by Winno | Aug 7, 2017 | Learning to lead
Yesterday at McDonald’s I was having a quiet contemplative cup of coffee and a toastie (great value for just three dollars). I noticed a large crowd of people had assembled and were chatting over coffee. They were members of the Porsche club having a bit of a...
by Winno | May 19, 2017 | Learning to lead
Here is a wonderful demonstration of how team members feel if they are not being treated the same as their colleagues for equal effort and results. See what happens when two Monkeys were paid unequally. Pick Winno’s Brain If you’ve got a knotty problem or you’d like...
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