Archive for October, 2002

Leadership Skill: A Nod to The Predatory Organization

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2002

There are a few instances of organizational hypocrisy which just burn my butt. This is one that I feel the need to get off my chest.  My apologies up front.
There are organizations for which neither teams nor a team environment will do a bit of good. These are companies whose culture is unalterably predatory, unapologetic [...]

Team Effectiveness: Teams vs. Mobs

Monday, October 7th, 2002

In the rush to bestow the manifold blessings of teams upon our organizations, lots of groups get called teams that probably should not be. The resulting groups are too big, too lumpy, quite mismatched, and more than a little confused.
I call these assemblages mobs. There are ways to differentiate real teams from fake teams or [...]