Archive for January, 2007

Leadership Skill: Low/No Cost Rewards

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

Few effective team leaders have a laundry basket of financial favors to hand out to deserving team members.  But there are still lots of no-cost or low-cost ways to keep team members involved and in the mood to perform:
1. Establish a prize. 
Establish a quarterly “most valuable team member” award that teams themselves vote on.  Or a [...]

Change Management Strategies: Change and Personality

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Back on March 25, 2002, I wrote a newsletter on personalities. But I didn’t go far enough when it came to telling how these personalities effect the way change takes place. Personality type naturally plays a role in one’s ability to meet change head on. You remember the grid that I described showing Controllers, Promoters, [...]