Friday, October 15, 2010

Good to great

I am at the global leadership summit. It is a great oppourtunity for leaders to grow.

Jim Collins lists these characteristics of teams on the way up:
1 acknowledge the sometimes unpleasant facts
2 bring data, evidence and facts to the discussion
3 leaders have a high questions to statements ratio, pushing and challenging others
4 each member credits others and enjoys respect and admiration of peers
5 teams conduct autopsies without blame gaining wisdom from experiences
6 team members unify behind decisions even if they did not agree with the decision

Poor teams - teams on the way down:
1 hide the facts
2 opinions are voiced without data and facts
3 leaders make more statements than questions avoiding critical input
4 team members seek their own credit and are not respected by others
5 teams seek to blame seeking culprits rather than wisdom
6 team members acquiesce to a decision but undermine it afterwards

Food for thought...how are we doing?...make some comments in the blog page

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