What’s the difference between a Party and a Team…and who is better placed to lead us?
Watching the Liberal Leadership spill unfold last Friday on the ABC was compelling viewing. Throughout the coverage I heard a number of journalists and ex-Politicians referring to the Liberal Party as ‘the team’, which I found really interesting given what...
What’s Your Legacy?
Next time you want to take the opportunity to reflect on how you are going as a leader, I suggest you try this. Close your eyes and imagine you are observing your own funeral. Who would be delivering your eulogy and what would they say about you? Confronting?...What is Resilience and How Can You Build it in Your Team?
Resilience, in both teams and leaders, is a key ingredient in high performance, but what is it really, and how can you build it both as a leader and in your team? To use a common definition – resilience is the ability to adapt and bounce back when things...Leadership Selection: the Pivotal Link Between Culture and Performance (Part II)
In his February 2017 article about Hawthorn Football Club selecting their leadership group, Leadership Selection: the Pivotal Link Between Culture and Performance, Ray McLean posed an interesting question: “Is it possible that we could put the same rigour and...
Counterproductive Behaviour: Address It or Avoid It?
When asked the question ‘what behaviours exist in your team that are counterproductive to high performance?’, most team members tend to have a good sense of what they think is unhelpful. Knowing this is useful, but unless they are willing to do something...
What Does a High Performing Team Look Like?
High performance teams are the standard to which every business aims to meet. By definition, these teams are made up of highly focused, highly skilled and hyper-aligned employees. If you can achieve the status of a high performance team, business success is basically...
Are You Committed To Your Team, Or Are You Just Involved?
At Leading Teams we work with our clients to help them build high performance teams – or great teams – and we are often asked, “What separates good teams from great teams?” The answer is simple – commitment. In my early days at Leading...Don’t Scare Off New Hires With Poor Onboarding
A recent global engagement study by Oracle identified that only 48 per cent of new hires agreed that company on-boarding practices set them up for growth and success. Facilitator Tim Ferguson identifies strategies to make your new employees’ entry into...How To Hire Great Leaders Who Deliver Long-Term Results
This article was first published on Inside HR in June 2016. HR leaders need to put more focus on hiring leaders that are a better cultural fit rather than focusing on skills and experience alone, according to an expert in the area. One of the biggest challenges...Any Given Team
Understand the model that has helped some of Australia's elite sporting teams and corporate leaders achieve success.
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Team Work
Using candid case studies from teams who have implemented Ray McLean’s no-nonsense Performance Improvement Program, this book explains how the program can work for all kinds of teams, big or small, sporting or corporate.
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