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Help wanted for a self managing team
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ben Simonton Mar 29.
Where to start
Replied Sep. 27, 2008
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I put a slide deck together on this topic. It's here if you want it. It also refers to another slide deck by a group called Linked2In where they basically asked the leadership v management question at linked in and then collated answers. It's inte...
I am willing to coach you through this, but we will need more than one way communication such as on this forum. If you are interested, give me a call at 813-634-4003. There won't be any charges. If you learn a lot and want to pay later, you can do...
Somewhere along the way, I learned that there are only two foundational emotions that people react from --- fear and love. When we have dysfunctional people who contribute to a dysfunctional team, the real issue probably lies within a fear that th...
As best as I can I have been hands off for my project team. I've provided strategic goals (at least strategic for our context) and a general process to follow. I've also hired a few people into the team, but most of them weer there when I got here...
What's the org culture? What is he profile of the hiring manager?
It's a pretty contextual thing really, isn't it.
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Posted on March 6, 2009 at 5:22am —
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- At 6:41am on June 29, 2008,
Craig Brown said…
- Thank you all.
I think I'll be a bit quiet for a few weeks, but will start engaging withthe engagement network very soon!
- At 9:33pm on June 28, 2008,
Jon Hoel said… - Hi Craig,
Fellow Australian (albeit Melburnian) also recently joined The EEN.
Love the pic - where is that? Antarctica?
- At 4:20pm on June 28, 2008,
George Reavis said…
- Hi Craig,
Love the pic. Is that the size of the fish?
There is an interesting and active discussion ensuing on projects at http://employeeengagement.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=1986438%3ATopic%3A1561
Look forward to your thoughts
- At 10:31am on June 28, 2008,
David Zinger said… - Hi Craig,
Welcome to the network. You are not dressed in the typical way I assume Australians dress...of course it is your winter and our summer. Seriously, glad to have you on board and look forward to your involvement.
David
- At 7:20pm on June 27, 2008,
Raven said… - Hello Craig - Welcome to the employee engagement network! I'm glad you joined. The EEN is a pretty active community - it was just created earlier this year by host David Zinger and already boasts over 330 members. Some PMs you might want to connect with include Bas De Baar (Project Shrink, of course!), Rich Maltzman (Scope Crepe), author Johanna Rothman (managing product development, hiring technical people), Jerry Manas from PMThink! (author of "Managing The Gray Areas"), Eric Brown (ericbrown.com), just to mention a few.
Note you can also get your RSS feed added to the network's feed mix by emailing Zinger:
Email David at dzinger@shaw.ca.
Regards,
Raven
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I am conducting a study as part of a PhD at City University in London looking at the links between leaders' beliefs and behaviours, and how these impact employee engagement and team climate.
The research involves managers and 3-5 direct repor...
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Thank you so much for posting this. I have not read it in detail but appreciate the depth and breadth and focus on the work.
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