They’d had more success than they expected.
So understandably, the team had lots of loose ends to sort that they referred to as the ‘elephants in the room’.
Here, red10 ‘s Will Sudworth shares a process helping teams to find and release Elephants back […]
They were a new team, with a leader new to the organization. They desperately needed to agree on the priorities for their organization. red10 ‘s Gavin Simpson shares a way of rapidly aligning on strategic priorities for a team.
It […]
As I’m writing this, I’m realising the Heartbeat Model is at the centre (or the heart ?) of the Team Effectiveness approach we described as being like a Team SatNav, and I feel like I’m giving away a secret.
Because leadership teams that implement the […]
We’re all used to our cars having a GPS or SatNav these days.
Our argument is that teams work best when they have a Team SatNav too.
You’ll know that a SatNav needs to connect to at least 4 satellites before it knows its location, and before you can programme it on where you need to […]
red10 ‘s Gavin Simpson shares a recent case study here for a Team Tool that clients request to use almost every time we work with an in-flight team: Feedback-on-a-Page™.
The situation
A leader approached me about working with his leadership team. The department and his team were struggling. He had been recently employed to […]
Anyone who has ever worked with red10 knows how much we encourage equal air time…there’s many ways to do this and If you’re tired of Creeping Death maybe it’s time to give Popcorn a whirl!
Creeping death?
That bit in the meeting when everyone responds in turn; around the table. Whether it be introductions, […]
red10‘s Gavin Simpson shares a great facilitation team tool for creating themes from many ideas – building understanding, alignment and ownership.
We often ask teams to brainstorm using sticky notes. One sticky note for one idea. The teams we work with are wonderfully creative and healthily competitive; with a team of […]
By Hazel Howard
In the midst of working with a team in San Francisco, Hazel Howard shares an approach for aligning on Values that reduces conflict and smooths the path for effective and efficient working.
Teams can have a clear set of […]
The department had delivered great work, and were growing to meet increased demand.
Quite rightly, the leadership team were planning ahead and were concerned about becoming a bottleneck.
But how do you prioritise when everything is equally important and urgent?
If you haven’t tried it before, why not try this Team Tool using peer permission to enable prioritisation?
Most of them hadn’t worked together before.
They were planning their team start-up and wanted something simple yet effective at helping them get to know each other’s preferences.
We considered psychometrics like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Strengths Deployment Inventory (SDI) or Gallup’s StrengthsFinder and decided that they’d be of more use when we […]