5th of 5
Have a clear, concise and compelling purpose/dream/vision (you choose) for your team, and make sure everyone knows it, buys into it and relates everything you do as a team to that vision - or stop doing it. When deciding on the vision, follow the three golden rules of team visions - 1. Agree the vision must be clear, concise and compelling, 2 - Ask everyone for to come up with a vision, in groups of no more than eight and no less than four, and they have just four minutes to do it in (you will be surprised what can be done in four minutes) and 3 - Everyone votes on the vision they like best and they cannot vote for the one they were involved in, in their group.
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My Top 20 Guru's: 15th
Guru : Warren Bennis
Key Book: Managing People is like herding cats
Key Message : Leaders are made, not born
Why so guru? An academic that even I can understand
Books sold: Not so many - but boy has he written hundreds of papers
Misc fact: I was once at a conference in Los Angeles when he would be speaking that evening - the conference Chairman stood up and announced - "Great news, I have just heard that Warren Bennis is in the air" The room went crazy!
Single lesson to put into action today: Leaders must have followers, and all leaders will at times be followers, and all followers will at times be leaders.
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