Team Building and Management

There is one thing all successful leaders get that failed leaders dont. They know they cant achieve breakthrough organizational results by themselves. That wisdom is often hard-earned because most leaders started their careers as individual high performers who moved mountains all alone. But they figured out at some point that the key to their success as a leader was their team. This program will give you a proven 4-point model for building and maintaining a high-performance team that consistently delivers extraordinary results. Estimated duration: 7 mins Rapid Learning Institute

Rumors happen when employee anxiety collides with an information vacuum. If you dont fill the vacuum with facts, your people will fill it with rumors. In this Quick Take you will learn the role managers play in spreading or defeating rumors, why rumors are a symptom of a larger problem and why you must fix that problem to keep rumors at bay, two critical ingredients that feed the rumor mill, how to effectively address a rumor thats already out there, and how to turn rumor mongers into TRUTH mongers.

Research shows that high-performing teams and low-performing teams differ on one important dimension: How they handle mistakes. In this Quick Take, youll learn how to cultivate a team environment that gets mistakes out in the open where they can be dealt with, and why its important to celebrate mistakes and the people who point them out. Estimated duration: 5 minutes Rapid Learning Institute

A study from Harvard Business School researchers shows psychological safety is key if you want your people to think divergently. Learn why that's so critical and what you can do to make it happen.Duration: 5 Minutes

What inspires employees to show up every day and give their all? Good pay and benefits? That helps but its not enough. Most people want more than to show up, collect a paycheck and go home. They want their work to make a difference. Yet research shows that most employees dont feel a sense of higher purpose. So what can you, as a manager, do to help? In this Quick Take you will learn the key element that gives work a sense of purpose no matter what kind of work it is, why its so important to create lines of sight between employees and the people who benefit from their work, and clear, actionable steps you can take to create these lines of sight for your employees. Estimated Duration: 7 minutes Rapid Learning Institute