In our last post we looked at the business outcomes we’ve seen from Action Lab®. In this post we provide three reasons to use Action Lab for developing specialists & leaders. Action Lab® is proven, engaging, and relevant. Tried and proven: Key client Novo Nordisk has used Action Lab® for 12 consecutive years, and just booked their 13th year. In all …
FAQ’s about Action Lab®
In our previous posts we introduced the concept of Action Lab® as a simultaneous organizational and leadership development program that delivers real business impact while creating the capabilities people need to lead in the future. In this post, we answer some of the most common FAQs that our clients ask. Have there been any obstacles/de-railers to Action Lab®? If so, …
How to build trust when you can’t meet in person.
My previous article in this series dealt with how to communicate and co-ordinate effectively in a virtual team. Here we look at how to build trust when you can’t meet in person. One of the problems of virtual teams is that communication tends to become more formalised: you book calls or virtual meetings at a certain time for a certain …
How to communicate and co-ordinate effectively in a virtual team
The previous article in this series looked at how to motivate your virtual team and manage performance from a distance. This article looks at how to communicate and co-ordinate effectively in a virtual team. In a team where you rarely (or never) meet in-person and mostly communicate via technology, communication has to be more explicit. Things that would be picked up by …
How to motivate your virtual team and manage performance from a distance.
The first article in this series provided 4 tactics to bond your virtual team. This one looks at how to motivate your virtual team and manage performance from a distance. Most crucially, the Leader of a virtual team needs to recognise how important they are in creating a virtual team that is bonded and high-functioning. Because virtual team members have less …
How to ensure your virtual team members are all on the same page.
Getting on the same page means each team member has a shared mental model of the task and the team. Mental models are internalized representations of the world around us; they are the way we make sense of things. In a high-functioning team, each person has a mental model that is similar enough to the others, so that the team …