One of the questions I get asked over and over again is, how do you build a high-performing team? In today’s video we will go over three steps you can take today and easily implement in your organization to increase your team’s performance.
Today’s guest is Tim Brown, the CEO of IDEO. I was able to sit down with Tim in the IDEO San Francisco office to talk about what design thinking is, how IDEO is utilizing it, and how your organization can start applying it. We also touched on what it’s like to work at IDEO, how Tim deals with failure, and what he feels is one of the greatest diseases of the modern organization.
When managers and executives are involved in the lives of their employees and think of themselves more as coaches than dictators, employees grow and develop into better workers, and the entire organization benefits and moves forward.
Fairness means free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice. This isn’t an easy thing to do because as humans we all have subjective ways of perceiving people, things, and situations. If an organization is biased, dishonest, and plagued with injustice, then why on earth would anyone want to work there? Employees want to feel valued for their contributions and know that their hard work will get them noticed. Instead of relying on connections and bias, companies with cultures that value employees work to create a fair and inclusive environment.
Today’s guest is Red Hat’s Chief People Officer, DeLisa Alexander. Red Hat practices something called Open Leadership a concept they implemented a few years ago that has radically changed how the company operates. They found that traditional, top down, hierarchical leadership did not work for them and they knew they had to try something different. In today’s discussion you will hear what open leadership is and specifically how it is practiced at Red Hat. We also talk about how Red Hat gets their employees involved in creating a statement of purpose for the company, how they deal with change, insights on their crucial conversations and influencer training programs, and much more.
As a leader or a manager, one of the most important roles you have is motivating your team. Motivated employees are more engaged, they are more driven, they are more innovative, and they actually want to show up and work hard.
So, what are some ways you can motivate your team? Today we are looking at three key areas you can utilize to start motivating your team today.
The annual performance review has been around for a long time and recently it has become a topic of debate. Is it good to have annual performance reviews? Is it bad? Is there a better way? We will discuss all of this and more in today’s video.
Today’s guest is Loren Shuster, Chief People Officer at the Lego Group. Lego has been around for 86 years, but as you will hear in today’s discussion, they are not staying static. They are redesigning their leadership models, they are experimenting with People Analytics, they are finding ways to apply robotics, AR, and VR into the Lego play experience and much more. You will hear how Lego uses storytelling to engage employees, what their offices look like, the job description of a play agent, and he gives us a look at some of the unique workplace practices inside of Lego.
This week’s guest is Andrew Glincher, CEO and Managing Partner at Nixon Peabody, one of the largest law firms. Nixon Peabody isn’t an ordinary law firm and Andrew isn’t your typical CEO. In fact, as you will here in today’s discussion, Andrew is simply not content with the traditional ways that law firms are used to operating. He and his team at Nixon Peabody are finding ways to increase collaboration, change the way they think about space, encourage leaders to be empathetic listeners, and use technology to be more efficient and productive.
There’s no doubt about it, the world of work is changing. It is changing at a pace far faster than