banzai - managing your team effectively 5 16 09

Banzai MeetingManaging Your Team Effectively

May 16, 2009

L. C. Bien-Sinz

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Let’s Talk…

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The sign of a great

director leader is the

proper placement of instruments.

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A manager’s # 1 instrument is

COMMUNICATION

How do you know?

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3 Kinds of Players on a Team

1.People who want the ball

2.People who want the ball but shouldn’t

3.People who want the ball and should

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Teams Are As Good As Their Weakest Link

• Build Trust

• Commit to eachother’s success

• Set standards, expect great things

• Most of the time, people will perform

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What could a MEMORABLE FSDF

Possible Team Issues

• Having trouble keeping pace with others

• Not growing in an area of responsibility

• Having a hard time seeing own weaknesses

• Having hard time playing well with others

• Having hard time feeling accepted

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The LAWS of

TEAMWORK

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The LAW of COMPASS

Vision Gives Team Members Direction and Confidence

# 1

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The LAWS of the BAD APPLE

Rotten Attitudes Ruin a Team

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The POWER of ATTITUDE

Great Talent + Rotten Attitudes = Bad Team

Great Talent + Bad Attitudes = Average Team

Great Talent + Average Attitudes = Good Team

Great Talent + Good Attitudes = Great Team

Abilities + Attitudes = Result

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The LAW of ACCOUNTABILITY

Teammates Must Be Able To Count on Each Other When It Counts

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The LAW of IDENTITY

Shared Values Define The Team

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The LAW of COMMUNICATION

Interaction Fuels Action, Connection, and Builds Community

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Become a Better Team Leader/Manager

Know your team and individual strengths

Insist on honest communication

Define the values the team must embrace

Live the values

Obtain buy-in from the team

Let Go!

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Even When you’ve played the game of your life, it’s the feeling of teamwork that you’ll remember

Team’s That Play Together, Stay Together

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Thank you