INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH TEAMS OF SIX
KNOWLEDGE BASE
ARTICLE UPLOADS
Solitude & Leadership
This is a lecture given to the plebe class at West Point Academy in October 2009 by William Deresiewicz. It examines how leadership has changed to the point of there being a crisis: our leaders have become the mediocrities who's primary task is keeping the routine going. Solitude, he says, isn't about being lonely but about having time to think, not just how to get things done but to examine if they are worth doing, to think long enough to get past the first impulses and conventional wisdom, to concentrate, to form conviction and to be courageous. Leadership is not just putting yourself in front of the herd, it is to think and to do so in quiet and over longer periods.
Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech, 2007
"Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever--because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the difference."
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
This is a review of a 2007 book by the same title written by Patrick Lencioni. Each dysfunction comes with an explanation and what a group leader can do to begin to address it. They include: Absence of Trust, Fear of Conflict, Lack of Commitment, Avoidance of Accountability and Inattention to Results. Or in other words, when each of these are in their functional state, you got a cohesive group.
The Eight Classic Types of Workplace Behavior
Trouble afoot in your T6M group? How about at your job? Learn how to identify and better manage these typical types of individual behavior. This article comes from HR Magazine, Sept, 2000, and is written by by Francie M. Dalton.
The Art of Powerful Questions
“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.” ~ Albert Einstein. This 2003 article by Eric E. Vogt, Juanita Brown, and David Isaacs demonstrates how a question might do more to move a project forward than seeking a solution. It then teaches you how to form a great question.
Uncovering the Blind Spot of Leadership
Pivotal thinker and innovator Otto Scharmer sees leadership from a transformational perspective. He describes listening as a primary skill for any leader and then explains his Theory U. This article will revolutionize your concept of leadership.
Getting Things Done (just a chart)
Many have read and practice David Allen's "Getting Things Done" (if you haven't, it is well worth the price of the book). This is a simple flow chart that shows how he suggests you manage any incoming "stuff."
The Inner Game of Getting Shit Done
A little gruff , but, this is a twist on David Allen's book, "Getting Things Done." Author Marco Cepeda goes considerably further including a Zen-like method for managing whatever neurosis compels you to do what you do.
A Life-Changing Early-Morning Routine
In case the above two articles haven't driven you to 110% productivity, here's one more by Michael Masterson.
