Category: Coach’s Challenge

May 15, 2005

Good day, team, This week’s coach’s challenge is about learning to trust. When I first pondered this idea, I thought it was about trusting other people. But upon reflection, I realized that it was first about trusting myself and then trusting others. That is, we build trust by behaving reliably and by expecting the best […]

May 01, 2005

Good day, team, The coach’s challenge for this week is to refrain from gossiping and spreading rumors. I don’t think we gossip intentionally. My observation is that it tends to “happen to us.” That is, we hear or see something about someone else that we think is odd, or creates an emotional reaction in us, […]

February 20, 2005

Good Day Team, This week’s challenge is about strengthening intragroup connections. I’m using ‘intragroup’ as a word to describe ‘within the team’. It’s a good time to think about what you’re doing to strengthen the connections between people when you’ve recently added new people, re-organized people into new positions, and/or made changes to the way […]

February 05, 2005

Good Day Team, The coach’s challenge this week revolves around managing your boss. In the January 2005 special issue of the Harvard Business Review, there is an interesting article entitled “Managing Your Boss”. The article talks about “the process of consciously working with your superior to obtain the best possible results for you, your boss, […]