Coach Dan's Blog

  Good morning! As you're setting your goals for the day, why not include something quick and easy that may just help you improve your leadership and communication skills. Almost all of us interact with others throughout our day, and each of those interactions is an opportunity to reflect, gain insights and learn. What if... at the end of each meeting or call today, you paused for 60 seconds and reflected about that interaction? (Any of the following questions would work, or create your own!) ❔ After we concluded, what impression about me did they walk away with? ❔ On a scale of 1-10, how clear was I with communicating my intentions? ❔ What new thing did I learn about that person just now? ❔ What new thing did that person learn about me just now? ❔ What one thing might I do differently in my next interaction? Taking a brief pause and reflecting in the moment can be a powerful way to identify opportunities for improvement throughout your day. Commit to pausing and reflecting for ...

Happy Monday. As you set your goals for the upcoming week, why not challenge yourself to try one small thing? Leaders who ask questions instead of giving instructions create an enviornment where team members feel empowered and passonate about solving problems. 💡 "What are your ideas about how to solve this?" 💡"If you were me, how would you address this?" 💡"If you could solve this problem right now, what would you do?" Give your team members the space to be creative, and the support to implement their own solutions - and they will thrive! What's stopping you from making a small change today? We all win together.  

The way an organization operates is a reflection on the beliefs and values of the leader. If you want to improve the way your organization creates value, start with taking a hard look at yourself. The best-laid change management plan will help you move boxes around your org chart, but making meaningful improvements within an organization first requires intentional mindset and behavior shifts across the leadership team. Where have you seen leaders change their mindset before an org change? What were the results?

There are no shortcuts to transformational improvements - but starting with small changes today can lead to big results in the future! Long term, meaningful improvements come from small, thoughtful experiments today. ✔️ Remind yourself - what's your long term goal? ✔️ Ask yourself - what's one small thing I can accomplish today to bring that goal closer? ✔️ Reflect - what did I learn from my small change? Commit to trying one small thing differently, then assess the results - You will get closer to your goal every day.  

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou What ONE THING will you do to make someone feel seen / heard / listened to / understood / valued / good today?

Painting a new process overtop of the same organizational structure will not result in the meaningful improvements you're hoping for. Successful transformation leaders reorganize their people to improve effectiveness, efficiency and engagement. Just look at the data! ·  McKinsey found that organizations that adopted cross-functional, agile teams were able to improve decision-making speed by as much as 40%, compared to traditional hierarchical structures. ·  Stanford University found that an organization’s time to market decreased by 30% after implementing cross-functional teams in an agile setup. ·  Forrester Research indicates that cross-functional teams in product development (especially those aligned around customer needs and business outcomes) can lead to 20-30% faster time to market compared to traditional, siloed teams. ·  HBR published research that found that cross-functional teams led to a 25% improvement in team effic...

Painting your current organization with a “new” framework doesn’t address the challenges in the structure. Installing a new framework without rethinking team composition won’t get you far! Recreating teams to be cross-functional and focused on a common outcome is the first step to truly unleashing your organization’s potential. Agile Transformations without Organizational Re-design misses the mark almost every time!

  To unleash your people's full potential, it's essential to eliminate barriers that hinder collaboration. Form cross-functional teams. Set challenging shared objectives. Equip them with the necessary data and tools. You have now paved the way for their growth and success. Collaboration and empowerment are the cornerstones of a thriving team environment.

"The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." - Albert Einstein Leaders have worked hard to make their organization how it is today. It's a reflection of how they lead and what they believe. Is it any wonder that it's so hard for organizations to change? Changing an organization requires the leader to change how they lead.  Transformations fail because leaders fail to reimagine themselves. Do you want your organization to change? Start with yourself! 

  Gallop's study of 230 companies reveals a compelling link between team engagement and performance. Organizations and teams with high engagement levels consistently outperform those with lower levels.  Leaders fostering an environment where teams can collaborate, balance, and enhance their effectiveness and engagement drive superior results for stakeholders. 

High performing teams are transparent with their Three Es. Take every opportunity to tell the full story of a teams effectiveness, efficiency and engagement. Stakeholders who understand the full picture of how a team is performing, can do more to enable and empower their teams. Share your Effectiveness, Efficiency and Engagement every chance you get!

Attributes and characteristics of high-performing teams are essential to achieve outstanding results for customers. The Three E framework is an effective way to measure a team's effectiveness, efficiency, and engagement. By balancing and managing these three elements, teams can sustainably and indefinitely deliver exceptional results.