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Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your teambuilding ability. Not only do great CEOs understand how to recruit a top executive team, but they also understand how to build cohesion among team members through collaboration while addressing specific situational and contextual needs.
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This is the career record of Larry Gelwix, coach of the Highland High rugby team (Salt Lake City) for more than three decades. This team was featured in the recent movie Forever Strong. During this conversation Larry shares the strategies that have made his teams successful through the years. Where is your loyalty?
Trust, leads to a willingness to be open to: new opportunities; new collaborations; new strategies; new ideas, and; new attitudes. If you’re a CEO who doesn’t leverage conflict for teambuilding and leadership development purposes you’re missing a great opportunity. Accepting a person where they are, creates an bond of trust.
If you’re looking to benchmark your leadership ability the following self examination will give you a baseline to build from. Section III: Strategy. Great leaders are strategic thinkers who have the ability to translate their vision into an actionable strategy to insure its success. Section IX: TeamBuilding.
Specifically, I hoped to join a company with a very strong engineering and product management culture that needed a CEO with strategy, vision, business development, fundraising and team-building expertise. Back then, I’d spent a productive afternoon with the founding team, helping them think through their business model.
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What’s more, with so many different personality styles on your team, finding leadership tactics that work across the board can be a challenge. One Response Doug Taylor , on December 18, 2010 at 6:17 am said: Was reading an article about an executive who embodied your 10 points – Andrew Cherng at Panda Express.
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2 Responses Hauke Borow , on April 26, 2010 at 3:45 am said: Hi Michael, nice post! Yours, Hauke Reply Michael Ray Hopkin , on May 1, 2010 at 10:07 pm said: Hauke, good point about extending our efforts to creating value for our society. What significance do you bring to the table? You’re approach is absolutely right.
They expect marketers to stop pitching things and start helping them understand how they can get what they need. Filed under: Leadership , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | success , value , expectations , April Dunford « Leadership and persistence Creating value » Like Be the first to like this post.
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