94 year old mountain climber Marcel Remy will inspire you as he scales the Le Miroir d’Argentine, a 1500′ high, mile-long limestone face in the Swiss Alps.
Google identifies the five traits of high performing teams
Google has identified five traits shared by high performing teams. They have also made available their Team Effectiveness Discussion Guide as well as a tool for fostering psychological safety.
Strategic planning with a Regional Information Center
The South Central Regional Information Center team engages in a high energy, collaborative strategic planning process. “We’re nailing it, absolutely hammering on our immediate priorities,” reports its director. “It’s been an awesome experience for the whole SCRIC team.”
Tolerance for ambiguity
Successful problem solving requires tolerance for ambiguity.
The life-long toll of I don’t, I won’t, I can’t
The world presents us with incalculable possibilities. Why do we so often reject them in favor of stale habit? Why are we inclined to sabotage opportunities for novelty? Embracing the comfort of the status quo is the scourge. Pursuing the adventure of novelty, the tonic.
Visionize a preferred future
Feel trapped by the circumstances or challenges you face? Need to reinvent your life? Solve a persistent problem? Renew a relationship? Visionizing is a powerful thinking technique designed to elicit transformative strategies and actions. Visionize and create your future!
Open Your Feedback Loop
The habit of seeking and acting on feedback is essential to good thinking, effective problem solving and high performance.
Breaking Through Impasse
Two simple techniques from the worlds of negotiation and creativity can help you ferret out and eliminate the unnecessary discussion of disagreement.
Errors are portals of discovery
Effective problem solving and decision-making requires that we embrace risk and accept our errors as portals of discovery.
What Google learned about high performing teams
Google recently devoted considerable resources to determine what makes a high-performing team. What did they discover?