Monthly Archive: September 2011

Sep
28

Teamwork and Difficult Co-workers

Have you ever worked with an employee that made you want to pull your hair out?  A person who was arrogant, obnoxious or inconsiderate?  The type of person that makes the entire department cheer when they are absent? The basic notion of teamwork is that all parties will work harder on a simple task that …

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Sep
16

The Unmotivated Leader (It’s not them, IT’S ME!)

I had a great conversation yesterday with Herbert Cooper (herbertcooper.com), pastor of People’s Church (peopleschurch.tv).  During that conversation, he shared an important point regarding the failure of leaders to develop the leadership potential of others and the corresponding frustration by those same leaders when their staff members perform below expectation (due to a lack of …

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