350/365 Building Teams are not easy

Building a Team is not just putting a few people together. It is like a well choreographed dance. But the choreography is not forced by someone external but evolved from the realities of trying to be a team. The duality of being a team and being an individual within the team need not always be complementary and there can be conflicts. This is where team … Continue reading 350/365 Building Teams are not easy

EP 249 (186/365) When People in your team Leave

A person leaving your team is something we all have faced in our work life. Many times we have been able to negotiate them back. Yet we all have worked in teams where people leave. It is a fact of work life. Every team loses some people over a period of time. The question is how we cope both as a team and as a … Continue reading EP 249 (186/365) When People in your team Leave

EP 248 (185/365) Transparency as a Tool of Success

Transparency can be a very useful tool.. especially when you work in teams. It helps us in building a connection between team members. Transparency will also bring the abilities and inabilities or the team to light. But if the team has been formed with a common goal in mind then team members help each other to succeed. Now transparency without the urge to succeed or … Continue reading EP 248 (185/365) Transparency as a Tool of Success

EP 227 (164/365) The importance of contracts

When we hear contracts we think about things that are binding.. written signed.. locked…. but there are many other places we need a contract… many of these contracts are never written.. they are just understood and agreed upon my people… they exist because we all need to be able to take care of our responsibilities… Say you are working in a company and as part … Continue reading EP 227 (164/365) The importance of contracts