Posts Tagged "Team Members"

Teamwork on a tandem …

Posted by Ian and Steve on Apr 22, 2011 in Uncategorised | 0 comments

The first time we were ever on a tandem!

The last time we were out on our tandem I started to realise that Anne and I were developing as a team. We bought the tandem before Christmas, having hired it on 3 separate occasions from the company that subsequently sold it to us when they closed down their cycle hire business.

Our first trip was rather ragged. I was telling Anne that we were stopping, that we were going to free wheel, that I was about to change gear, etc etc. We had no sense of what the other was doing.

If you haven’t ridden a tandem you may not realise that the front and rear pedals are linked together. You can only pedal at the same speed as your co-rider. By definition you are synchronised. An observer sees perfect team work!

Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best – Unknown.

Posted by Ian and Steve on Nov 18, 2010 in Hints and Tips | 0 comments

Managing team performance

As team leader you should know, at any moment in time, how your team is doing against its targets. If your line manager asks you, “How’s it going?” you should be able to say more than “Very well”, “OK” or “Not so good”.

Is managing your team like trying to herd cats?

Posted by Ian and Steve on Oct 29, 2010 in Hints and Tips | 4 comments

Word cloud for team success

Here’s a powerful question for you to ask your team members individually, “How do we know if we are being successful?”

Imagine that I visit your team and ask each of your team members this question. How likely is it that I will be given the same or similar answer by each team member?

Sadly, it is very common for team members to have different views on what team success is and to be working at less than 100% effectiveness. In some cases I have witnessed team members working against each other and wondering why the team wasn’t making good progress! What’s to be done?