1345: The Perfect World: Helping Your Team Understand and Commit to Team Goals by Laura Stack of The Productivity Pro

Published: June 6, 2024, 7 a.m.

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com.\nEpisode 1345:\nLaura Stack's article "The Perfect World: Helping Your Team Understand and Commit to Team Goals" explores the ideal and the real dynamics of team management. Laura describes how the best team scenarios involve clear goal communication, shared understanding, and a participatory approach in goal setting, contrasting it with common challenges like lack of alignment and resistance to change. She suggests practical steps for team members to actively engage in aligning and achieving team goals.\nRead along with the original article(s) here: https://theproductivitypro.com/blog/2015/10/the-perfect-world-helping-your-team-understand-and-commit-to-team-goals/\nQuotes to ponder:\n"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." - Jim Rohn\n"In a perfect world, everyone on the team would automatically grasp the team goals, understand instinctively why they mattered, and how to move forward with them both as individuals and as a team."\n"In the real world, sometimes a team member has to quietly take charge, pull things together, and move the team forward in spite of itself."\nEpisode references:\nGood to Great" by Jim Collins: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996\nThe Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Now-Guide-Spiritual-Enlightenment/dp/1577314808\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices