The Hip-Pocket Guide: Beyond 60 Days for New Team Leaders

  • The Hip-Pocket Guide: Beyond 60 Days for New Team Leaders

    The Hip-Pocket Guide: Beyond 60 Days for New Team Leaders

    This blog marks the conclusion of the “The Hip-Pocket Guide for New Team Leaders” series, which emphasizes the role of new team-level leaders, especially those tasked with enhancing omni-channel experiences. You, the new team leader in previous blogs, set out to understand the landscape. You built your understanding of stakeholder needs and the direction of…

  • The Hip-Pocket Guide: First 30 to 60 Days for New Team Leaders

    The Hip-Pocket Guide: First 30 to 60 Days for New Team Leaders

    As previously covered in the blog, The Hip-Pocket Guide: First 30 Days for New Team Leaders, a new team leader’s journey parallels running a business within a large organization. This transformation is about more than just delegation and higher pay; it’s a passionate commitment to serve as a force multiplier, empowering others. New leaders in…

  • Elevator Pitches: Team Vision, Purpose, and Value Proposition Statements

    Elevator Pitches: Team Vision, Purpose, and Value Proposition Statements

    As a team leader, seek to establish a vision, purpose, and value proposition statement. Ensure your statements align vertically with your leader and horizontally with your internal partners. And once finished, make sure your team is ready to echo those statements during their engagements. If you are uncertain where to start, do so by asking…

  • The Hip-Pocket Guide: First 30 Days for New Team Leaders

    The Hip-Pocket Guide: First 30 Days for New Team Leaders

    In the previous blog, Fostering Success: Improving Teams through Team Charters, I drew a parallel between stepping into team leadership within a large organization and running a business. As a new team leader, your role transforms from an individual contributor to running a business, which is no small undertaking. While some may view this step…

  • Fostering Success: Improving Teams through Team Charters

    Fostering Success: Improving Teams through Team Charters

    In my professional journey, I have encountered highly skilled individuals who rapidly ascend the career ladder, finding themselves managing a team. Some even leapfrog to more senior management positions with astonishing speed. However, in many cases, companies promote top performers based on exceptional results rather than their aptitude for leadership and management. It is akin…