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Here’s an excerpt shared by Harvard Business Review about the “5 Traits of Effective Leadership Team”. This tip is adapted from “Teamwork at the Top,” by Gregory LeStage et al.
As a leader on an executive team, your success depends not just on individual talent but on how effectively members function together. Collectively embracing five core traits—direction, discipline, drive, dynamism, and collaboration—can transform what you achieve as a unit.
Here’s how.
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1. Direction
Effective teams align on shared goals, setting clear short- and long-term priorities. Without alignment, even the most ambitious vision can falter.
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2. Discipline
Top teams stick to routines, maintain productive meetings, and ensure everyone knows their roles. Discipline provides the structure needed for decision-making and execution.
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3. Drive
The most effective leadership teams are resilient, debating constructively and working hard to overcome obstacles. They thrive in crises because they don’t shy away from problems—they tackle them head-on.
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4. Dynamism
Successful teams adapt and respond quickly to change, embracing risk and learning from failure without fear.
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5. Collaboration
Collaborative behaviors include developing personal relationships, giving everybody an equal voice, and sticking to commitments. Top teams foster trust and connection and aren’t afraid to hold each other accountable.
Another gem shared by Monte Pedersen about “Execution Excellence”.
Execution excellence refers to the ability of an organization to effectively implement its strategy and the key initiatives that support it. It involves the effective translation of strategic objectives into actionable steps, that your people can fully understand at their level.
Beyond providing solid, reliable information to act on, execution excellence helps to allocate resources appropriately, and execute tasks efficiently to drive desired outcomes.
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Execution excellence is an essential skill for organizations because even the most well-developed and staged strategies are ineffective without a proper plan for implementation.
Here are Five Key Concepts for Execution Excellence:
1. having clear objectives and goals that support their achievement,
2. breaking down complex projects into manageable tasks,
3. aligning the entire organization with common objectives,
4. ensuring teams have the tools and capabilities to carry out their tasks
5. being able to track performance and sustain accountability.
By focusing on execution excellence, organizations can bridge the gap between strategy thinking (formulation) and successful execution (implementation).?
Being capable of executing consistently enhances the likelihood of achieving your strategic objectives and getting better at it each year.?
Execution excellence drives organizational performance, and ultimately gets recognized as the most needed skillset in every organization.
Here’s another insightful excerpt shared by Calm about “Self-Care For Busy People”.
If you stop taking care of yourself, your mind and body will eventually stop taking care of you.
There’s always time for self-care. Even if you’re spinning a bajillion plates and you can’t remember what day of the week it is. All you need is 30 seconds.
Here are three ways to self-care in 1 minute or less:
1. Breathe in for 4. Hold for 4. Exhale for 8. Repeat three times.
2. Get a glass. Fill it with water. Drink it. Hello hydration.
3. Stand up. Shake your body like a polaroid picture. You’ll feel ridiculous. That’s okay.
Keep This In Mind
??Remember: You deserve to give yourself the care you give unfailingly to others.
??Reflect: How could you make your life 10% easier this week? Do that.
??Reframe: I don’t have time to self-care → I choose to make time to prioritize myself.
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That’s a wrap on this week.
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