How to build trust By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting
What makes a great leader? Management theorist Simon Sinek in this TED video suggests, it’s someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust. But creating trust and safety — especially in an uneven economy — means taking on big responsibility. Watch the video
Otto Sharmer in this video explain what real listening means. Extremely clear and powerful. Useful for all leaders. To see the video click hear ULAB and ULAB2
Most of my clients in China face the problem of cross-functional teamwork, especially for the management team. Better than words the issue can be described with the below video. How to improve this kind of situation? At Marco Polo consulting, with the help of our partners Peoplerise, we have found a formula that is giving very interesting results.
During a 2 days workshop the team understands the importance of team work on the level of engagement in the company and its impact on results, than the participants work actively to eliminate the Five dysfunctions of a team. They work on the relationship and trust among team members, on the level of active discussion and healthy conflict, than they understand how to improve the commitment of the team on the taken decisions and, very important, how to eliminate silos across functions for the benefit of the entire company result.
In meantime a survey helps to understand where the group and the company is in terms of engagement, and the team defines together plans and useful actions that are regularly monitored through the survey that becomes a dashboard for the management team. Periodic check up let keep the momentum and revitalize the integration among the team members. Individual or couple coaching sessions allow the team members to work on more personal relationship issues.
We have tested this approach with several companies, it really works.
Great leaders are able to create a calm enviroment in situations of crisis
By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting
Chinese individuals value more than westeners (expecially latin people) the ability of controlling emotions. They also tend to perform better in environments where leaders transmit a collective feeling of calm and control. Let's see what we can learn from Chinese wisdom and cultural preferences wathching a video by Quy Huy -Insead Professor of Strategy See video on HBR
By Giorgia Madonno
Marco Polo Consulting
Posted September 29, 2012
I propose a nice TED Seminar by Larry Smith.
It is a good example on how our Underlying Beliefs make us failing in succeeding in our life and career. Awareness is the first step for action.
