How to Build High-Performing Teams Masterclass Recap
June 30, 2024
Here’s the link to the working doc we used in class. Thanks everyone for your participation!
Here’s the link to the working doc we used in class. Thanks everyone for your participation!
Here’s the link to the working doc we used in class. Thanks everyone for your participation!
Manage the Force, Not the Person Summary Insight: Change exposes character. Use PSIU to quickly decode personalities—yours and your team’s—and lead change with clarity, not confusion. Key Takeaways: Each character in *Who Moved My Cheese?* maps to a universal PSIU
Power Over or Power With? Summary Insight: Every time you give an order, you lose authority. Great leaders don’t give orders. They create conditions where the right actions occur. Key Takeaways: Authority is finite—use it sparingly, only in emergencies. Orders
Judging Creates Massive Energy Leaks Summary Insight: Judging others wastes energy. Quietly spotting and appreciating strengths helps to build trust, alignment, and results. It’s a leadership multiplier. Key Takeaways: “Shoulding” others creates resistance and saps team energy. Quiet appreciation unlocks
Summary Insight: Hiring mistakes aren’t about bad people—they’re about bad fits. Define the forces at play, and you’ll stop guessing who to hire and start placing top performers with precision. Key Takeaways: Break every hire down into PSIU forces before
Motivation Comes from Within Summary Insight: Stop trying to push people. You’re not short on motivation—you’re short on alignment. Genius isn’t created, it’s placed. Key Takeaways: Motivation isn’t something you add—it’s something you uncover by aligning roles with natural strengths.
Give the Force What It Needs Summary Insight: Stop judging people. Start managing energy. If you want higher performance and lower friction, learn to read the force — then give it what it needs. Key Takeaways: Judge the PSIU force,
Nature Demands Complementary Styles Summary Insight: Success isn’t solo. Whether in marriage or business, real power comes from complementary styles working in sync—not from trying to be everything at once. Key Takeaways: Complementary PSIU forces are the secret behind thriving
Unifiers Strive for Team Harmony Summary Insight: Unifiers glue teams together—but when taken too far, they can gum up progress with people-pleasing politics. Learn the power and pitfalls of the Big U and how to lead them right. Key Takeaways:
The Innovator Thrives on Disruption Summary Insight: Innovators drive change, but Big I’s can derail it. Learn how to channel their vision without drowning in chaos. Key Takeaways: Innovators thrive on vision, pattern recognition, and future-shaping ideas. Big I’s create
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