We’ve all heard and agree with the maxim, “It’s not the best team that wins but the team that plays the best.” But what about the interplay between happiness and performance? Briefly contemplate these two statements: • “A happy team is a winning team.”
There are a variety of ways that new leaders can manufacture wins for the team in early days. Everything from establishing easy goals to meet to counting streaks as wins.
Very interested to hear how others might establish early wins when they are a new leaders coming new to a team.
I wear a blue bracelet on my left wrist to remind me to reflect onto the world love of labor, love of learning, and it's not worth doing if we're not having fun.
Albert Einstein has been quoted saying, "You have to change your current pattern of thought in order to solve the problem you created with your current pattern of thought." Our patterns of thought often get in the way of realizing we are always having fun.... if we just slow down our cadence we can see the beauty of the moment for the moment.
There are a variety of ways that new leaders can manufacture wins for the team in early days. Everything from establishing easy goals to meet to counting streaks as wins.
Very interested to hear how others might establish early wins when they are a new leaders coming new to a team.
Another dialed in article! I've been communicating this to others for the past week.
"But what about the interplay between happiness and performance?"
This is a great introspective question. I often say that it's not worth doing if we aren't having a lot of fun along the way!!
Good to hear we are on the same page, Michael.
Do you have something specific in your routines that trigger your awareness of not "having a lot of fun"?
I wear a blue bracelet on my left wrist to remind me to reflect onto the world love of labor, love of learning, and it's not worth doing if we're not having fun.
Albert Einstein has been quoted saying, "You have to change your current pattern of thought in order to solve the problem you created with your current pattern of thought." Our patterns of thought often get in the way of realizing we are always having fun.... if we just slow down our cadence we can see the beauty of the moment for the moment.
Sounds like there is a good origin story behind the blue bracelet!