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So in Jeff Foxworthy-esque style, here are several ways you can tell if you might have a dysfunctional team. If your sales executive peer purposely closes a huge sale at the end of a quarter in order to make his bonus knowing full well his operations peers won’t be able to deliver on the sale . If during a meeting on a major technology project the tech guys say “trust me” and you can only think about just how bad the project is going to be . And finally, if you can watch this 2 minute video of Patrick Lencioni talking about the importance of cohesive teams and not want to invest time and energy to move yourself and your team forward . . .

Great people leaders are life long learners consuming blog posts, podcasts, articles, videos and books to gain perspective and increase knowledge. The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley’s Bill Campbell by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg and Alan Eagle Bill Campbell is the coach most of us have never heard of. Based on interviews with over eighty people, this book explains the Coach’s principles and illustrates them with stories from the many great people and companies with which he worked. This is a book that needs to be listened to in order to take in the full impact of Mike Rowe’s story-telling of tales of people we know.

For an employee to perform well, there are seven areas of need that must be met. When an employee isn’t performing well, we too often assume it’s a “capacity issue,” thus the person just isn’t able. Before you write someone off too quickly, make sure you’ve paid attention to the other performance needs they have. Take 6 minutes to assess the employees across the seven areas, using scales that make sense for you/your organization.

idiom’s source is from an  episode of a TV show Happy Days that went way too far in trying to keep its audience. Here are 9 signs that you’ve jumped the shark and are losing your influence as a leader . . . You are handing out the 58th Employee of the Month Award, or maybe it’s the 78th, either way you are just walking through the motions giving out the same plaque as you have each month repeating the same corny joke and the same uninspiring speech. Jumping the shark may seem like a silly reference point but we do know when something or someone has reached the point on decline.