by Joe Espana | Aug 15, 2024 | Blog, Leadership, Teams
The foundation of strategic speed is clarity. A well-formulated strategy should be comprehensive, clear, and supported by a strong rationale. Most importantly, it must be mutually understood across the team and the organisation. I’ve written previously that in order...
by Joe Espana | May 7, 2024 | Blog, Teams
Why are high performing teams important for businesses? That was a question I heard asked of a colleague who referred to me on a recent podcast as someone who knows a bit about this subject. In a nutshell, high performing teams are important because they achieve...
by Joe Espana | Oct 4, 2023 | Blog, Podcast, Teams
It was National Inclusion Week, last week. And as we know it’s one of the four dimensions in which psychological safety at work is perceived by others. So I thought it was a perfect opportunity to have a chinwag with my good friend and colleague Scott Chambers in...
by Joe Espana | Aug 11, 2023 | Podcast, Teams
What emotions does the success of this team depend on? It’s a great question, seldom asked. The teams success is usually perceived as a combination of collective knowledge, skills and behaviours, agreed purpose and processes needed to perform. And they form part of...
by Joe Espana | Aug 24, 2021 | Blog, Teams
Trust in teams is a fundamental pillar of employee engagement and ultimately team performance. But what can team leaders actually do about it? In his book ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People’, Stephen Covey says: “Without trust we don’t truly collaborate,...
by Joe Espana | Aug 2, 2021 | Blog, Teams
The Challenge Our client was the new CIO for the UK business of global book publishing group Hachette. While the technology division had had almost a decade of major transformation success it had become siloed and disconnected from the business. As Chris...
