Yesterday was a special day for me! I spent the afternoon leading a team of judges for Haley Elementary Science Fair and the evening talking to parents about projects. I want to share the journey from setting up getting the volunteer judges to judging and finishing up with the evening events. Getting volunteers sometimes is difficult. Especially [...]
Posts Tagged ‘team dynamics’
Halfway Point
January 24th, 2010 
Steve For most youth hockey teams you have reached or just past the halfway point of the season. What does that mean to you? As a coach is it time to take a short break and look back on the season: Reviewed your progress to your goals. Reset your course to set up the upcoming playoffs [...]
Observations and Leaders – Do they go hand in hand?
October 28th, 2009 Steve Some of my past posts, I have commented on why I enjoy just sitting back and observing. Hell, I even have a category for observations. Why? Time to tie a couple of my blog categories together. Leadership and the power of observation. Successful leaders need to develop and practice their powers of observation. Few [...]
Posted in Leadership, Observations 
Tags: communication, goals, Leadership, listening, motivation, team dynamics, Vision 
No Comments »Leadership Styles – Which One is Your Favorite?
August 18th, 2009 Steve There are probably thousands of different styles out there. When I look at them all I can easily sum them up into 3 styles. Limited supervision – where the workers have much more control and decision making responsibility. Command and Control – much like the military – high level of supervision. Mix – this is [...]
Old Coaches Never Die, Fall Asleep Some – Summer is Almost Over
July 20th, 2009 Steve I was sitting this morning and my mind wandered to my days of coaching hockey! Summer is over and high school starting up again is just around the corner. What does that bring? For us hockey fans – it means another high school season is firing back up. This is the part of the [...]
How Do You Tell Your Manager – Enough Already
July 7th, 2009 Steve Sometimes you feel like – okay, enough already. You have tried to work very hard on developing a strong working relationship with your manager. You have done just about everything you can think of and many of the options from your friends. Nothing seems to be getting through – what next? Confront the situation [...]
Posted in Leadership, Observations Tags: coaching, managing, micro-managing, team dynamics, trust No Comments »Managing Your Manager
July 6th, 2009 Steve The other day I was asked by the person I am mentoring, do you manage up? I thought about that for about 3 seconds, the simple answer is of course. I was told that secret many years ago, by a person that mentored me! Managing up is the best tactic for getting more responsibility [...]
Posted in Leadership, Leading Teams Tags: challenges, Leadership, managing, team dynamics, trust No Comments »Get in the Game – The Office Game
July 1st, 2009 Steve How many times do you stop and think (at work) about the office politics? Do you think it is important? It is all around! When I first started out in the workplace, I had my head down and was under the impression that my work and accomplishments will carry me to the promised land. [...]
Phoenix Coyotes Moving?
May 28th, 2009 Steve This has been in the news for quite awhile. Are the Coyotes moving from Phoenix, are they staying put? The other day, I was approached by some folks at lunch that asked – what is my opinion on the subject. Not to be short on any opinion about hockey, so I gave my dollars [...]
Who Is, Or Should Be In Charge?
May 20th, 2009 Steve The other day I was asked, “How do you get the team to take the lead on their own and produce results?” Definitely an interesting question that I would really like to get other’s impressions and thoughts on. From my standpoint, (I started off doing something that I really gets me frustrated when others do this) [...]
