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💼 When the Deadline Approaches… To achieve results, team members depend on each other. Under pressure to meet deadlines, delivering input on time becomes even more critical. Ironically, it’s that very pressure that often triggers a counterproductive trap: 👉 They try to help each other… only to make matters worse. […]

For teams to function effectively, two basic skills are essential: the ability to make clear proposals and the ability to build on each other’s input. But how do you develop these skills as a team?  One approach I’ve found particularly valuable comes from Holacracy. It includes a structured meeting method […]

When I first started as a team leader, I believed that rewards were key to driving performance. It made sense—surely some team members needed that extra push? But Daniel Pink’s book Drive, combined with my experience as a team coach, taught me something different: 🎯 External rewards can actually reduce […]

In today’s high-speed work environments, teams face enormous pressure to deliver—fast. Ironically, in the rush to be efficient, many teams fall into a counterproductive trap: 👉 trying to handle multiple things at once. And that’s exactly when they get stuck. 🚧 The Invisible Block: Multitasking at Group Level Picture this: […]

Interpersonal dynamics hold the power to either drive collaboration or create friction. Transactional Analysis (TA) provides powerful tools to understand and transform these dynamics, empowering teams and organizations to foster healthier relationships and enhanced productivity. As the owner of Empoweryourteam, I specialize in helping leaders and teams break cycles and […]

The value and scientific foundation of personality type tests came under fire last week in the Netherlands, following Lubach’s hilarious episode: I decided to investigate—is it really all pseudoscience? Does that make these tests completely worthless, or is there still a way to use them effectively? Here are the scientific […]