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Category Archives: Training
Saxophone player Joe Lovano on the magic of leading and following
In the liner notes to Bird Songs, his album of reimagined Charlie Parker songs, Joe Lovano had this to say about playing with his band UsFive (which included bassist Esperenza Spalding, the ‘new artist’ that beat out Justin Bieber):
“We try to play from many points of reference, leaving space for each other to contribute to [...]
Also posted in Music, Team Building Tagged Esperenza Spalding, following, Grammy, Influence, Influence: The Power of Persuasion, influencing, Joe Lovano, Joe Lovano quote, Justin Bieber, Leader Quest, leadership, leading, Music, strengths-based leadership Comments closed
GRPI Model: An Introduction to the GRPI Tool
The GRPI model is a tool used by teams to increase the effectiveness of their team development, for better project management and many other areas. Developed by Richard Beckhard, the GRPI tool is simple enough to be memorable with enough depth to be useful again and again in a variety of situations. If your team [...]
Posted in Training Tagged Beckhard grpi model, collaboration, collaborative team, collaborative team building, corporate team building ideas, effective team building strategies, GRPI, Grpi checklist, GRPI model, Grpi model example, Grpi model six sigma, Grpi model teams, GRPI tool, lean team building, Quixote Consulting, Rob Fletcher, six sigma team building, systems thinking team building, Team Building, team building activities, Team building activities for work, team building collaboration, team building collaboration tools, team building exercises, team building exercises for work, team building team work activities, team building team work exercises, Team collaboration, Team Collaboration Quest Comments closed
What happens when you don’t have enough time – Jimi Hendrix and less than an hour
The Wind Cries Mary, Stone Free, Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) and more – what do these Jimi Hendrix songs have in common?
In the liner notes to Experience Hendrix (a Jimi Hendrix anthology) there’s a common theme. Before they were big, producer Chas Chandler sunk his savings into the band. He believed in them. However, there [...]
Also posted in Music Tagged freedom of limits, Jimi Hendrix, limitations, limits, not enough time, The Time of Your Life, time management Comments closed
The 5-Minute Workout
Here are some ideas for short (5 minutes or less) workouts. Two general principles are in place here:
Multiple muscles – You get more bang for your buck time-wise if what you do addresses more than one muscle group. And the bigger the muscle the more benefit you get from using it.
Hold It – Do anything [...]
Also posted in Play Tagged 15 minutes a day, 5 minute workout, exercise, FIve minute workout, life expectancy, Office Yoga, Passion, Persistence, resiliency training, Resiliency: Five Keys to Success, yoga team building Comments closed
Strong Management: Strengths-based Manager Training and Team Building
“On high-performance teams, people say they call upon their strengths more than 75% of the time.” – Marcus Buckingham, author of First Break All the Rules
How engaged are your people? Research shows that employees stay with or leave their manager, not their company. An employee’s engagement depends almost entirely on two things: whether [...]
Also posted in Purpose, Strengths Tagged First Break All the Rules, Manager development course, manager team building, manager training, Marcus Buckingham, Quixote Consulting, Rob Fletcher, Strengths based, Strengths based management, strengths manager training, strengths-based manager, strengths-based team building, strengths-based training, Strong Management, Strong manager, strong manager training, Strong managers Comments closed
Listening to the Dissonance – Pat Metheny plays Ornette Coleman
“Let Your Life Speak” – Parker Palmer
I saw jazz guitarist Pat Metheny’ perform recently in a beautiful old theater in Great Barrington, MA. It was his Orchestration tour [link to my blog post about it] so it was just him on stage with a huge wall of percussion behind him, all ready to be mechanically [...]
Also posted in Music Tagged Bright Size Life, Broadway Blues, Conflict Quest, dissonance, Orchestrion, Ornette Coleman, Pat Metheny, Quixote Consulting, True Communication Comments closed
It’s all about communicating a feeling: Allison Krauss on recording with Robert Plant
“I’ve always believed I could get a better vocal by re-singing it, or manufacturing a vocal by putting together multiple takes. But I was wrong. When you sing an entire song in a single pass, you capture something that can’t be repeated. It’s all about communicating a feeling.” – Allison Krauss, on recording the Grammy-winning [...]
Also posted in Passion Tagged Allison Krauss, effective influencing, Influence, Influence training, Influence: The Power of Persuasion, Influencing skills, Raising Sand, Robert Plant Comments closed
President Obama or Mitt Romney? The more optimistic candidate will win