by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
‘I really want to use my skills’, the interviewee said. You’re heading for trouble, I thought. Clare was a freshly minted graduate in a smart black suit with the most sparkling résumé I had come across all year. She had achievements in sport and...
by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
Teams are where the work gets done In this 1 minute video Marcus Buckingham nails a big part of the productivity problem. Every company has its org charts and its hierarchical structures and its management trees. These are drawn up and set out neatly in colored boxes...
by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
What if there was no management staircase? Now I’m not talking about the organization that distributes the mail. I’m referring to the work environment that comes into play when authority (i.e. management) is no longer needed. So why am I even raising the...
by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
Do you ever feel like the organization can’t make up its mind on what it wants to be? Consider your favorite sports team. They fire a manager after a losing season and bring in a new person to instill discipline. The team still doesn’t win, so they fire...
by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
Subcultures hide in plain sight When an organization’s predominant culture fails to connect with its employees, there is huge danger. If team members don’t want to work in that culture, they will create a subculture. This will often be a locus of...
by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
Is it lights out or a new dawn for the oil industry? A recent article on oil industry website OilPrice.com relates how millennials are turning their back on the fossil fuel industries. Oil and gas are bad for the planet and the industries are not nearly creative...