by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
It may be that you’re already successful and you’ve reached a plateau. Your job is easy and you can put on a good performance without even waking up. But something inside you is burning to achieve something valuable while you still can. You just...
by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
9.4 million square kilometres of sand. A featureless landscape almost devoid of life. The graveyard of travellers for thousands of years. We all know there’s nothing interesting about the Sahara desert, don’t we? Look again. Scientists are now using...
by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
So let’s review the situation. You hired competent, highly qualified staff with good experience. You checked out their CVs. You did everything right. But now you find you’re already behind plan and your competent staff are performing at only half...
by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
In about a week’s time we mark the centenary of one of the most awful battles of WW1. More than 100,000 young men had been highly trained in the skill of walking across a muddy field to get closer to 100,000 other young men and kill them. All of these men...
by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
What exactly does it mean to socialize an idea? Why is it important? When should it be done and by whom? Over 20 years ago, as a young sales rep for IBM, I remember my highly successful manager saying, “You need to spend more time pre-greasing your sales if you...
by Ciaran Nagle | Method Teaming Blog
As we enter summer, I am sure that most of you will agree there is a season for everything. How long that season lasts varies considerably but things will ultimately move on and change. This applies to our people and our teams and yet how often do we try to...