080. Idea - Keys to Building an Engaged Team

How do you build an engaged team?  It can be extremely difficult especially in today's business climate as everyone learns how to move forward with COVID.  The game is changing and Nirpal Sihota brings wonderful insight and wisdom on how he is addressing this and seeing amazing results. He defines an engaged team as when people feel comfortable and confident in bringing their best self to work on everything they do.  As a leader that doesn't happen over night and Nirpal unpacks areas to consider to begin changing the game for all team members, like taking ownership and creating alignment.

Sometimes there simply isn't alignment between parties and he walks through how not addressing that creates friction and at the end of the day sometimes making the decisions to find alternative paths may be best for overall growth. Nirpal is a big basketball fan and connects the dots on how his Golden State Warriors team approaches building synergy in their team and how that has a direct correlation to business. 

This is an information packed episode that will challenge your thinking and taking notes along the way.  Remember you are only as good as your team and being intentional about building the best team possible is critical for success in the future.

Guest: Nirpal Sihota - Director of Industry Sales at Rockwell Automation
Host: Chris Grainger
Executive Producer: Adam Sheets

Resources:

• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni 
• Silos, Politics and Turf Wars by Patrick Lencioni 
• Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni 
• The Ideal Team Player by Patrick Lencioni 

Great quotes from Nirpal:

• "A good manager would actually help get the fire issue resolved and then pull that person's head back up and say, okay, now let's get above those forest trees again."
• "Worrying oftentimes is just planning for the worst."
• "People have to be willing to go ask that question and say, can I learn from you? Can you help me on this?"