What do jet engines and work teams have in common?  If either generate too much heat, they will self-destruct.  Aeronautical engineers found a surprising way to adapt their engines so they could handle more heat and operate at higher capacities.  Today we’ll look at three ways to apply their approach to leadership, and boost our own team performance.

Notes and Resources:

• Prefer to read?  Here’s the full postBoosting Team Performance: 3 Ways to Make Your Team’s Engine More Powerful
• Simon Winchester’s book The perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World is a fascinating look into man’s pursuit of the ultra-precise.
• My Book Notes on Jim Collins’ Good to Great looks at the leadership behind the truly great companies; these people are not at all what you might expect as leaders.
   

Quotable: 

“The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.”  - Harvey S. Firestone

“Cool deliberation followed by determined action is the key to success in leadership.”  - Ken Downer

“Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.”  - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Related posts: 

Rapid Deliberation: 7 Ways to Hit the Target While Under Stress

Delegation, Part 2: What to Delegate?

Who’s Your Second? Are We Really Leading, or Just in Charge?

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