Today, we have a special episode featuring three Altus Principals, all co-authors of the Altus book Growing Groups into Teams.

Dan Winter, Steven E. Jones, and Kobe Bogaert chat about learnings on leadership from the first season of Missing Conversations episodes. In today’s conversation, we cover:

• Why learning is a leadership practice that should never end.

• How the enemies of learning can interfere with positive organizational change.

• The importance of being open to the things you know you don’t know.

• How paying attention to listening opens up real learning.

• Why engaging with your people on a personal level is critical to turning a group into a team.

About Dan Winter

Dan works with successful leaders around the world facing their most challenging situations to generate fresh insights and innovative approaches to reach new levels of results. His diverse, international clients have leveraged his deep expertise in coaching, team and organization development, strategy, and culture change to thrive in dynamic markets and create high-performing, inclusive cultures as they capitalize on global opportunities.

About Steven E. Jones, PhD

Steven is an executive coach, advisor, and consultant who inspires and guides leaders in the US and around the world to navigate cultural transformation across systems. He partners with executives and their teams to build organizational cultures that increase value, improve lives, and expand the capacity of communities to achieve outcomes that transform challenges into opportunities. Steven combines wisdom, care, results-based leadership, and generative distinctions to engage the whole person in building practices to thrive.

About Kobe Bogaert

Kobe works with senior executives and leadership teams of private and public companies in the US and Europe. With the Altus Growth partners team, he guides technology, biotech, distribution, manufacturing and professional service companies through strategy development, executive team development, high stakes conflict resolution, leadership development, organizational culture and business process development. Kobe’s ability to question client assumptions allows them to experience extraordinary growth for themselves, their teams, and their organizations.

About the book, Growing Groups Into Teams: How do you turn a group of individuals into a highly effective, productive team? Growing Groups into Teams is an unusually useful book written by a team of generative consultants and coaches that has helped thousands of groups become effective teams.

Through real-life stories combined with pragmatic advice, this book strengthens your ability to see what’s needed and take effective action:

• What two promises turn a group into a team.

• How to engage people to make those promises.

• How to invite responsibility and accountability.

• How to include and inspire people across differences.

• How to build and rebuild trust, and more!

Regardless of how productive your teams are today, the insights in this book will help you grow to the next level to drive your business or organization forward. Order your copy today!

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