Stewart Leadership Insights Blog

3 Indications Your Team is in the Renewing Phase

By Daniel Stewart

April 29, 2022

Team Development, Team Building, Teaming for Success

a group of executives standing in a circle with their hands meeting in the middle

Renewing is a phase that nearly all teams experience. It’s a point in team development that some change has occurred, and this kind of change can disrupt team dynamics with small ripples or full tsunamis, depending on the type of change.

Evaluate Your Team's Communication Skills With These 4 Questions

By Peter Stewart

March 02, 2022

Team Development, Team Performance, Executive Teams, Teaming for Success

diverse business team working around conference room table

Did you know that collaboration is a key factor in priming our brains for success when working with others? While it’s no secret that successful teamwork requires successful communication, the full impact of a collaborative, communicative...

4 Questions to Unify Your Senior Team

By Peter Stewart

February 14, 2022

Team Development, Team Performance, Executive Teams, Teaming for Success

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As an individual contributor, every member of your senior leadership team is probably a rockstar. Those rockstar characteristics likely made them stand out as candidates for senior leadership. But sometimes, individual contributors have trouble...

3 Questions to Measure the Morale of Your Team

By Peter Stewart

January 07, 2022

Team Development, Team Performance, Teaming for Success

Over the years at Stewart Leadership, we have noticed a pivotal element of team communication: people tend to support or defend what they helped create or decide. Employees that have a stake in their teams will feel like their actions matter. Team...

2 Essential Ingredients in Launching a Successful Team

By Peter Stewart

January 05, 2022

Team Development, Team Performance, Teaming for Success

energetic senior leader engaging with team

Have you ever worked on a team that seemed chaotic from the start? One where no one seems to know what the team is meant to accomplish, or how the work of the team impacts the larger organizational picture? You aren’t alone.

The 5 Phases of Teaming

By Peter Stewart

December 13, 2021

Team Development, Team Performance, Teaming for Success

executive team working around conference table

Collaboration and teamwork are integral in today’s business environment. The evolving nature of remote and in-person work can make team building a challenge for even the most effective leaders. Teaming is an ongoing, action-oriented process of...

5 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Remote Team

By Daniel Stewart

November 01, 2021

Team Development, Team Performance, Remote Leadership, Teaming for Success

looking over shoulder at team on laptop screen remote work

Teams can feel beaten down for any number of reasons. Perhaps they’re coming out of a particularly busy season, or maybe a leadership shake-up has given rise to feelings of instability and anxiety

9 Traits of an Ideal Team Member

By Daniel Stewart

May 31, 2021

Executive Teams, Teaming, Teaming for Success

Business woman smiling at camera holding documents with team behind her

For the past few decades, we have conducted an activity with teams we consult, train, and coach called “Ideal Team Member.” Over the years, leaders have shared the attributes they look at when selecting team members and what characteristics they...