036: Detoxifying Teams with Steve Ritter
Old friend and Team Clock originator Steve Ritter shares his experiences on the key differentiators of toxic vs. healthy teams… and key steps for making the leap.
You’ll learn:
1. Why strategic planning is often a monumental failure
2. The pillars of Ritter’s Team Clock model for successful teaming
3. Common behaviors that cause dysfunction in teams –and how to correct them
About Steve
Steve Ritter has served as a human resources leader, teacher, author, and consultant. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Founder and CEO of the Team Clock Institute, the Managing Director of the Midwest Institute & Center for Workplace Innovation, and the author of Team Clock: A Guide to Breakthrough Teams and Useful Pain: Why Your Relationships Need Struggle. Steve is on the faculty of the Center for Professional Excellence at Elmhurst. He is the former Senior Vice President and Director of Human Resources at Leaders Bank, which won the #1 Best Place to Work in Illinois in 2006 the APA’s Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award in 2010. Steve consults organizations including Kraft Foods, Kellogg’s, Advocate Health Care, the Chicago White Sox, Northwestern Mutual, the Illinois Hospital Association, and Starcom Worldwide.
Items Mentioned
- Team Clock Website
- Team Clock Manual
- Steve’s book, Team Clock
- Steve’s book, Useful Pain
- What to Do When it’s Your Turn by Seth Godin
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