It’s the biggest problem we see at Team Trek. It breeds mistrust. It erodes self-confidence. It keeps us stuck. And, it ultimately destroys teams. We call the problem “prison thinking” – you may recognize it as chronic complaining, blaming and excuse-making. It’s the f...

We start every Team Trek program with a simple question, “Who do you want to be?”

The truth is this question frustrates a lot of people. Americans are a “doing” people. We like to define ourselves by what we do and what we’ve accomplished. That’s because “doing” is meas...

With thirty plus years of experience managing paper mills, I’ve been part of a lot of teams – many successful and a few not. I can tell you it feels a lot better being part of a winning team where every member is focused on their area of responsibility along with confi...

One of the great lessons of life can be illustrated through the words of former UCLA basketball coach, John Wooden: “Play to win with every fiber of your body but never allow your success as a team to be measured or defined by the scoreboard.”
 
John Wooden understood...

Individuals and teams who are afraid to fail rarely accomplish anything big. Bold decisions always come with risk. Great leaders understand this. They embrace change and encourage healthy risk, knowing full well the team will occasionally fail along the way. And instea...