Summary

In this episode, Andy talks with Charlie Gilkey, author of Team Habits: How Small Actions Lead to Extraordinary Results. They discuss how small, often overlooked habits shape team culture and performance. The conversation explores practical approaches for enhancing team dynamics, instilling a sense of belonging, improving decision-making, and addressing everyday 'broken printers' in both professional and familial settings.

Charlie shares personal insights from his military upbringing and passion for team-based success, emphasizing that effective change and leadership start at the local team level. This is a practical and engaging discussion that will help you lead your team to the next level of success.

Sound Bites

"Time in, erodes awareness of."
"Be the teammate you want your teammates to be."
"Belonging is a macro word that includes feeling appreciated at work, feeling like your contributions and perspective matter, that you have moral and functional trust."
"We do it because it's the right thing and because this is how we want to be together and, oh by the way, it has these amazing other benefits."
"I would rather over-index on caring."
"So many families have a daily 'broken printer' that's called the 'getting to school runaround'."
"None of us show up at work and opt-in to the CC thread from hell."

Chapters

00:00 Introduction
01:44 Start of Interview
05:36 The Broken Printer Metaphor
08:43 How We Encourage the CC Thread from Hell
12:21 Team Dynamics
14:56 What If You're Not a Senior Leader?
19:27 Number One Rule of Being a Great Teammate
21:18 Building Belonging Habits
30:14 The Importance of Small Gestures
38:34 Applying Team Habits to Families
44:48 Wrap-up
45:24 Andy Comments After the Interview
50:17 Outtakes

Learn More

You can learn more about Charlie and his books at ProductiveFlourishing.com. Contact Charlie to learn how to buy a box of books for you and your team.

If you’d like more on this subject, check out:

Episode 366 with Michael Timms about his book on accountability
Episode 252 with Marcus Buckingham about the episode we discuss in this interview, and
Episode 342 with Krister Ungerbock, who uses the term TalkSHIFTS instead of habits. Though the terminology is different, the ideas are complimentary.

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Music: Echo by Alexander Nakarada
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