Building Teams with TEAMES & CO

Last Thursday was DisruptHR New Orleans., The theme of the night was the Future of Work, and there were 10 thought provoking presentations. Among them was our CEO, Tracy Eames. This week, she shares her experience presenting, enjoying the event, and simply loving the city for a few days.  Tracy’s presentation was “Redefining Leadership: Soft Skill or Strategic Imperative”. 

A brief summary would be -  Let's face the truth together: leadership is anything but soft. It is quantifiable and directly influences your company's bottom line. So why do we often dismiss it as a soft skill? Because tackling the complexities of leadership is daunting, and it's easier to brush it aside. When leadership is undervalued, organizations miss out on achieving goals, struggle with high turnover rates, and face a lack of employee engagement—a costly combination. But what if we shift our perspective on leadership? What if we empowered leaders in a new way?  We will reframe leadership and discuss how leaders can unlock growth, foster effective teams, and cultivate a winning organizational culture. Don't miss out on this opportunity to revolutionize your approach to leadership and drive tangible results for your company.

Show Highlights:

• Highlight (00:48) - For those of you not familiar with DisruptHR,  Tracy describes a quick overview of DisruptHR and how the events are structured. 
• Highlight (01:32) - We dive into a bit more about the DisruptHR NOLA event specifically, and the tremendous work of the organizing team!
• Highlight (03:39) - Tracy dives into the theme of her presentation and the importance of thinking about leadership strategically vs as a soft skill. 
• Highlight (08:28) - Tracy shares a few tips about how to build Strategic Leadership within your organization. 

Related Links:

• Learn more about how TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered teams that deliver results at https://www.teamesandco.com/
• Follow TEAMES & CO on Facebook  LinkedIn, Twitter (@teamesandco) and Instagram (@teamesandco)
• Want to watch the podcasts on video visit TEAMES & CO on YouTube.

Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of TEAMES & CO. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by TEAMES & CO. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

Our podcast is edited by Nodderly (www.nodderly.com). A huge thank you to their team for the great video, audio and editing support!

In this week’s episode, Tracy Eames, CEO of TEAMES & CO shares a bit of behind the scenes of a day in the life of TEAMES & CO. Today we are sharing a behind the scenes look at  a trip we took last week with the Asheville Chamber of Commerce. Each year our Chamber hosts a trip to a host city to support learning, exchange of ideas, and best practice sharing. This year I enjoyed a wonderful two days in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, where I was able to sit in on various panel discussions, learn about the King Street Business Improvement District (BID), and explore the city of Charleston with fellow leaders from Asheville. 

Show Highlights:

• Highlight (01:40) -Tracy kicks off with a bit of background about the 2024 Intercity trip hosted by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, and why we are talking about it. 
•  Highlight (04:18) - Tracy talks about the range of panel discussions starting with learning about how airports are planning for growth, and the various customer segments that they are taking into consideration as they expand. 
• Highlight (5:45) -  We continue to dive into stakeholders as we learn about tourism and how both Charleston and Asheville are aiming to provide an exceptional experience for both visitors and residents. 
• Highlight (7:34) - Tracy shares a bit about the group’s exploration of Charleston and their visit to the International African-American Museum
• Highlight (8:40) - Day 2 was all about city strategic planning and the King Street Business Improvement District (BID). Tracy shares her learnings about the stakeholder engagement and experience in what seems to be a very successful initiative: the King Street BID. 

Related Links:

• Learn more about how TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered teams that deliver results at https://www.teamesandco.com/
• Follow TEAMES & CO on Facebook  LinkedIn, Twitter (@teamesandco) and Instagram (@teamesandco)
• Want to watch the podcasts on video visit TEAMES & CO on YouTube.

Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of TEAMES & CO. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by TEAMES & CO. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

Our podcast is edited by Nodderly (www.nodderly.com). A huge thank you to their team for the great video, audio and editing support!

In this week’s episode, Tracy Eames, CEO of TEAMES & CO covers a topic that everybody is asking about: Should my team be virtual or in-person? We walk through key questions leaders should be asking themselves, and how great leaders should be able to transcend location. The answer has shades of gray, but our goal is to share a framework with you that can help you and your team choose the best model for you. 

Show Highlights:

• Highlight (01:01) -Tracy kicks off with the 3 criteria that we find helpful when you are making a decision about work location. 
•  Highlight (02:11) - Tracy raises why you may not have a location challenge, but really a leadership gap. 
• Highlight (03:17) - We chat about the importance of values and having a clear mission that your team can rally around no matter their location. 
• Highlight (5:45) -  Why knowing each person’s role can help you create a personalized approach to your work environment decisions that can also support team success. 
• Highlight (9:12) - How your decision on in-person vs virtual can also help you offer “benefits” that your team values.
• Highlight (11:37) - Tracy talks about why stepping out of your role as a leader and connecting with your team can help you answer this and other big organizational questions. 

Related Links:

• Learn more about how TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered teams that deliver results at https://www.teamesandco.com/
• Follow TEAMES & CO on Facebook  LinkedIn, Twitter (@teamesandco) and Instagram (@teamesandco)
• Want to watch the podcasts on video visit TEAMES & CO on YouTube.

Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of TEAMES & CO. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by TEAMES & CO. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

Our podcast is edited by Nodderly (www.nodderly.com). A huge thank you to their team for the great video, audio and editing support!

In this week’s episode, Tracy Eames, CEO of TEAMES & CO is talking about how to help your teams achieve wins. All too often in our companies we operate in silos. These silos create friction between our teams and decrease our ability to reach strategic objectives. Today we are sharing a few tips and best practices about how to achieve strategic wins with your cross-functional teams. 

Show Highlights:

• Highlight (01:40) - Tracy introduces why we are talking about cross functional team success. At TEAMES & CO we work on a lot of projects, but specifically, often a CTO or CIO is hiring us to help them figure out how to launch, an app or a website. These digital product launches require a high level of cross-functional collaboration, so we thought we would share a few best practices. 
•  Highlight (03:00) - Tracy shares why the way many leaders set goals today actually creates more friction than progress for cross-functional teams. 
• Highlight (04:39) - Why having a cross functional mindset can make you a better leader. 
• Highlight (5:50) - How can leaders model the behavior that they are looking to see from their teams. 

Related Links:

• Learn more about how TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered teams that deliver results at https://www.teamesandco.com/
• Follow TEAMES & CO on Facebook  LinkedIn, Twitter (@teamesandco) and Instagram (@teamesandco)
• Want to watch the podcasts on video visit TEAMES & CO on YouTube.

Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of TEAMES & CO. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by TEAMES & CO. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

Our podcast is edited by Nodderly (www.nodderly.com). A huge thank you to their team for the great video, audio and editing support!

In this week’s episode, Tracy Eames, CEO of TEAMES & CO is talking about optimizing your strategic planning process. Do you ever feel like you are always strategic planning? You start in August, and you have customer discovery, stakeholder surveys, data reporting, program/product assessments as you start creating forecasts for what next year could look like.

And that usually ends up being a 200 tab Excel file, right. There is the forecast and the reforecast and the re-reforecast and so on down the line. And this takes a lot of time, right? It usually takes most of our Q3 and a lot of our Q4 because we sit in meeting rooms, especially the senior leadership.

The worst part is that if you are setting strategy in Q3 & Q4, it means you are not setting goals until midway through Q1, and you are already behind the ball. How are teams expected to execute on the annual plan if they do not have goals until March. 

Today we talk about how you can streamline this process and help your teams be set up for success at the beginning of the year. 

Show Highlights:

• Highlight (01:01) -Tracy sets the stage for how annual and strategic planning is typically done at companies and why this causes a problem. 
•  Highlight (03:07) - Tracy shares how an planning process that is not optimized has a trickle down effect on goal setting and execution. 
• Highlight (05:19) - Time for Best Practices - Tracy shares a few best practices about how you can optimize your strategic planning process. 
• Highlight (8:35) - How companies stunt their growth with too many priorities
• Highlight (10:53) - Not only will your team need goals, but do they have development plans? How creating these help you get ahead of the game.
• Highlight (13:13) - What could annual planning look like in a company poised for growth?

Related Links:

• Learn more about how TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered teams that deliver results at https://www.teamesandco.com/
• Follow TEAMES & CO on Facebook  LinkedIn, Twitter (@teamesandco) and Instagram (@teamesandco)
• Want to watch the podcasts on video visit TEAMES & CO on YouTube.

Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of TEAMES & CO. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by TEAMES & CO. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

Our podcast is edited by Nodderly (www.nodderly.com). A huge thank you to their team for the great video, audio and editing support!

In this week’s episode, Tracy Eames, CEO of TEAMES & CO is talking about how cross-functional alignment can help you achieve more impactful strategic results. This is part of our series on how to help leaders accelerate their growth and build empowered teams.  Our goal is to share a few of our best practices and how we think about it, in an effort to help you grow your business. 

In this episode we will talk about prioritization and how doing less can help you achieve more, the “Come Back meeting “ and want it is, and how simple processes can help you accelerate your speed to market.  Overall our key goal is to help you set organizational priorities so that your teams are aiming for company success vs success for each functional area. This will help you avoid silos and the in-fighting that destroys progress. 

Show Highlights:

• Highlight (01:35) -Tracy shares why many organizations do not reach their strategic goals. 
•  Highlight (04:03) - Tracy shares an example about how not having a clear priority and vision food success can lead to team friction. This example will be loved by CTOs/CIOs as it covers launching a new digital product or platform. 
• Highlight (06:07) - Why having multiple visions for success can lead to cross-functional team friction and a slower process. 
• Highlight (8:24) - The Come Back Meeting  - What is it? Why should you have one? And what does it achieve?
• Highlight (12:23) - Why say ‘no’ to smaller items that can distract the team, and how to keep people from working on them. 
• HIghlight ( 13:04) Why a sign off process is not micromanaging, but rather the process that will help ensure priorities do not shift every week. 

Related Links:

• Learn more about how TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered teams that deliver results at https://www.teamesandco.com/
• Follow TEAMES & CO on Facebook  LinkedIn, Twitter (@teamesandco) and Instagram (@teamesandco)
• Want to watch the podcasts on video visit TEAMES & CO on YouTube.

Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of TEAMES & CO. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by TEAMES & CO. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

Our podcast is edited by Nodderly (www.nodderly.com). A huge thank you to their team for the great video, audio and editing support!

In this week’s episode, we welcome the Million Dollar Connectors to the show. That is right, four coaches all in one show. We have:

•  Tracy Eames, CEO of TEAMES & CO
• Courtney Teasley, CEO of emeffen
• Melissa Well, CEO of Got AGency
• Ceria Woodrit, CEO of Soul Liberation

Today we are talking about Frameworks and Strategy. Melissa and Ceria are our resident experts on setting up your business framework, and your strategy for success. Courtney and Tracy are asking them questions, and helping pull out all of their great insights for our listeners.  Are you starting a business? Maybe trying to grow your business? Tune in to learn more about setting a strong foundation for your success. 

Show Highlights:

• Highlight (01:11) - Melissa Wells jumps in to talk about setting new milestones in the New Year. 
•  Highlight (06:43) - Meliss explains how a framework is like the foundation of your house, and why every business owner needs on. 
• Highlight (08:36) - Courtney shares an example of her first framework and how it helped her scale her offer.
• Highlight (9:43) - Ceria Woodrit brings us all back to frameworks and how it helps provide focus for your work.
• Highlight (14:06) - Tracy jumps in to share how frameworks can help us filter out what we won’t do. 
• Highlight (19:03) - Ceria and Meliss share more about their program that helps entrepreneurs build their frameworks. What they can expect and how they structure the program. 
• Highlight (25:53) Melissa reminds us that frameworks can be used in business, but also to help people plan their careers. 

Related Links:

• Learn more about Million Dollar Connectors at www.milliondollarconnectors.com 
• Follow the Million Dollar Connectors on Instagram and YouTube.
• Follow our guests at: TEAMES & CO on LinkedIn,  emeffen at www.emeffen.org , Got Agency on Instagram  and Soul Liberation on Instagram.
• TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered teams that deliver results at https://www.teamesandco.com/
• Want to watch the podcasts on video visit TEAMES & CO on YouTube.

Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of TEAMES & CO. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by TEAMES & CO. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

Our podcast is edited by Nodderly (www.nodderly.com). A huge thank you to their team for the great video, audio and editing support!

In this week’s episode, Tracy Eames, CEO of TEAMES & CO is talking about Customer Discovery.. We have received lots of questions about how we think about customer discovery, and thought we would share a bit more about our approach, along with some tips and tricks to get you started!

Show Highlights:

• Highlight (01:36) -Tracy does a quick refresher on what is a Net Promoter Score and why you should have one
•  Highlight (03:00) - Tracy shares how we kick off customer discovery with a few tips and tricks to get you started. 
• Highlight (06:22) - Why you should not only interview your customers, but watch them use your product or a prototype.
• Highlight (7:02) - Mapping your customer’s journey and why it matters.
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Related Links:

• Learn more about how TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered teams that deliver results at https://www.teamesandco.com/
• Follow TEAMES & CO on Facebook  LinkedIn, Twitter (@teamesandco) and Instagram (@teamesandco)
• Want to watch the podcasts on video visit TEAMES & CO on YouTube.

Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of TEAMES & CO. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by TEAMES & CO. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

Our podcast is edited by Nodderly (www.nodderly.com). A huge thank you to their team for the great video, audio and editing support!

In this week’s episode, Tracy interviews Courtney Teasley, CEO & Founder of emeffen. Courtney is a business coach for the overqualified woman, an attorney, and author of the “The Easy Way to Learn your Rights” book series. 

Show Highlights:

• Highlight (03:17) - Courtney shares her incredible journey from attorney to professor to author to business coach. She touches on how she helped get a judge elected, and her incredible work to support the D.A.M.M community and help end mass incarceration. 
• Highlight (17:29)) - We chat about the importance of creating a level playing field. In both business and civics knowing the rules empowers people to deliver results and create shared solutions to challenges. 
• Highlight (23:10) - Tracy & Courtney discuss the importance of social entrepreneurship and how it can be an agent for positive change. 
• Highlight (41:35) - Courtney shares her passion for business coaching and why knowing your strengths is so important. 

Related Links:

• Do you want to learn more about emeffen?  Visit www.emeffen.org
• YOu can follow Courtney Teasley on Instagram @thecourtneyteasley or find her on LinkedIn
• Learn more about how TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered teams that deliver results at https://teamesandco.com/
• Follow TEAMES & CO on Facebook  LinkedIn, and Instagram (@teamesandco)
• Want to watch the podcasts on video visit TEAMES & CO on YouTube.
•  Related Podcasts: The TEAMES & CO Growth Assessment 

Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of TEAMES & CO. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by TEAMES & CO. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

Our podcast is edited by Nodderly (www.nodderly.com). A huge thank you to their team for the great video, audio and editing support!

In this week’s episode, Tracy Eames, CEO of TEAMES & CO is celebrating the 5th anniversary of TEAMES & CO. She takes a bit of a walk down memory lane and shares a few exciting thank you offers for the audience. Today is a bit of a celebration for us at TEAMES & CO, so we are refreshing everybody on how it all got started and how we help clients grow.

Show Highlights:

• Highlight (02:12) - Tracy thanks the TEAMES & CO audience and announces some special surprises coming your way! Follow us on  Facebook and  LinkedIn for updates throughout the week. 
• Highlight (03:00) - How and why TEAMES & CO was founded.
• Highlight (05:10) - Why do clients work with TEAMES & CO to accelerate their growth and minimize pain points. 
• Highlight (6:22) - What is the TEAMES & CO Assessment and how does it work? Tracy highlights our 3 key pillars of growth (Connecting with and delighting your customer, Setting and Executing an ambitious strategy, and building and empowering results driven teams).
• Highlight (14:34) How does the TEAMES & CO Growth assessment empower leaders to create meaningful change. 

Related Links:

• Learn more about how TEAMES & CO builds effective and empowered teams that deliver results at https://www.teamesandco.com/
• Follow TEAMES & CO on Facebook  LinkedIn, Twitter (@teamesandco) and Instagram (@teamesandco)
• Want to watch the podcasts on video visit TEAMES & CO on YouTube.

Views expressed by guests are their own and may not reflect the views of TEAMES & CO. Mention of particular products or services and participation of a guest does not imply an endorsement by TEAMES & CO. The information provided is for educational and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as professional advice.

Our podcast is edited by Nodderly (www.nodderly.com). A huge thank you to their team for the great video, audio and editing support!