Part way during facilitating a full day session with a client the meeting went from great to tense really fast.  Some of the team’s deep-seated dysfunctional ways of operating came to a head.  The vibe in the room tanked.  People didn’t want to be there.  Tensions and emotions ran high.  Though we finished the session, the team was visibly shaken by the end of the day – the wheels had come off the team.

While great leaders look outside their organizations to learn from the mistakes and best practices of others, there is a danger in endlessly searching for that elusive ‘magic bullet’ they feel is missing from their company.