What do thriving teams have in common?

How good are your relationships? | What do thriving teams have in common? | Go beyond problem-solving to be a strategic leader Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( July 29, 2019 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( [SmartBrief on Leadership]( Innovative Ideas. Ahead of the Curve. [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [FORWARD](  [] Leading Edge [] [How good are your relationships?]( Leaders can improve team performance by asking themselves whether they're focusing on listening, appreciation and other aspects of relationships -- and how they're acting to improve those qualities -- writes John Keyser. "A problem is many assume their relationships are fine -- and they are not," he writes. [Common Sense Leadership]( (7/24) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [What do thriving teams have in common?]( Team members can thrive when they have leaders who provide constructive feedback, a positive workplace culture and allow them the right amount of independence, writes John Mattone. [John Mattone]( (7/18) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Strategic Management [] [Go beyond problem-solving to be a strategic leader]( The best strategic leaders go beyond problem-solving and seek long-term change, write Jeffrey Schwartz, Josie Thomson and Art Kleiner, who outline seven stages of such growth. "The habits developed over a lifetime, and not just at work, combine to help build a sense of your true self, the identity you seek to realize, because it is closest to who you want to be in spirit," they write. [Strategy+Business online (free registration)]( (7/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( Growing Cineworld’s vision. 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"[U]nderstanding that vulnerability and authenticity is how you're going to operate helps create a workplace where people are more likely to be authentic as well," he says. [Know Your Team/The Heartbeat Podcast]( (7/24) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Daily Diversion [] [Former prisoner seeks redemption in true-crime writing]( Matthew Cox went to prison for committing mortgage fraud but is seeking to redeem himself by writing about the crimes of his fellow inmates -- a job that led to one prisoner getting his sentence overturned. Now, Cox is seeking his own redemption, trying to sell his stories to TV and movie producers. [The Atlantic]( (8/2019) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Most Read by CEOs The most-clicked stories of the past week by SmartBrief on Leadership readers [] - [Being micromanaged? 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