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The Lagging Team
Most teams don't fall behind because people stopped caring. They fall behind because the job changed and the team's operating agreement didn't. The Lagging Team is for leaders whose teams got left behind — by a reorg, a new boss, a technology that rewrote the playbook overnight, or a change nobody explained. Host Dr. Devon Morris is a doctor whose research focuses on teams: goal commitment, learning agility, resilience, and how groups adapt when the ground moves. He's also a Certified Scrum…
Episodes
The Lagging TeamAdmitting It Isn't Agreeing With It
Acknowledging and agreeing get used as if they mean the same thing. Acknowledging is about a situation: that could be true, let's check. Agreeing is about who…
The Lagging TeamWhat Are You Carrying Into It?
A team gets called behind long before anybody proves it, and once that word lands, people start working like it's true. Nicole Morris has spent more than…
The Lagging TeamNothing Changed But the Reward
Commitment and compliance get used as if they mean the same thing. Commitment persists when nobody is paying for it. Compliance persists exactly as long as the…
The Lagging TeamIt Never Sticks
A transformation can look done and be gone six months later. The deck was fine. The team drifted back to the old way of working, and the signs showed up there…
The Lagging TeamIn the Loop Is Not in the Room
Informed and included get used as if they mean the same thing. Informed means a decision reaches you. Included means you were there while it could still go a…
The Lagging TeamNew Boss, Same Team
A new boss walks in and nothing changes on paper. Same title, same duties, same team. But the agreements the team was operating under quietly evaporate, and…
The Lagging TeamFine Is Not a Status
Every team says fine. On a survey, in a one-on-one, in a stand-up, it looks the same whether the team is thriving or gave up months ago. This Sidebar takes one…
The Lagging TeamNobody Asked the Team
Katrina L. Coker has walked into team after team where the job had already changed: a new tool nobody chose, a lift-and-shift that turned into a full rebuild…
The Lagging TeamNobody Checked Who Set The Date
Slow and behind get used as if they mean the same thing. Slow is a fact about a team: how long it takes to turn an idea into something somebody uses. Behind is…
The Lagging TeamThe Harder You Work, The Behinder You Get
"Behind" is not a measurement. It is a judgment somebody made against a standard somebody set, and the first useful question is who set it. Chris Sims has…
The Lagging TeamSomebody Takes the First Hit
Resilience isn't a trait; it's a resource, something a person spends and something that can run out. This Sidebar takes one line from Tuesday's conversation…
The Lagging TeamLeft Behind Isn't Evenly Distributed
When a team falls behind, everybody doesn't fall the same distance. Somebody catches the first hit, and whether the rest of the team feels a stumble or a…
The Lagging TeamThey Delivered. Nobody Saw It.
A leader says the team hasn't shipped anything in months. The team has been quietly preventing disasters nobody asked them to name. Both are telling the truth…
The Lagging TeamFalling Behind Is a Position, Not a Verdict
He drove four hours to get to work. He hadn't been to a training in seven years. And that same year, the company he worked for was named one of the best places…
The Lagging TeamStaying Isn't Choosing
Turnover is down. Nobody's quitting. Every leadership team in the country is reading that as good news. This is a sidebar — the Thursday format, dropping early…
The Lagging TeamThe Theory Is Usually Wrong
When a team falls behind, the leader almost always has a theory about why. I asked Brandon Raines how often that theory turns out to be wrong. He didn't…
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The Lagging Team — Trailer
The Lagging Team is a weekly video and audio podcast for leaders whose teams got left behind by change. Hosted by Devon Morris. Interviews on Tuesdays…