066: How Creating Strong Bonds Creates High-Performing Teams, with Andrej Baranek

Looking to create a strong bond with your team?  

In this episode I sit with Andrej Baranek, a Vice President of Strategic manufacturing and tenured leader of global teams. We discuss Andrej’s leadership journey as he shares several useful tips and advice for creating high-performing teams, including an initiative he launched during the pandemic called “Sparkles of Curiosity”. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS  

• Building a Bond – how a simple carpool became the catalyst for building strong bonds (5:40) 
• ‘Sparkles of Curiosity’ – a non-work-related initiative that brought colleagues together through learning about one another (15:31) 
• HBR Article – Ferguson’s formula (17:41)
• HBR Article – How will you measure your life? (19:44) 

LEADERSHIP RESOURCES  

HBR Articles:  

• https://hbr.org/2013/10/fergusons-formula 
• https://hbr.org/2010/07/how-will-you-measure-your-life