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Attracting (and Keeping) Top Performers
Good people are hard to find, the saying goes. For example, by the year 2000 over 190,000 computer programmer and other information technology jobs will be vacant, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report. (This is now a bit out of date, and although the dot-com bustups and the 2000-2001 recession has eased things a bit, it is still difficult to lure top talent.Read more…Watch the Pontificator!
At the offices of one of my clients there was a fellow who I’ll call “Moe.” Moe was your typical pontificator. At any time we saw Moe he was standing outside of someone’s cubicle or sitting on someone’s office, coffee cup in hand, waxing poetic about the latest dumb decision management made, the idiots that run his division, or last night’s baseball game.Read more…Team Building - Collaborative vs. Competitive
Think back over all the team building sessions that you have attended over the years. There is a very good chance that at each and every one of them the facilitators organised your group into teams. Any that weren't were probably small groups.Read more…Olympic Size Disappointment - Are any of us Really Surprised?
In a nation full of superstars one has to wonder why we fail so often as a team. The Olympic Team did not fail because of the number of gold medals won or lost. The Olympic Team failed because they were anything but a team.Read more…Corporate Retreats: Creating a Culture of Connectivity
There was a time in the not too distant past when people kept their professional and personal lives completely separate. The idea of mixing work and pleasure was considered almost taboo. Not only was this true for individuals but also for companies.Read more…Why Waste Your Money on Team Building?
The words “team building” trigger instant images for most of us. Climbing walls, outdoor settings, group hugs, and of course the kum ba ya jokes.There are reasons why our past experiences were ineffective and a waste of time and money.Read more…Inspire a Vision
In the fall of 1962, President John F. Kennedy spoke at Rice University about the nation’s young space program. A year earlier, in the first year of his presidency, Kennedy had pressed hard for huge expenditures for the program, and he had set a seemingly impossible goal: man would go to the moon by the end of the decade.Read more…A Rose by Any Other Name - But Does it Smell as Sweet?
We use the word team as if it is a one size fits all descriptor for a group of people who just happen to work together. I suppose it is a somewhat stimulating or even motivating title, but with true teams the focus of accomplishment becomes one of successful task achievement while balancing its people and processes, but make no mistake it has mutual accountability to the successfulness of the task.High performance is a discipline.Read more…The Man, The Woman, and The Pig
A man is driving his sports car along his favorite winding road on a beautiful autumn day. He’s enjoying the colorful scenery and the exhilaration of the wind on his face. The car is a fine piece of machinery as it handles the bends and curves like slot car on a track.Read more…Eight Below for Devotion, Loyalty and Teamwork
The feature film, Eight Below, presented by Walt Disney is a wonderful example of devotion, loyalty, and teamwork."The film tells the story of three members of a scientific expedition: Jerry Shepard, his best friend, Cooper, and a rugged American geologist, who are forced to leave behind their team of beloved sled dogs due to a sudden accident and perilous weather conditions in Antarctica. During the harsh, Antarctic winter, the dogs must struggle for survival alone in the intense frozen wilderness for over 6 months.Read more…Super Stars Don't Make the Team
I was watching an interview with Charles Barkley. His basketball career was being discussed. He was asked to rate the great players during his 1985-1990 years.Read more…7 Deadly Sins Of Team Building
What is a team anyway? What purpose of a team can't be accomplished alone? What impact does being a team player have upon your individual career?Read more…There Is No "I" In Team
There is no “I” in team. That is the team player mantra, right? We hear it all the time.Read more…The Motivation Myth
"It is the ultimate management conceit that we can motivate people." — Peter Scholtes, team effectiveness consultant and authorAfter six years at Universal Pictures, Harry Cohn formed Columbia Pictures in 1924. During the following decades he ran the company with an iron fist.Read more…Build Better Teams
We are taught how to sell; to negotiate and read a spreadsheet but in all our training, we are not taught to listen. Surely, you might say, listening is something we do instinctively and yes we do but do we actually hear? Are we listening properly?Read more…How's Your Team Building Spirit?
A hidden element of effective Teambuilding, and seldom discussed, is the mood, or the environment, that exists within the team. A positive and productive atmosphere doesn't just happen, it requires conscious work. The following quiz will help you understand and improve the Team Building atmosphere that exists within your organization.Read more…Team Development - Easier to Start from Nothing?
Is it easier to have a bunch of people that are brand new to a team, or one that you mould from those you inherit?In my business life I only had the latter. An existing group of employees, in each business who I had to work with, from each new day one.Read more…Are Self Directed Work Teams For You?
Team Building Question:What are some disadvantages of self directed work teams?The Team Doc Says…The advantages do outweigh the disadvantages in my opinion, but some of the disadvantages can be: More meetings Teams are made up of groups of people (no secret here!) which requires that they get together often to discuss team business.Read more…It Takes More Than Money To Motivate Team Members
Team Building Question:How do you treat team members who have reached the salary bar and cannot be promoted to the next level just yet? What do you do to keep them motivated?The Team Doc Says…This happens in many organizations due to the workforce getting older and maintaining a large number of veteran team members in the mix.Read more…Build Bridges Not Walls - Employee Recognition
Regular, one-on-one assessments with your staff provide an efficient two-way forum with which to set and review realistic achievement targets, provide feedback on performance, and listen to and consider any problems employees may have. For example, a sales executive may feel that he or she is under performing, when in fact sales targets have been set too high. During the appraisal, these targets could be reviewed and set at more realistic levels.Read more…
Most Recent Articles in Team Building category
- Benefits of team building - By: John Peter
For a corporate company to develop, team building exercises are important because it improves their group skills, communication and bonding. One of the games that can build a team is taking up chocolate challenge. This game is light hearted and requires co-operation, mental and artistic skills. The success of most organizations depends on the ability of individuals to build effective teams. - Have a Cracking Corporate Christmas Party - By: Adam Singleton
Corporate Christmas parties are a great way to end the year on a high and celebrate all your hard work with colleagues. Why not get out of the office and make the evening as enjoyable and memorable as possible. - Team Building Enhances Motivation Skill - By: Shijina Shijina
An organization is required to frame effective team in order to achieve the company goal more successfully. If an organization is looking build a strong team, then at first proper goal setting should be compiles. - Employee Recognition Gift Ideas - By: Angel Cruz
In a company, it's important to recognize employees for their hard work. And what better way to thank and appreciate them, than to give them recognition gifts? - The Top 10 Reasons Your Staff Wants to Quit - By: Tarsem Singh
From an employee's perspective, management often conducts itself in ways that make no sense. When the economy is slow, jobs are few and far in between or people are fearful, staff will tolerate management behaviors and policies that are nonsensical (in their eyes) or they judge are harmful. - Our Top Ten Team Building Exercises - By: Amy Linley
Given the varied personalities, communication skills and personal agendas individual members bring with them to the team, getting your team to work cooperatively can be a challenge. - Custom E-learning Solutions - By: Amjad Ali
About CommLab India is a Custom eLearning Solutions Company based in India. Since 2000, it has been providing state-of-the-art eLearning services to organizations across the world in the areas of Learning Consultancy, Custom Courseware and Learning Technology. Some of our reputed clients are BC Hydro, George Washington University, Kawasaki and Deloitte. We are preferred vendors to some of the Fortune 500 companies like Alcoa and Hill-Rom. - Corporate Training - By: Amjad Ali
With technological strides and encouraged by the need to get the best out of domain experts, corporate training has come to gain its own place in the sun. Organizations now feel the need to move to a high-paced zone of learning speed which is effective to learners and comes at a reasonable price to organizations. This new form of learning now prevalent in companies is called e-learning. For companies seeking big time change, to outsource the learning function is a tried and tested approach. - Helpful Tips to Motivate Your Employees - By: William King
This article provides tips which will help the owner of a business to motivate his employees effectively, especially by interacting with them personally, and by maintaining good working conditions. - The Joy of Collaboration and High Performing Teams - By: Stephen James Joyce
Training that grows people and teams in tandem is the secret of most successful organizations. You are frying two fish in the one pan. Beyond growing the individual the team requires a reason to exist and know its prime function.