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Tag: Teambuilding

  • The Secret to Great Team Performance May Surprise You [Podcast]

    The Secret to Great Team Performance May Surprise You [Podcast]

    The way we have done business in the past–it’s not going to work in the future. The world is volatile, complex… There’s rapid change. We have to change ourselves. It’s not making a change with tech or tools, it’s about the soft things: thanking people, helping them articulate the mission, helping them with careers. We have…

  • How to Build a Team Like the NBA

    How to Build a Team Like the NBA

    If you know me, you know I’m not a sports person. I don’t watch. I don’t follow. It’s not that I have some strong dislike for sports. It’s just that when I stopped doing them in high school, I lost all interest. I can watch them, if I am at a live event or if…

  • Introducing My TeamType

    Tomorrow is the first day of March, and I hereby designate March as National Teamwork Month. Yes, I have randomly declared 31 days as my own unofficial holiday. No, I won’t change my mind. Why? Because we all need a good reminder of what the power of teams can accomplish. And what better way to…

  • Team Difficulties-Why is this so hard?

    I’ve talked here before about teams and what makes them work (or not). Have you ever stopped to think about why it’s so difficult to get teams working in the right direction? Different people want different things from their work. Different personal styles/personalities. Interpersonal communication preferences. Power struggles and competing agendas. Politics. Lack of participation.…

  • The Biggest Killer of Teams Is…

    I have been studying the performance of several teams both within and outside our organization, and over time I have seen one key predictor of success or failure for team performance: community. When community is lacking, or in more common terms, when the team members don’t have care and concern for each other, failure will…

  • 4 Necessities for High Performing Teams

    Great teams can propel organizations to new levels of success. Today we’re looking at how to improve team performance with an approach that has proven results across a spectrum of cultural, geographic, and generational challenges. A few years ago The Orange Revolution was written by Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton. The book focuses on great…

  • 3 Tips for When to Hire An Employee

    I’ve struggled with this for a long time, but knowing when to hire an employee is a key skill to have. We’ve been growing steadily in recent months, and the pressure has continued to increase. In just a few short weeks, I’ll have my first employee (part time, but better than nothing!) to help keep…