Relevance Enneagram A Tool for Finding Value in Work

In order to improve individual effectiveness and team processes; that result in increased productivity & people who LOVE the work they do. People MUST be properly matched to the role that fits them. This is accomplished in examining 5 areas;

Accountability to the Team; When does that happen?

Step 4 in building high performance teams is Accountability; accountability to the “how work gets done” accountability of the people on team, the team itself, and the organization to the team. Breeding a commitment to accomplishing the goals/tasks.

Gossip in Teams Changes Your View of the Team

With a person, department or manager gossip changes the way we view the person being gossiped about while at the same time altering the effectiveness of ourselves, teams, and organizations to be successful.

The Best Team Building & Leadership Provider.

Continuing with the goal of making teams and leaders better here are some resources that will help you in working with your team or team building & leadership provider. Plus ways you can assist the team in connecting what is done in the program to the workplace.

New Door to One Word Team Building Activity

Here is an opening activity that I use in DiSC Workshops. The purpose is to open the understanding of perceptual awareness and that we all existing epistemic beliefs about ourselves, others, and our organization. By having people go through this exercise then talking about how we are our own blocks to communication and improved performance will create some “a ha” moments.

What Makes Leaders & Teams Better?

What are the right action steps to take for a successful team? I have been pondering this question for several weeks now. Is it logistics, Fishbone charts, 8D Problem Solving, 6 Sigma Projects, training programs, Gen x workers Gen y workers – millennials, baby boomers etc… Are you prepared for a successful team – many … Continued

Quality Tools to Discover Solutions: Nine Windows

Nine windows is often used in TRIZ (The theory of inventive problem solving) to explore solutions to a problem in a context of past present and future. Exploring the solution as a system is vital in breaking psychological constipation.

Managers Add Value By Setting the Context

For people to effectively work as a team, there is a requisite need for understanding and knowing the background context in which they are operating. Once there is understanding of the context + background of the work then each person can use their initiative to complete their own work and contribute to the teams work, with certainty that they are within the guidelines and expectations for doing great work.