Is it Useful to the team? If not then STOP IT!
You follow advice from someone or are convinced that X is useful, and Y did X so therefore it will work for me.
That makes sense. Until you do it and it does nothing.
MindSpin Team Building Activity for Brainstorming and Solution-Finding
Working with a corporate team to identify new product and service ideas, we quickly found the team falling victim to group-think. Following a short break, the people returned to find stacks of index cards at their table and the MindSpin guidelines on a Flip Chart.
Steps to High Performance Teams
For managers, team leaders and team members to accomplish team goals a model that is visual and prescriptive is needed. Allowing everyone to see where the team currently is, what to do next, and what to do if the team becomes stuck.
6 Questions to Define a Teams Purpose
A team can be effective only if the teams purpose is important to the organization. When a team’s purpose isn’t important, the team members have little commitment.
Forget about Positive Thinking it is time for Positive Action Application to Team Building
Having a team in a new environment or working in a familiar environment in a new way, involved in team building activities and discussions. Will cause the team to behave As-If they are a team and the positive sides of team work will emerge. Evidenced through processing of having shared goals, systems-of-communication, people laughing, ideas being listened too and considered, etc…
Manager you are NOT a Mind-Reader
Stop the madness! As a manager / team leader you are paid to do everything possible to help employees be as successful as they need to be.
Believing that you are successful and you know what others are thinking is self-destructive behavior.
11 Promises from a Team Building Consultant
Organizations, teams, and people really want to do their best work.
In a workshop or consultation or coaching meeting we can create a system-that-drives the desired behaviors. BUT when people go back to their workplaces that’s when the real learning and system change takes place.
Management and Team Leadership Is Telling People What To Do
The next time you find your staff and work team not doing what they are supposed to do. Ask yourself and your team Do you know what you are supposed to do? If the answer is no, tell them and you will be amazed at the results and at your talent as a manager and team-leader.
Managerial-Leadership is a Social Exchange Relationship
It is not just a matter the manager’s saying ‘Do this it’s what you’re paid for!’; it is requisitely a matter of saying, ‘I want this task done and I am assigning it to you; I am accountable for assessing the outcome.
Management Coaching and Development. Situation, Objectives and First Meeting Plans
Coaching and development for 5 high potential managers. Currently the managers are struggling with a change in their role. Their direct manager is noticing a lapse in time for responses to customers and project members, poor delegation of tasks and prioritization of incoming and outgoing work, plus increased signs of stress with the employees.