Team Leaders Responsibility in Team Building
When the management team documented the responsibility they could compare that to the authority of team leaders and we changed how the work got done, leading to people working differently.
10 team dynamics for high performing teams
There is a bunch of knowledge of what works with team building. This list highlights what happy and productive teams do that sets them apart.
Change in Companies and Teams is Not Only Possible it is Inevitable
If a team seems un-movable, don’t just push harder and scream about how obstinate they are being…resistance is futile. Use the inevitability of change to slightly shift their shared perception from stuck to change.
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.
What makes high performance teams?
To be effective on an ongoing basis, teams need to be integrated within the existing structure of an organization.
Team Building Assessing Accountability and Authority
Team Building happens when the team has a shared purpose (goal) and the accountability of the team, team leader and team members is defined, shared and known. As this is shared and known each person has the necessary knowledge and ability to do their best work and be a fully contributing team member.
Team Building Agenda: Kick-off Program for IT Leadership Team
Occasionally I create a Team-Building program agenda that is good enough to share. Below is the Day-1 ‘Kick-off’ program to 4 months of work I will be doing with an IT Leadership Team. The kick-off is meant to be fun and informative, plus allow me to determine specific areas and strengths that I can offer to the Directors over the next 4 months in coaching and consulting meetings.
Team Building and Leadership Development in Pittsburgh PA
I got to spend a day team building with Mon Yough Community Services (MYCS), outside of Pittsburgh PA.
Sports Teams Are NOT Work Teams
When someone tells me how Football or Baseball or Hockey or choose your sport are great example of organizations and team-work. They made interesting points and I politely listen, and still don’t really care about sports.
Sometimes I feel Like Team Building is Sweet Frosting on a Shit Cake
This is a very honest post, about the struggle that I deal with in trying to make teams and leaders better. If we are to really make your organization function and achieve high performance, we need more than window dressing, recreation and placing Fish stickers on the wall. Bromides of – team excellence, Good-to-Great, Management By Objectives, etc… That we have all heard and wondered, what does that mean?
Systems-Drive-Behavior if you are seeing outcomes that you don’t want then we must examine the system that created that behavior. This will force you to face what you believe vs. what is the evidence, and one of those has to win.