Building High Performance Teams

Your managerial success is tied to your team. Teams are the most valuable resource of an organization. The times of lone leadership are over with Alexander the Great. These are the times of the team leadership. If you can build a successful team and work as the leader who is just a little more equal than others you may be able to pull off everything you do with great success.

Six Indispensable Benefits of In - Service Training for Your Business

In growing your business you may be looking in many directions for stimulus, ideas and pathways for development. But have you considered looking inward? If you have a small (SBE) to medium-sized company (SME), INSET or In-Service Training can provide for both immediate and long-term benefits for your company or business. Here are six indispensable benefits of in-service training you can start reaping now:

Four Reasons to Set Group Goals Collaboratively

We need set goals for our groups/teams or the larger organization. While we may instinctively know that we should include people in the creation of goals they will be working to achieve, too often the press of time and the lure of expediency leaves leaders setting the goals, and simply sharing them with those charged with achieving them.

Team Building - Everything Your Parents Did Not Tell You About Trust

What doest trust really man? This essential building block in human interaction that can either make or break your most important and precious relationships.

What if Your Company Spent More Time in Team Building?

They call it Organization Capital in the world of academia and many Universities even offer courses on it. You can learn about organization capital in personnel management classes, human resource degree programs and even if you are going for an MBA.

Slap in the Face Recognition

You can'be build an effective workforce by insulting your employees, and yet it goes on. It’s amazing what stress and pain can be inflicted by managers who are ill-equipped, ill-advised and ill-prepared to deal with social interactions and situations in the workplace

Ignorance Could Be Your Salvation

Instead of bluffing our way through problems, quite often the best way to handle a situation is to confess your ignorance. You might just hit a homerun.

How to Build an Office Team

Help wanted: professional, flexible, dynamic, well-organized, accurate, self-starter, independent thinker, upbeat, energetic, multi-tasked, experienced team player. A lot to ask of any individual, especially one who has not played on any team since softball in the third grade!

Coping with Difficult People

I read recently that toxic people make up about ten percent of the population and cause over 50% of all relational damage. For our own well-being and the well-being of those we care about we must learn how to cope with these toxic people at home, at work and at play.

Random Word Brainstorming

Traditional brainstorming has the effect of limiting creativity. The random word process forces the mind to dig deeper. Intuition is stimulated, and creativity flows.

Fun In The Workplace

Observations around town. Good and bad places to work.

Team Building Exercises - Choosing the Right One

A step by step guide on how to select the best activity for a team building session - including how to avoid the most common mistake that people make.

Motivating Employees: Steps For Successful Staff Motivation

Motivating employees is an important task that companies need to be aware of at all times. While staff need to be self-motivated to begin with, there are certain things companies can do to increase employee motivation and make them feel empowered.