How To Survive The Works Christmas Party

Are you going to your works Christmas Party this year? Are you worried that you might do something which you may later regret when under the influence of alcohol? I am attending my own companies Christmas party next week and after having been to a number of these events in the past, I have a number of ideas of what to do and what not to do, ideas of which I will be writing about in this article.

Building Teamwork: Helping Your Team Take Responsibility for Their Results

The end of the year in an organization is often a time of reflection and evaluation. As I look back over the decisions I have made over the past 12 months, I evaluate them to see how they have affected our company and what I might do differently. As I reflect, I am paying attention to that voice in my head that is tempted to blame our failures on other people (or organizations) while taking complete credit for our successes. If I want my team to work together effectively, I have to resist this impulse to assign blame or credit.

Curbing Low Morale

Winning Workplaces' Director of Consulting and Training provides insight into the eternal workplace question: How do you motivate employees and keep them engaged in their jobs?

The Benefits of 2-Way Performance Evaluations

By adopting a 2-way approach to employee evaluations, not only are team members improved, but management is improved as well.

The Seven Characteristics of a High-Performing Team

If you lead a team, you know that the journey to high-performance is ongoing. It's the rare team that achieves high-performance and just stays there. In my business life, whether I've managed a team within an organization, or run my own company, it’s been unusual to keep the same team together for longer than a year. Team members come and go, driven by the needs of the organization and their own career goals. And every time the members of a team changes, the team needs to regroup and refocus.

Building Your Team: Understanding and Appreciating Communication Style Differences

You’ve probably noticed that a good chunk of the world approaches problems, tasks, people, and play differently than you do. If you lead a team, you may have wondered why some people enjoy the camaraderie of team meetings while others suffer through those same meetings hoping they’ll begin on time and end quickly. You may have discovered that the drive to action exhibited by some members of your team is balanced by the need to evaluate or analyze expressed by others on the team.

Cash In On Your Human Capital: Using Personality Type to Optimize Your Team

Can you improve productivity, facilitate effective communication, and create a team that works like a well-oiled machine? You can if you learn how to recognize the resources that are already present in your organization. Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the world's most popular personality assessment, you'll learn how to improve communication, foster teamwork, and increase efficiency for your team.

Simple Steps to Build a Better Team - Part 1 (of 3)

Team building starts with you, the team leader. The way you behave towards your team can make or break it, a fact overlooked by many managers.

Great Teamwork Begins With an R

Teams form around a single common purpose. Teamwork occurs within a team only when there is respect. Great teams evolve around self respect and respect for each other.

'Forming' A Team: What Does It Mean And How Do I Do It?

New leaders often join an existing team with the view that it is already formed and that are simply joining it in an already mature state. It is, however, widely accepted that when a new leader joins a team the team’s development reverts to the forming stage regardless of where it was previously at. The length of time it stays in this phase depends on a combination of the maturity of the team and on the skill of the leader. So as a new leader, how do you recognise the signs that your team has reverted to the forming stage and what can you do to help the team through it?

Opening a Dollar Store - Employee Leadership – Creating a Great Working Environment

One of the biggest challenges associated with opening a dollar store is finding, hiring, training and then retaining good employees. Honest, dependable, customer oriented employees are key to making your business a success. One of the most powerful tools for retaining employees is the creation of a great work environment.

10 Tips to Create an Effective Management Team

A team culture is necessary for success. Working together effectively is not automatic. It takes a specific effort and the development of a culture that is supported by executive management. Shared experiences create unity and value. Knowledge transfer is essential for an organization to grow. Without knowledge transfer and the sharing of success it is difficult for the group to share any vision and work toward common goals.

A Guide To Team Building

A quick and easy guide to team building - giving step by step instructions on how to conduct team building exercises to increase communication, productivity, and trust amongst workforce.