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Feb 8, 2016
Some Final Thoughts
Maybe you were able to laugh at your team a little too, as you recognized behavior that described it pretty well. All teams experience...
Feb 4, 2016
Reason 10 – Ideas to Try
They Involve You in Team Building Exercises Some key questions to ask yourself and your team. Basic, really important ones: Will this...
Feb 1, 2016
Reason 10
It’s inescapable. Sooner or later someone will inflict a team building exercise on your team. You will survive a mythical plane crash in...
Jan 28, 2016
Reason 9 – Ideas to Try
They Make You Work with People You Can’t Stand Some key questions to ask yourself and your team. Basic, really important ones: Have we...
Jan 25, 2016
Reason 9
Of all the reasons to hate work teams this is one of the most obvious and the least talked about. We all have people we can’t stand. How...
Jan 22, 2016
Reason 8 – Ideas to Try
They Take Months to Make a Decision That Could Have Been Made in Minutes Some key questions to ask yourself and your team. Basic, really...
Jan 18, 2016
Reason 8
This fate awaits any team that is bound and determined to apply every team tool and toy ever invented. Fresh from the latest team...
Jan 14, 2016
Reason 7 – Ideas to Try
They Require You to Make Decisions by Consensus Some key questions to ask yourself and your team. Basic, really important ones: Is...
Jan 12, 2016
Reason 7
The word ‘consensus’ probably has about as many working definitions as the word ‘participation’. And about as many problems associated...
Jan 7, 2016
Reason 6 – Ideas to Try
They Force You to Brainstorm Some key questions to ask yourself and your team. Basic, really important ones: Are we ‘stuck’? Would a good...
Jan 5, 2016
Reason 6
Okay, without judging any of your ideas and building on those you have already made, jot down all the reasons why the thought of another...
Dec 24, 2015
Reason 5 – Ideas to Try
They Generate Tons of Extra Work for the Team Leader Some key questions to ask yourself and your team. Basic, really important ones: What...
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