#team

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 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 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 22, 2015

Reason 5

This is a classic problem faced by teams with little experience in operating effectively or by teams formed simply because the...

Dec 15, 2015

Reason 4

Surprisingly, this isn’t necessarily bad. If your boss is honest about the fact that a team is needed to do something and then outlines...

Dec 7, 2015

Reason 3

They Make Everyone More Stupid Amazing isn’t it? You put eight bright people into a room together and their collective intelligence sinks...

Dec 4, 2015

Reason 2 – Ideas to Try

They Think They’re Solving World Hunger When They’re Really Just Making A Suggestion For Dinner Some key questions to ask yourself and...