#teams

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 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 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...