Teamwork Building is not Leadership

In the last couple of weeks, I have run across a number of articles about teamwork and how to build teams ... team building exercises on their followers. A leader encourages a climate where people can grow and learn. A leader doesn't need to rely on exercises like rappelling, hot coal walking, and trust games [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 18:25:17

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Playing follow the leader in the city

In the centre of Melbourne on Friday I saw the most bizarre thing – the group of business people in the photo and a similar sized ... it looked like follow the leader training, I suspect it was part of a bigger program built around team or trust building. Seeing this reminded me of school, which was decades ago, where considerable [more...]

Date: 2009-01-31 19:16:54

hey, cherry. do you belong to the physics club?

Last week, Tool Man was out of town for work, doing whatever it is Major Tool Company representatives do when they leave their wives at home alone ... gathering for a series of trust-building activities and outdoor games. Before he could finish telling ... out "Team Building Exercise '99!!" directly into his ear. Sadly, my glee at this very appropriately [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 03:15:00

Another Round?

How’re you? Have a good weekend? I sure did. Wufniks had a bit of a team building weekend out in the country ... learned team building skills. At the end of the weekend we even had a genuine ice cream social ... . We did trust excercises where one person would fall and the other would catch them. Classic [more...]

Date: 2008-10-19 18:09:37

Fresh Korn: Here's a toast to team-building!

What brings a team together? CSC’s boot camps are legendary. Often teams bring in consultants that help with “team building” activities. Ropes courses are status quo. A little trust-tree action [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 16:14:34

Dazzling divas, electric blues, and outdoor adventures

Today Feel like some stimulating conversation with wine and art? ... leads the Adventure Camp at Harmon Field today. The day will include a variety of trust and team building activities and is offered free thanks to the Polk County Community Foundation. Space is limited [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 22:07:52

Can't We All Just Get Along?

Can't We All Just Get Along? So the bill that everyone was eagerly awaiting.. ... . us. Someone needs to send all these politicians on one of those lame corporate retreats where you do trust falls and team building exercises...where you learn to cooperate and work together [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 16:15:38

Cycling Training Camps: Part 3 - Have a goal and a plan

[This article is Part 3 of a 5-Part series in which BJ will discuss several of the aspects of choosing or planning a training camp ... , team time trialing and even off the bike activities that can help to instill a bit of trust ... you might consider focusing on are: Team Building – This kind of camp involves riding with the folks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:30:11

Social Media Games Are Not For the Office? Says Who?

Shel Holtz has commented recently on yet another report which negates the popular belief that employees can’t be trusted to use social media in ... to think of the overseas conference. Or the team-building day. Or the company dinners, events or Friday drinks. Many employers see these as useful learning and team building exercises. In fact, a lot [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 13:40:33

In Bob we trust

credit: taipeitimes.com (I am not kidding) I want to take a minute of your time to explain something extremely important ... fill the blank). Bob understand that you can’t build a winning team in a building with revolving ... , Saku or Carbo, the real star on this team is the man upstairs. Bob Gainey is one of the most [more...]

Date: 2009-02-27 08:40:00

Trust Fall Disaster

Trust Fall Disaster Posted by IKR on 01/17/09 in Health When I was growing up, I had braces ... , and I have a great smile. It was all worth it. So as part of a class I am taking, we did some team building exercises. One of these was a trust fall. A person stands on a chair and falls backwards [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:10:44

Improv Course Information

Here, as promised, is all the information you'll need to register for the 8 week course I'll be co-facilitating this winter at the Elora Centre for ... 8 weeks of theatre games, team building exercises and trust exercises, as well as, situational [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 05:00:00

Enjoy life

“We want to help our patients remember what it’s like to have fun. We want them to reconnect with life ... communication skills and team building. These might include certain outdoor sports, trust groups [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 13:58:26

Building & Sustaining the Right Team - Mahalingam, Symphony Services

Video thumbnail. Click to play Click to Play Mali started with talking about the challenges of building, ... . He stressed on the importance of diversity of talent. He mentioned how it is important to build trust ... by businesses today. He suggested that instead of just doing formal surveys and benchmarking exercises [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 14:22:05

Just Another Work Day At Go Daddy

Yesterday 13 of us from GoDaddy went up to Arizona Snowbowl, north of Flagstaff, for a day of skiing ... Initiative. Basically, it's team-building and bonding. It was also a lot of fun. However, as it happens, I think I may have lost one of the team member's trust during the event. My friend Guy Ellis [more...]

Date: 2009-02-12 16:19:21

Keeping To Agreements

Keeping to agreements is basically a no brainer to build trust and strong relationship with others. But somehow it can be tough to some people ... booking of my time to support a team building training. Then came another booking that falls [more...]

Date: 2009-03-02 10:45:08

Horsing Around with PTSD

The benefits of animal companionship are well-studied and certainly well-known; ... part of treatment for problems such as post traumatic stress? If Suze Maze and her team of five horses ... the horses to re-build trust with humans as well. This bonding experience can significantly aid the progress [more...]

Date: 2009-02-16 05:36:31

West Point trip should help Flyers bond as a team

The Flyers are heading back to school today. . .actually, the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. for a three-day retreat ... the Flyers will take part in some team-building exercises under the guidance of an Army psychologist ... to get to know one another and develop some trust. “I don’t think you can create a team in two weeks,'’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 23:47:47

Not So Sure About You

Does anyone trust their company's leadership anymore? ... building exercises to shore up trust among your workforce. I wouldn't recommend any of those outdoor ... --including the CEO. They were so supportive in high times, praising the efforts of the company's "team [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 15:50:01

On Building Community At One Private Uni.

A reader encourages us to check out this article about Quest University, a very new private university north of Vancouver BC. Here's a little flava ... consists of team building and leadership exercises, preferably outdoors. Some of the activities today included trust exercises and the raising of a student-made Quest flag (we first had to dig a hole [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 10:54:00

Twittering with the Noahs

It is officially, the entire Noah family is on Twitter ... at a time.  She is a behavioral guru and can understand a person within a single handshake.  Team building ... .  She is book smart, while I am street smart.  I trust no one, she trusts most of everyone.  Tall [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 16:00:58

Jesse Jackson, the El San Juan, Malcolm Gladwell and other assorted book reviews

Vacation is going well. I almost don't think about you at all anymore, at least not as often. The weather has been great. The place ( ... about building trust both internally and externally as a person, a leadership team, an employer [more...]

Date: 2009-02-16 21:52:41

Twittering with the Noahs

It is officially, the entire Noah family is on Twitter ... at a time.  She is a behavioral guru and can understand a person within a single handshake.  Team building ... person.  She is book smart, while I am street smart.  I trust no one, she trusts most of everyone.  Tall [more...]

Date: 2009-02-22 16:00:58

Discovery De-Mystified

In " The Myth of Discovery " Ted Neward complains that the software industry is unwilling to look beyond its bounds for new ideas and innovation ... like a mis-understanding of Lean/Agile principals which focus on building the quality ... : Prejudices Can Alter Team Work and Agile Bonobos ; and the article: " Who Do You Trust ?" Alistair [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 02:11:14

Anatomy of a Successful Graphic Designer’s Website

Having a website is unquestionably the most effective marketing tool you can have as a graphic designer (or any company for that matter) ... to convey that human interaction feeling. This helps in building trust with your clients, which is extremely important. Include information such as photographs of yourself or your team, credentials [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 14:53:50

Melancon Hopes A Big Spring Will Take Him To Majors

From Chad Jennings : Twelve months later, Melancon is back in big league camp, ... a team off of three weeks,” Melancon said. “I think that’s over time and building trust. Hopefully ... favors. Twenty-three years old, with a season and a half of professional experience, Melancon [more...]

Date: 2009-02-14 20:10:00

Antony House / Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects

Architects: Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects Location: London, England Client: The Peabody Trust Design team: Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects; Ellis & Moore (Structural Engineering); Max Fordham LLP (Building Services) Contractor: Sandwood ... for a new building on the estate and a chance to forge a fresh urban identity. The challenge throughout [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 14:00:30

Antony House / Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects

Architects: Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects Location: London, England Client: The Peabody Trust Design team: Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects; Ellis & Moore (Structural Engineering); Max Fordham LLP (Building Services) Contractor: Sandwood ... for a new building on the estate and a chance to forge a fresh urban identity. The challenge throughout [more...]

Date: 2009-01-24 14:00:30

Leading Online - The Future of Virtual Leadership Development

Leading virtual teams requires a unique set of competencies to master in addition to the traditional project management ... Leading in a cross-cultural environment Building and maintaining trust The critical question is how ... leader’s role is to coach new members on strategy, tactics and team agreements while providing [more...]

Date: 2008-08-09 23:12:28

E-mail withdrawal - Day 1

So today was the first day of my “living OUTSIDE my e-mail inbox” experiment . I had very mixed success, but I’m encouraged by today’s results ... out (we are lucky enough to have a gym and locker rooms in our building). Returned to my at 2 p.m. and scarfed ... me to. When you set realistic goals and meet your commitments, co-workers and team mates  trust [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 03:58:43

It’s All About Building Trust

Article of Mark Hordes at Managementsite.com Sometimes “Hard Lessons” are The Best Teacher April 17th, 20004 will be a day I will long remember ... else you mentioned?” “We just seem to like them more, they bonded better with our team, had better ... of the day, I learned a very important lesson about working with clients, It’s all about building [more...]

Date: 2009-02-23 09:07:20

TRUST

I know that I have already blogged about our staff retreat... but this one is just for fun ... been through 6 or 7 team building exercises before we had the opportunity to try the zip line. So... by the time I got there... I was ready to TRUST anybody... or anything... even the harness that I was wearing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 20:26:41

Summer workshops with New Voice Company, Gantimpala Theater

1. New Voice Company , one of the country’s most progressive theater companies and founded by artistic director Monique Wilson, ... and psychological actions, animal work, relationship exercises, and learning how to build a character. Work will also include theater games by Viola Spolin, which encourages trust, being part of a team [more...]

Date: 2009-03-06 16:00:00

Using Free Social Media Tools to Connect With Fans and Save Money

Everyone’s feeling the pressure from this recession and budgets are being cut/tightened ... , if you’re a team. But if you can’t afford to spend any money right now, here are some quick tips ... their goals, such as building new conversation streams, authority, trust and recognition, extending sponsor [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 13:06:48

Immersing in Social Media: How Much is Too Much?

Horn Group has been recognized as an agency that “gets it” when it comes to developing a social media strategy for our clients ... are some tips I’ve found interesting and helpful in building your personal social media campaign ... and the media. On the flip side, would you as a client trust a member of your PR team to sufficiently [more...]

Date: 2009-03-05 17:28:32

Henry Kissinger sent to Russia by Obama: what to expect?

If Henry Kissinger is up to some secret negotiations dramatic results are bound to follow ... . Not the best trust building policies. But what should be done? I think the best approach ... by the brilliant Nixon-Kissinger team towards communist China. (I wonder how the US would have managed [more...]

Date: 2009-02-08 04:31:00

Book Report: Peopleware

I work for a large company. Thus, there are "leadership seminars" with "team-building exercises." I attended one of those ... /people/teams is: Once you learn that you can trust your belayer, you make rapid progress by putting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:21:00

CTF 152 Changes Hands

In this file photo, a boarding team from HMS Montrose (F 236) participates in Exercise Goalkeeper Aug ... security as well as conducted bilateral and multinational exercises with Coalition partners. These efforts significantly contributed to building and maintaining a network of mutual trust and respect [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 16:00:21

Feb 09: A Journey of Trust

  “Trust in the lord with all your heart. Do not depend upon your own understanding ... for the semester, getting spiritually refreshed, and building friendships. It strengthened us individually, as a team, and as a ministry. Please pray that our student leaders would continually see [more...]

Date: 2009-02-19 17:57:49

10 ways to gain and keep the loyalty of your staff

You depend on your team to be productive and reliable so that the entire IT department can be successful. But to get everyone to do their best work, you need to build a relationship of trust [more...]

Date: 2009-03-03 15:10:30

Pushing for a piece of the pier

September 20, 2008 Wind turbines and solar panels, a round-the-clock, drop-in center for gay and lesbian youth, a middle school, a “new Caffe Cino, ... building and operating the 5-mile-long waterfront park, which contains the sprawling, 15-acre Pier 40 ... , after which the Trust would then enter into a period of negotiation with the development team [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 16:29:38

Mystery relic

16th-century pottery found with face resembling the Bard The bearded Tudor face, framed by long hair and a ruff, certainly looks familiar ... of the Bard painted during his lifetime, archaeologists may have beaten them to it. A team working ... theatre when we got this site for our new building, and that was thrilling enough," said Penny Tuerk [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 00:04:00

Notes of an Uzbek Migrant Worker

Anyone interested in migrant labor and ethnic/race relations in Russia, should check out “ Diary of an Uzbek Gastarbeiter ” on Opendemocracy.net ... to go to the Leningrad Oblast to build a house with a team of three people. He had to help a friend. The job would ... Yesinos. They were building a large country house there, and they needed more labour. [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 16:27:25

Nazi nuke

The nazi scourge seems to be continuing undaunted... By Walter Griffin BDN Staff BELFAST, Maine — James G. Cummings, who police say was shot to death by his wife two months ago, allegedly had a cache of radioactive materials in his home suitable for building a “dirty bomb.” According to an FBI field [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 23:22:40

Minutes Madness Continues

A Daily Babble Production If yesterday's game didn't provide the right opportunity for Doc Rivers to rest his star swingmen at the benefit of his ... , outscoring the Celtics 17-2 over a 6:30 span en route to building a 22-point lead that was cut to 18 before ... the team made a concerted push to get back in the game. All that is arguable.  Especially [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 17:00:10

Frugal Living - Treasures and Memories, Frugal Style

Making memories and cherishing our loved ones can be done without spending a lot of money. Utilize a little creativity, focusing on the interests, needs and “likes” of your loved one. What inspires or makes them feel special? Once you’ve started, you’ll find that the littlest things, when least expected (or most needed) make all the difference [more...]

Date: 2009-03-10 14:30:00

In The News Today

Dear CIGAs, I have received advice from Computershare advising that the Direct Registration System (DRS) is now available to all registered shareholders Computershare manages. This includes Canadian residents. Jim Sinclair’s Commentary These guys will never stop writing these garbage credit default derivatives [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 23:14:00

The Celebreality Interview - T-Weed

“I’m a priceless individual, man,” is what T-Weed told us when we finally caught up with him. And you know what? He’s right ... you have. You can have alliances on your team or across teams, but there’s nothing better than using your team as an alliance ... on your undoing, who do blame? Buddha? I wouldn’t say that I had an undoing. My focus was on our [more...]

Date: 2009-03-04 17:25:09

5 Ways to Gain More Value from Your PR Agency

What follows is a guest post by Nicole Jordan , a former client at the Rubicon Project .  Nicole is also a blogger of some renown ... to the request, but also threw in a few kind words for our team! Here’s Nicole: Being ... see them as part of our team. My SHIFT team literally helped be the company’s eyes and ears [more...]

Date: 2009-02-26 01:26:04

FRITZWIRE: What's Going On In DC This Week

You can get the FritzWire weekly here, or sign up and get it every day from Fritz directly.  It's free, it's chock full of all sorts of education stuff -- legislation, events, jobs.  Today's edition includes new stim guidance.  Scroll all the way to the bottom and you'll see there are even restaurant recommendations and online [more...]

Date: 2009-03-09 14:23:27

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