Seven team building activities for retreats
Retreats (aka conferences and offsites) often start with a get-to-know-others activity (See my post of Sept ... a dose of team building. Here are some examples from my consulting experience. Team cooking (such as by Team Cuisine in Massachusetts) lets members of a law department do something together [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 16:53:05
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I was recently at a company meeting and realized only the department heads took center stage. They covered a lot of great info, but it got boring ... nicer to see some new faces. All of their team members were in the back, and only one leader gave a shout-out to her team. Whether you're having a sales rally or a client meeting, make sure to include [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 20:54:00
Production Supervisor - Multiple Roles
Our client a leading multinational company with a significant presence in Ireland now has a vacancy for an experienced Production Supervisor in their ... developing /maintaining a viable plan incorporating hiring, training, capacity-modelling, efficiency ... / Housekeeping at a high level within the department through the involvement of all team members [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 09:49:30
Working from home in the downturn
If you could increase staff productivity and save thousands, even millions of pounds in overhead, depending on your company size, you would, ... in the insecurity of managers who may feel more comfortable with more of their team members around them and among ... out over a whole day in an office, in to focused, productive chunks, free from office [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 10:56:57
How to Hire the Right Person
A method to make sure I hired the “right person” is something I wanted desperately in the early years of my small business, ... all I could about it ( which wasn’t much — most of the team building information is geared towards big ... unlucky with others. I had some great team members, and others who embarrassed me in front [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 04:10:56
Virtual Teams
by Pat Lencioni When I speak to audiences about teamwork, ... have become so second nature, we too often assume that a team member’s physical location makes little difference in the effectiveness of the team. This, of course, makes no sense. After all, no family [more...]
Date: 2009-03-01 04:08:01
Praise His Name
Today it was Lori's turn to host the sketch challenge over at Paper Craft Planet, and I think she came up with a fabulous sketch! ... be tricky, but Susanna Boyd and the design team members have been working hard at changes that will make it easier to navigate. There are so many great groups that you can join, where a lot of challenges [more...]
Date: 2009-03-08 04:34:43
New social media consultant sought
The short version: We are inviting applications from consultants at senior and mid-weight levels to join our growing team of specialist social media ... of significant pieces of work which this new team member would’ve - in an ideal world - helped ... of our needs. We were building here at NixonMcInnes is a hybrid consultancy offering clients a range [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 15:15:22
Woes?
Wooooo!!!I have had enough coffee to write this one entry. The other entry took quite a bit out of me. That and listening to FM (radio) ... you for your cooperation.***I giggled, almost. I laughed. I ran to thank the SheBoss who made her team member print ... (previous one). It was classic bonding over a sad exchange of loo-woes! I tore it off and told [more...]
Date: 2009-02-18 19:23:30
Teamwork Involves Everyone In The Workplace
by Bart Icles Teamwork begins at the top, most of us will set back and nod our head as people and training organizations tell us that teamwork is ... is willing to accept ideas from any of its team members, no matter what position they hold ... if the technology department would be a team or if our Human Resource department would step it up together. We [more...]
Date: 2009-03-07 22:14:59
More on 121s
The real pupose of 121s is to build a relationship. An honest, robust, respectful constructive relationship ... and every team member. Once self interest is understood we are in a position to make agreements that work ... to believe.” Ken Blanchard Posted in 121s, communication, culture, leadership, management, one to ones [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 07:41:42
White men cant jump!
First days on mission trips are always unpredictable especially when team members are arriving at all different times from all over ... has been an exception to every assumption I had coming into the week. The team of students I have is truly top notch. I have never taken a team somewhere where I have total confidence and trust in each and everyone [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 20:44:31
Recession and Real Estate: Where do we go from here?
These stressful economic times make already-challenging decisions even harder. Is this a good time to buy? What if I also have a home to sell? ... sells. The other important member of your team is a reputable lender. “The laws have changed ... as you might think. Get a free copy of your credit report—everyone is entitled to a free report [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 21:20:49
Enfatico Layoffs
We will not comment on this developing story until we get official word from the Advertising Agency. We have been hearing “several . ... with your manager, leadership team member, or directly with me. I value your perspectives ... -Edit This was just published on their blog — To the Global Enfatico Team: Today, we announced [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 18:25:40
Affective business
Getting the jump on your competition is as simple as knowing what your customers want. If so, empathy, not just innovation, is crucial to success ... resources brought to the challenge were significant in both cases. What makes a company deliver a bravura performance one day and fall flat the next? Empathy. As one member of the team confided [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 16:46:36
I Need 20K Please
cash_pile As you all know my main job is at Lookandtaste and that is a project that is growing rapidly and now employs 6 people with more staff ... . I have however noticed a great opportunity out there for a business and identified key members of the team ... , building Internet sites, dealing with finances, video skills or business development [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 15:38:09
Bridging Communication Gaps
In pt.1 of building a successful dev team we looked at a very practical way that we can enhance the value of our dev team by writing code that ... foundational piece of a strong development team. Where skill, and resources may come up short, if strong ... easy to use and update by other members on our team… In this article we are going to touch [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 14:01:35
EffectiveUI’s New Executive Team Members
Over the last four years, I have been incredibly fortunate to watch our company grow from Andy, Drew, and myself to more than 100 people ... they have with our team. Rebecca FlavinI am very pleased to announce Rebecca will take on the challenges of chief ... . It’s been a tough but exciting road… “bootstrapping” has had its challenges for sure. During [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 21:00:28
Communication is the key
I agree with you. Using the latests tools doesn't guarantee success. You should always look at which problem you try to solve first ... . If it's uninteresting, you won't get the team to use it anyway. Often, only having great communication between team members and all the stakeholders will be better than all the process tools [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 09:43:24
How do I - train my team without a budget?
There is no escaping the reality that the credit crunch has led to budget cuts. The vast majority of businesses are looking to cut overheads ... Williams provides ideas for training your team when the budge has ben cut….Unfortunately, the training ... with developing what. If your team members are not used to training, it is often best to ask people [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 08:12:52
Islamic subversion alleged by speaker
By Brian Mosely A former FBI special agent told law enforcement and Homeland Security personnel that a network of Islamic organizations are ... as a member of its SWAT team. After 9/11, he worked in the Bureau’s Washington Field Office’ ... said that federal leadership is reluctant to act against these Islamic organizations due to political [more...]
Date: 2009-02-18 17:58:43
Capability, Skill and Interest
From Working Leadership Online : Question: Why do we constantly have to correct workers? Why don't they just do the task lists given? ... be in the systems. Response: Whenever I observe an underperforming team member. I always ask ... to some training and practice? Is their underperformance due to a lack of interest? Are they simply [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 13:16:44
Information tells - Benefits sell
Is your Website or Salespage Persuasive? Dear Friends and Partners in YORGOO, Two more signups and we are at 68.000 Team members - yet another fantastic benchmark reached! Congratulations to all ACTIVE Members ... your Daily Tasks and building your Network. That’s simply YORGOO! Why is the YORGOO Website [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 15:38:13
Characteristics of an Athlete
Imagine yourself as a member of a competing team in an international competition. You are carrying your country's pride - her name and honor, in fact! ... have to develop promptness not only during the games but also during workout. Team building is essential ... . Your team has won. Hurray! The trophy is now in your hands! Teary eyed, you raised the cup [more...]
Date: 2009-02-06 14:16:00
Social Media Expert: How long does it take to become one?
So I was reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book The Outliers the other night and he goes into a discussion about Violinists and on how long it ... in your field”. Members of my team will recognize this from their goal setting with me as I often ... (one of the hardest working people in Social Media I have ever met), have the luxury of practicing [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 12:27:00
Dev Diary: Dark Athena's Martin Annander On The Polishing Phase
If you've been reading our site much the last few weeks, you'll know we're pretty excited about the April release of The Chronicles of Riddick: ... master, the last remaining team members, sweating by their coffee-stained keyboards, are trying to fix ... point to a future task and say, "This will be our major hold-up." Working as strictly as everyone [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 15:00:00
SkillSoft Leading High-performance On-site Teams 1.0
This content is replaced by the course "Leading High-performance On-site Teams" , Course ID: team_01_a02_bs_enus ... . Successful on-site teams are characterized by clear direction, team member trust, and... For more information please visit Bonus Program [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 21:31:00
Scrapbooking, Contests, Calls & Events
Creatively Yours - Fabulous Fifties Feature Noella Arsenault, site owner and sketch artist at Creatively Yours, has reached a milestone ... , you will be able to enjoy the creations of ALL our CY Design Team Members as well as those of our CY ... Anniversary Party! You are all invited! It will be a month long party filled with challenges, games [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 13:19:46
Is HTS headed for end-of-lifecycle?
I’ve filed my story on the Human Terrain System–I’ll link to it when it’s published. But I filed just as some interesting related news popped up ... staffs. This “build a new empire” proposal is based on the assumption that staffs are generally ... Press has begun a series on Michael Bhatia, a Human Terrain Team member who died in Khost Province [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 21:03:15
Coaching Skills Training: How Can We Make A Case For Coaching (Two)?
By Matt Somers This article - a follow on from previous pieces - continues the examination of the business case for coaching and helps those ... in one building building, it is now typical to find staff dispersed across a number of locations. This may mean ... of the world. You may have members of your team who have an entirely different work pattern to [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 00:02:51
From the Whens-day archives
I was very involved in boy scounts when I was a teenager. Someday I’ll post more on that as there are many interesting stores to tell ... lodges” (regional groups) have is a Native American dance team (we used to call it an Indian dance team…but that was a while ago). My brother and I both were members of such a team for the Langundowi [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 12:19:04
Predictions for 2009 (Part II): The Bad
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting...Last time in our predictions article, we talked about ‘The Good‘ ... or retreat to safe-but-tired re-runs? Will the games industry buck the trend and prove resilient ... waiting in the wings to be pulled? Has it already been pulled secretly? Certain members of the team [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 03:29:30
Information tells - Benefits sell
Is your Website or Salespage Persuasive? Dear Friends and Partners in YORGOO, Two more signups and we are at 68.000 Team members - yet another fantastic benchmark reached! Congratulations to all ACTIVE Members ... your Daily Tasks and building your Network. That’s simply YORGOO! Why is the YORGOO Website [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 15:38:13
Information tells - Benefits sell
Is your Website or Salespage Persuasive? Dear Friends and Partners in YORGOO, Two more signups and we are at 68.000 Team members - yet another fantastic benchmark reached! Congratulations to all ACTIVE Members ... your Daily Tasks and building your Network. That’s simply YORGOO! Why is the YORGOO Website [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 15:38:13
Information tells - Benefits sell
Is your Website or Salespage Persuasive? Dear Friends and Partners in YORGOO, Two more signups and we are at 68.000 Team members - yet another fantastic benchmark reached! Congratulations to all ACTIVE Members ... your Daily Tasks and building your Network. That’s simply YORGOO! Why is the YORGOO Website [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 15:38:13
Finding Peace At Work And In Life: 8 Simple Strategies
by Lydia Hurlbut and Christiane Holbrook Imagine how great life would be if you could gain more support for you business building efforts ... on your team would be pitching in to help! Life would flow in balance. Implementing a few changes ... such as a virtual assistant or web designer are invaluable team members that allow you to get more done [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 20:36:35
"An Offered Kindness"
Last Friday, regular readers of CT's Liveblog know I posted about Rick Warren's offer of assistance to Anglicans who are about to lose their church ... , we offer them space, out of gratitude, to the churches that helped us before we got our own building ... other congregations as competition, but as team members in the Great Commission. Helping other [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:42:56
Choosing CompTIA A Plus Training 2009
Computer training for CompTIA A+ covers four specialised areas - the requirement is exam passes in just two sectors to reach the level of A+ ... fault-finding and diagnostics - both through hands-on and remote access, in addition to building ... that you could be a part of. Being a member of a team working on breakthroughs in technology means you’re [more...]
Date: 2009-02-21 16:42:28
Reducing Your Consulting Psychotherapy Sessions, or: Stop Paying Us So Much
There’s a line from the animated Comedy Central show Dr. Katz that used to run in the 90s … a patient wonders aloud to the psychiatrist ( ... on making consultants work for you. Is This a Website or a Data Integration Project? You want ... meetings and own set of core team members that may or may not overlap. Get that new project started [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 23:05:36
Punkaj's Letter
Dehradun, India-Nicole Friedland, Interplast chief development officer. Photos by John Urban ... from Punkaj's letter to the volunteer translator and team: "You and all your team members are very nice [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 22:42:11
Collaboration Is A Leadership Development Skill
by Bart Icles Today, businesses all over the world are getting smarter and more skilled employees ... when it comes to an organizations development of leadership. You probably already know for yourself ... or manager can create an atmosphere where members of a collaborative team value and listen to each other’ [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 11:49:44
Story-Centered Design
Overview The title of this article is Story-Centered Design, but what it really concerns is taking an integrated, ... does not require technical knowledge from team members, and all are encouraged to participate ... for a number of reasons; stories help in defining a shared vision within the team, communicating [more...]
Date: 2009-02-21 20:34:54
Vacantes de Empleo - JAVA-J2EE Specialist
NetworkersMSB Global Recruitment Services is looking for a JAVA-J2EE Specialist for a permanent position in Dominican Republic ... with software platform team members and participate in project team evaluations for software [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 03:33:39
Pune’s too expensive, outsource to Nashik - Interview of Sushrut Bidwai (StartupForStartups)
Nashik based StartupForStartups (SFS) is marketing itself as a “facility to help early stage companies with limited resources to build first cut of ... them to pursue these ideas further. In some cases none of the founding team members are from tech ... taking the risk of quitting (high paying) jobs. It gives you more insight into product you are building [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 01:52:27
‘Muskoka School’ Project Groundbreaking!
Great excitement and anticipation yesterday as team members from the Trailblazer Foundation ( www.trailblazerfoundation.org ) ... with a simple shovel! String is already laid down determining the division of each classroom. Trucks come ... representatives and members of the Trailblazer Foundation. This school-building project is a collaborative [more...]
Date: 2009-02-11 04:47:00
No Designer is an Island
When I talk about design processes at conferences, I often meet people with design process problems. Some have troubles with a stakeholder, others with bosses, or team members, maybe a client ... and a greater sense of ownership throughout the whole team. With this ownership comes [more...]
Date: 2009-02-25 08:58:10
Collaboration: An Important Leadership Development Skill
by Bart Icles Today, businesses all over the world are getting smarter and more skilled employees ... when it comes to an organizations development of leadership. You probably already know for yourself ... or manager can create an atmosphere where members of a collaborative team value and listen to each other’ [more...]
Date: 2009-02-13 09:16:20
Computer Career Retraining in 2009
by Jason Kendall Due to the vast selection of computer study programs available on the market today, ... and innovative industries that you could be a part of. Being a member of a team working on breakthroughs ... . Technology, computers and communication on the web is going to dramatically affect our lives over [more...]
Date: 2009-03-07 21:52:05
Remove Your Horizontal Space (Muda)?
Jean in the mini-kitchen at Rally headquarters. Jean has been doing a series of posts (What is with all the Agile process overhead? ... at iteration level managed by team member in Rally and elaborated every two weeks at iteration planning ... . We built Rally to make that uncomfortable - to try and discourage that. Rally focuses you and [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 18:44:48
The Recruiting Decathlon
In recent discussions with recruitment leaders, they have conveyed their frustration around motivating/encouraging their team members to implement new recruitment tools and techniques learned from reading articles, blog posts, recent training ... s an example of a contest you could implement with your recruitment team to help improve their sourcing [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 09:52:29
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