Be a Better Teammate – How a Positive Attitude Affects You and Those Around You
Many people believe that, with a positive attitude and positive thinking, you can do anything, including be a better teammate.
Tips for Increasing Team Productivity through Healthy Eating and Overall Wellness
Shift corporate culture toward one that values healthy eating and overall well-being. Steps for increasing team productivity could include...
Team Culture – What Employees and Team Members REALLY Want From a Company
While many employers take the time to train employees on job-specific skills, they really drop the ball when it comes to the non-specific skills. The airline industry made a drastic change some years ago when they began training on what the industry calls 'soft skills.' What they found was that employee retention improved and many of the smaller challenges and customer service issues that had plagued them for years went away.
Team Culture – Developing Your Team’s Vision Statement
Most organization’s have a vision statement, but it is often unknown to most employees outside of senior managements. I believe that each and every team within an organization should have a vision statement. It must be congruent with that of the overall organization, yet still be different enough that it truly becomes a vision for the team. This is a critical step in developing a strong and successful team culture.
Teamwork Skills – Maximizing Team-based Service
What kind of opinions do you develop about establishments based on the level of service from just one or two people? These five teamwork skills will improve the opinions others have of your team.
Leadership Development – Three Reasons Why Leaders Fail
It has been said that a leader without followers is out for a lonely walk. I couldn’t agree more. Leadership development is about learning how to lead effectively and productively in order to develop followers. Here are three reasons why I believe that some leaders fail.
Team Culture – The Top 7 Ways a Leader Can Destroy Trust
Trust is the underlying challenge for all teams at every level of an organization. Perhaps we just want to cover our back side, perhaps we are skeptical of others, or perhaps it is simply in our nature; regardless, fostering trust is a key element to creating a winning culture within every team.
Are YOU Part of a High Performance Team?
Sometimes we think we are on the best team ever and other times we think, "Who are these people I am working with?” A major myth about high performance teams is that they are always self-directed. Nothing could be further from the truth. High performance teams are just like any other team.
The Stages of Team Development – Making Individuals Into Team Members
How much time does your organization spend getting their teams in shape compared to the time spent developing technical skills? Always remember that teams are created because an effective group who supports and respects each other can accomplish far more than a single person or group of individuals who happen to work together ever could.
What Is a Team – And Who’s on YOUR’s?
When many people think about a team, they immediately think about typical sports teams such as baseball, football, basketball etc., but track and field is not one of them. What is a team? A quote from the incredible Wilma Rudolph helps us understand the power of a team.