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Author :: Peg Kelley  |
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| Article Title :: How To Encourage Ideas From Your Team At Meetings |
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| You’re at a meeting with key staff. You want some new ideas to address
the topic. Looking around at this group of creative, ambitious, bright people, you say, “Let’s get some fresh ideas on this. Who’s got something?”Suddenly,you feel like the high-school teacher who has asked a
question about the homework no one did. People find their notepads
fascinating, others fumble in their briefcases muttering things no one
can hear, still others stare into space seeming lost in thought. No one is looking at you.What’s going on?There are many reasons for this unproductive response to your query. In
my many years of working with groups,I’ve found the reason mo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Team Building Articles |
Author :: Avish Parashar |
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| Article Title :: Putting the 'I' in Team |
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| This sports cliche is a memorable phrase that reminds people that team success is more important than individual glory. In that sense it is wonderful and is as true for business teams as it is for sports teams. The phrase, however, overlooks the role of the individual in making the team stronger.
To encourage team development, organizations use teambuilding events. Many of these events are based on forced interaction in a fun metaphorical environment - the 'shared experience'. Some examples of this are rope courses, rowing, paintball, and Monte Carlo nights. While these events are fun and may have some benefit, they do not necessarily teach the individual skills that lead to (read full article) |
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| Category :: Team Building Articles |
Author :: Kevin Eikenberry |
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| Article Title :: Seven Keys to More Effectively Leading Teams |
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| Maybe you find yourself in a new team environment and leading a team for the first time, or maybe you have been working with and leading teams forever. Either way, the keys in this article – whether as new information or a fresh reminder – can make a world of difference in morale, productivity and results from teams.
Help the team identify its purpose. People work more effectively when they understand the goals they are trying to achieve. As a leader it is your job to help the team see the desired outcome of their efforts and help them set specific goals and milestones along the way.
Set the scope and boundaries. Teams need to know (read full article) |
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| Category :: Team Building Articles |
Author :: Monty J. Sharp, CPBA |
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| Article Title :: The Top Ten Methods to Create a Successful Work Team |
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| Teams are often useful in situations where the task cannot be completed individually or if the task requires working interdependently. However, a successful team requires thought and planning. Too often, a group of individuals is simply thrown together, given a mandate, "marching orders" and then told, "Now go make us proud!"To create an effective work team, defined outcomes, common goals and correct skills are keys to success. Here are ten methods to create a successful work team.1. Create a common, shared (team) goal.
There must be a central focus that the team is moving towards and it must also include a strong task orientation tha (read full article) |
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| Category :: Team Building Articles |
Author :: Kevin Eikenberry |
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| Article Title :: 7 Key Dimensions of High Performance Teams |
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| 7 Key Dimensions of High Performance Teams
We can always look at the behaviors and skills of team leaders and team members in analyzing team performance and success, but it is also instructive to look at the overall team as well. The list of attributes that follows describes team units that are highly productive and successful. You can use this list as a set of criteria by which you can judge your own team.
Commitment - Team members see themselves belonging to the team. They are committed to group goals above and beyond their personal goals and agendas.
Trust - Team members have faith in each other to honor commi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Team Building Articles |
Author :: Kevin Eikenberry |
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| Article Title :: 12 Tips and Reminders for Team Members To Enjoy Their Team Experiences More |
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| 12 Tips and Reminders for Team Members To Enjoy Their Team Experiences More
Warning: The ideas that follow work. Don’t be fooled by their simplicity. For experienced team members and team leaders some of these tips may seem obvious. Sometimes however it is the obvious things we forget about or don’t apply. As you read the list think about your past experiences and determine which of these ideas would have made your team experiences more effective and productive.
1. Know your roles, purpose, boundaries and resources. Teams need to first know their purpose, the role of each team member, what they are responsible for (and what is outsi (read full article) |
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| Category :: Team Building Articles |
Author :: George Ebert |
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| Article Title :: Station Teams: Assembly Required |
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| Too often teams aren’t assembled. They just happen. A project comes along and a team is assigned to work it. The group gathers and attempts to figure out a solution, but trouble starts brewing almost at once. Only some of the people do any work. Some people don’t get along. Meetings are frequent and mind numbing. No one is quite sure what the assignment actually is.
I call well-assembled teams Station Teams. Station teams are based on what we know to be true about people and organizations, and are aligned with the principles of WYSINWYG (what you see is never what you get), balance and simplicity. The constituent parts of station team assembly are siz (read full article) |
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| Category :: Team Building Articles |
Author :: Catherine Franz |
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| Article Title :: Putting Your Expert Team Together |
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| As a freelance writer myself, I know how important it is to have, and keep track of, experts to interview. Here are a few ideas on the topic:
I always emphasize to clients and seminar participants how important it is to start and maintain a "Team 100" list -- people to support you in whatever you are doing. It is also equally important to start and maintain "Expert 100" list. For a writer this is almost mandatory whether fiction or nonfiction. However, even if you are a business owner or an employee it is just as important to have this list. One of the experts might be your next employer or a friend of one.
What is an Expert 100 list? Group of people who are experts i (read full article) |
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| Category :: Team Building Articles |
Author :: Soni Pitts |
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| Article Title :: Boost Your Success With An R&D Team |
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| One of the best ways to ensure that your planning is successful is to create your own R&D (research and development) group. All truly successful businesses have departments or teams specifically dedicated to finding and developing new and better ways to do whatever it is the company does, so why not you?
At it's most basic, and R&D group can be a small group of friends that you bribe into helping you with problems by offerings of pizza and beer. At it's most complex, it can be a worldwide network of e-quaintences who have signed on to receive email newsletters from you outlining the projects you are working on, and who in return offer feedback or creative help from hundreds of di (read full article) |
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| Category :: Team Building Articles |
Author :: Denise O'Berry |
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| Article Title :: Team Building Celebration Plan -- Perfect For Any Time of Year |
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| When was your last team celebration? Have you been way too busy to bother? Sometimes we get so caught up in day-to-day work that we don't take the time to step back and celebrate success. Some teams may even consider team celebrations as "silly."It's critical to celebrate success if you want your team to maintain their high performance. Successes are the "motivating fuel" that keeps all of us pushing toward achieving the "bigger and better" goals that we set.What types of team interaction and discussions normally occur on a day-to-day basis with your team? If you're like most businesses, it's along the lines of the following:- What's going wrong with the current proje (read full article) |
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