By Team Building on December 21, 2010
Can having fun at work boost productivity? Professor Babis Mainemelis from London Business School thinks so, his study with Sarah Ronson found that: “Play at work improves employees’ motivational and cognitive processes and diversionary play fosters creativity.” And the Institute for Social Research found that companies with high employee engagement saw a 13.2% improvement in […]
By Team Building on December 14, 2010
The recession may be officially but do managers appreciate that Christmas needn’t be cancelled again this year? Boozy parties are probably not the best way to mark the end of a tough year but that doesn’t mean there’s not value in gathering everyone together. As we enter an era when return on investment is at […]
By Team Building on November 23, 2010
The Belbin Team Inventory, also called the Belbin Self-Perception Inventory or Belbin Team Role Inventory is an assessment used to gain insight into an individual’s behavioural tendency in a team environment. It was devised by Dr. Meredith Belbin to measure preference for the nine Team Roles discovered whilst studying numerous teams at Henley Management College. A Belbin team […]
By Team Building on November 16, 2010
We would like to share an idea for a team building energiser that can be run inside or outside and would work especially well with larger teams. It’s called ‘Team Jump’. Overview: This team building activity is a great way to re-energise the team and have a great photo memory of your day’s training. Running […]
By Team Building on November 1, 2010
The theories behind team building could be a much older than originally thought. In fact Plato may have been the first ever team building expert! For some years we’ve been saying “teams that play together, work together” and it seems that although team building is thought to be a comparatively new addition to business training Plato, one of the […]
By Team Building on October 19, 2010
We all try harder when there’s a prize at stake, no matter how small. The desire to win is in all of us to a greater or lesser extent and even those who wouldn’t be described as ‘competitive’ still enjoy playing. In business, sales teams have included competitive measurement and reward to drive productivity for […]
By Team Building on October 12, 2010
At the Fresh Tracks office we recently got together as a team look at the issue of trust. It made me realise how much we take trust for granted when it’s there, and how much extra work a lack of trust can create. Although our session included event managers, admin staff and senior managers, it […]
By Team Building on October 6, 2010
The recession may not be feel like it’s over yet but most managers appreciate that Christmas needn’t be cancelled again this year. Boozy parties are probably not the best way to mark the end of a tough year but that doesn’t mean there’s not value in gathering everyone together. As we enter an era when […]
By Team Building on September 28, 2010
Travel budgets slashed, bonuses unlikely and the prospect of redundancies. Now is probably not the time to ask for cash to fund the annual team building day but it might be the precisely the right time for some team development. The phrase team building has risen in prominence in recent years as employers realised the […]
By Team Building on September 22, 2010
In our 19 years of helping teams develop ‘communication’ has always been listed as one of the areas team members would most like to improve. In the case of the crew on US Airways Flight 1549 which successfully ditched into the Hudson River in 2009, it was the difference between life and death. Despite all […]
Carter McNamara of Authenticity Consulting, LLC, provides organizational development, consultant training and Action Learning services, and is developer of the Free Management Library. [Read more ...]