By Team Building on January 10, 2011
What separates the greatest teams from the rest is their mix of talents and, crucially their understanding of one anothers’ strengths. When team building there are a number of questionnaires (or psychometrics) that can be used to help teams identify their strengths and preferences. When this information is used to assign roles and tasks true […]
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By Team Building on January 6, 2011
Wouldn’t it be good to know that every decision you take over the next 12 months will be the right one. This may sound impossible but there is a way to significantly increase the likelihood of your decisions being correct. The secret is understanding. Without understanding we are very likely to make bad or the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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By Team Building on December 6, 2010
The idea that staff set their own pay, come and go from the office as they please, all within a business that has no written strategy sounds like a recipe for disaster. Not the story of a company that’s gone from $4m to $160m. Semco is no ordinary workplace, despite the fact that it operates […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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By Team Building on November 8, 2010
In our 24/7 world, time spent sleeping is in decline so it’s little wonder that some of us find it hard to wake up in the morning. It’s reported that we sleep at least one hour less each night than we did a half century ago. A recent American study found that during a two-week […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 ...]