Stress and Teamwork
Observe what happens when this team tries this seemingly simle task. Also notice what happens to their performance as the stress increases…
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Read MoreHaving fun doesn’t have to be expensive
Having fun with your team is critical and there are so many cool ways to do it. The best way to find out how to have fun with your team is to bring up the issue at a staff meeting or, if you don’t have regular meetings (we’ll talk about that one later), then schedule [...]
Regular 1:1s With Your Employees
In the hectic day to day of running our businesses we often get “out of synch” with each other and don’t even know it. One way to stay more on track is to have regular one-on-one meetings with the folks on your team, or who work for you. There are many ways to have these [...]
Sharing the Burden — or — Color Power!!
Would it surprise you to find out that many of the things you do not enjoy doing at work — would be thoroughly enjoyed by someone else on your team? That’s a pretty exciting prospect isn’t it? Also, if your business has been growing and changing, it’s very possible that many of the tasks that [...]
Sabotage Part 1 — Hanging On to the Fun Stuff
Did you know that by doing what comes naturally for you within your business you may actually be sabotaging your team? Working with a team for business success has another level of issues that need to be addressed for optimal team performance. We’ll examine a few of these in the next few tips.
Managers, Business Owners [...]
Sabotage Part 2 — Maintaining Rigid Policies
This week’s Teambuilding Tip relates to another area where teamwork is sabotaged every day — unnecessarily rigid policies.
Do you feel compelled to have rules and policies that govern every aspect of how your business runs? Do you have guidelines in place that anticipate every contingency and guard against team members taking advantage of your company?
Nothing [...]
Sabotage Part 3 — Saving the Day
“Give a man a fish he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime”
Many business owners, leaders and managers see their role as applying their expertise to fixing things that are broken, getting projects back on track or generally putting out fires. It feels really good to be [...]
Clear the Decks
Something’s amiss….
Your team isn’t saying mean things to each other — but there aren’t alot of positives floating around either. There’s tension in the air — probably because you and your team are burned out from working too hard, for too long — and there doesn’t appear to be light, or a rest area, at [...]
Supporting Change
Has this scenario happened to you?:
Your team attends a workshop and you all get engaged and excited by the material and activities. Ideas are flying around — flip chart paper is being written on and getting taped on the wall — you all definitely have ideas you can see being applied to your business. You [...]
Walk a Mile in My Shoes
“The first duty of love is to listen” — Paul Tillich
What the heck do YOU do all day? Do you have the feeling that no one else truly understands what you do? You’re probably right. Have you ever wondered what other folks on your team do all day? Does it seem like they just should [...]
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