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Leadership Training Should Build On Preferences
Leadership is obviously an incredibly complex skill that encompasses a wealth of qualities, actions, behaviors and results. For as many aspects that go into leadership there are an equal number of trainings, suggestions, and how-to’s on making leaders more effective or creating leaders. I’m not in the camp that says “Great leaders are born not…
Leggi tuttoTeam Management: The Pros and Cons
Team management…management by committee…collaborative management. Whatever you want to call it, the art of leadership through a team approach is a practice that is put into use by almost every company large and small to some extent. The idea being that team management can do two distinct things better than any one person: Team management…
Leggi tuttoKnow Your Brain to Increase Job Satisfaction
I just got done reading a great article in the Harvard Business Review called Managing Yourself: What Brain Science Tells Us About How to Excel. In it, the author, Edward Hallowell, points to inherent brain science–the way we’re wired–as an indicator of how we can achieve greater happiness in our work. He considers five aspects…
Leggi tuttoTeam Building Activities
What’s the first thing you think of when you hear “team building activities”? Well, it may be a different answer depending on your perspective. Management is likely focused on how team building will ramp up effectiveness and tie in to organizational goals. HR is probably concerned with strengthening employee engagement and reinforcing a strong organizational…
Leggi tuttoTeam Building Ideas- Are You Diverse?
Think about the importance of diversity in the workplace…no matter what kind of diversity comes to your head, the underlying principle is that different ideas, perspectives, approaches, experiences and backgrounds all come together to create a richer, more productive way to do work. So why does team building not always take into account diversity? Specifically,…
Leggi tutto3 Elements to the Secret of Creating High Performing Teams
It’s no secret that high performing teams make an undeniable difference to a business and drive exponential results for the time and input involved. According to the AppGap business blog, research from MIT shows that 40% of creative teams productivity is directly explained by the amount of communication they have with others to discover, gather,…
Leggi tuttoTeam Building Exercises for the New Year
We’re one week into 2011…and chances are you’re either energized and ready to start the year off with a bang or you’re trying to figure out how to keep momentum going from the holiday hangover. In any case, now is an opportunity to view your work with fresh eyes. And that means viewing your co-workers,…
Leggi tuttoThe ROI of Better Communication Skills
Social media…Cloud networks…mobile workforces…whatever you think the buzz is for 2011…think about what underlies all of it—better communication skills. When it comes right down to it, any efforts that organizations are looking to achieve in either marketing and promotion or internal development and growth all come down to realizing how to best communicate. You can…
Leggi tuttoWhy a Personality Assessment Can Benefit Your Business
A personality assessment can either be one of two things: A feel-good, smile sheet activity that makes employees feel valued for a few hours. It’s a Rah-rah, “Aren’t we great!” way of saying that your organization cares about people. A bottom line building, ROI-driven, performance-focused training specifically developed to make your people stronger, teams more…
Leggi tuttoEmployee Performance Evaluation: What You’re Probably Not Doing
How many of your employees can’t wait for their next performance evaluation? Chances are…not many. And those who are pining to be reviewed are likely in a situation where they are hoping to turn their positive performance into reward – in essence, they’re using the review as a justification and acknowledgement of their great work…
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