Team Building Resources

Continuing my discussion on the impact of Self Esteem on team performance, I’d like to discuss the 2nd pillar as defined in Nathaniel Branden’s book “the Six Pillars of Self Esteem” – Self Acceptance.
2. Self Acceptance
The willingness to own, experience, and take responsibility for our thoughts, feelings, and actions, without evasion, denial, or disowning — [...]

Understanding, appreciating and taking advantage of different approaches to problem solving can yield superior problem solving results for high performance teams.

 
How each of us process information and make decisions can be as unique as our finger prints but there are some common themes as to how individuals process information and make decisions.  Understanding these themes and putting this understanding to use when working as part of a team can significantly improve the teams’ decision making [...]

Making every meeting count is extremely important dimension of high functioning teams.  Steve Roesler has written an excellent post called “Better Meetings Better Leadership“.  I’d like to build on his key points, which were:  Decide in advance the type of meeting you need which will determine the tone and  level of participation from the team.  [...]

“I don’t have time”! How often do each of us say this everyday or at least think it.  But we also know we make time for what we think is important. 
Motivating each of our team members is something worth making time for.  However, false praise is worse than no praise at all, it re-inforces bad [...]

How individuals are best motivated needs to fit best with the individuals preferences I’ll cover 4 different perspectives which should address the majority of team members.  However, prior to determining how to best motivate I’d like to cover off the overarching need to “SEE” each individual.  David Zinger made an interesting post Employee Engagement: I See [...]

Quick list of the top 10 ways to improve communication within a team and pointers on which areas to focus on depending on the personality types of the team mates.

Quick list of the top 10 ways to build trust with a team and pointers on which areas to focus on depending on the personality types of the team mates.

Brendan’s fatal flaw was making commitments and not nurturing them, the same is true of effective teams. Make commitments with forethought and manage them through to completion.

I’m very cognizant of the fact that the follow post sounds blatently self serving as a team building activities provider, that said the facts are clear.  When times are tough you need your top performing employees more than ever.  It can be a tough decision to make an investment in outside services when you are [...]