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 — [...]

The connection of high self esteem and individual peak performance is very clear.  A key trait of high self esteem is a strong self awareness and acceptance of oneself.  Individuals who truly understand their own strengths will ensure they are performing a role in which they are competent but also enjoy.  This in turn leads [...]

For teams to work together successful they often need to overcome a number of barriers.  The basic benefit of team is many minds and bodies working together to accomplish a common goal.  Truly successful teams take advantage of the unique strengths and perspectives of the individuals that make up the group.  However, often the differences [...]

By rewarding failure strategically you can set a culture that is more innovative and creative.

Increase team member motivation by giving them exposure to people or areas of the company.

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 [...]