Team Building Resources

Continuing my discussion on the impact of self esteem on team performance the 5th pillar as defined in Nathaniel Branden’s book “The Six Pillars of Self Esteem” – Living Purposefully.
5. Living purposefully:
Identifying our short-term and long-term goals or purposes and the actions needed to attain them, organizing behavior in the service of those goals, monitoring [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

The sudden emergence of Britain’s Got Talent sensation Susan Boyle onto the world stage presents many fascinating insights into human behaviour, the power of expectations, our crazy wired world, and even the contrived workings of reality TV.  But as I was musing over her performance and the outpouring of comments it generated, I began to [...]

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.