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Team 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…
إقرأ المزيدTeam 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,…
إقرأ المزيد3 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,…
إقرأ المزيدTeam 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,…
إقرأ المزيدThe 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…
إقرأ المزيدWhy 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…
إقرأ المزيدEmployee 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…
إقرأ المزيدInsights on meetings – Productive or not? Analysis of a TED talk.
I just watched this video from TEDx by Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals, a web productivity company, and author of several books on productivity, creativity and work: His thoughts on the matter…meetings and managers are the root of productivity loss in today’s workplace. It’s a pretty compelling message—that managers (all of us have them, many…
إقرأ المزيدDefining Leadership: Is There an Ideal Leadership Profile?
This is a question we get at Emergenetics International all the time…What is the best personality for a leader? How can I find the ideal leader for my organization? Are all leaders visionaries? Should they be? We’re here to tell you that, of course, there are no easy answers…leadership is a unique idea because it…
إقرأ المزيدEffective Leadership Skills: Learn to Delegate the Right Way
The Harvard Business Review is doing an interesting series on how to delegate work—including selecting the right projects to delegate, finding the right people to delegate to, communicating what and how you want to delegate, and ensuring that you keep the right tasks for yourself. This component of effective leadership can’t be overstated, because no…
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