Category Archives: Business Teambuilding

Small Leadership Leaks Can Wreck Your Workplace Culture

Small links can sink great ships. That’s a saying you are probably familiar with.   And a leak of any kind can unexpectedly wreck your team culture.   In Rapid Teamwork I wrote about a management team learning how to build a more positive and profitable workplace culture from a wise river guide as they traveled […]

5 Powerful Team Leadership Lessons From Musicians

When you explore other industries other than your initial focus, you can find new inspiration and in-depth areas behind concepts you otherwise would not have examined. Learning and applying these lessons can provide management insight and superior leadership qualities.   Music plays a large part in many people’s lives, as a universal way of bringing […]

Introducing Successful CHANGE Initiatives and the Matrix of Four Mindsets

If you are introducing a new change initiative – or just looking for ways to develop the people on your team to improve their skills, it isn’t an easy job. Many people on your team will not immediately seem excited and enthusiastic about the change that you are about to introduce – or are already […]

A SIMPLE SET OF QUESTIONS TO ASSESS YOUR TEAM CULTURE

What does your team do well? What does your team need to do better?   What does your TEAM think about the culture and interactions that affect their productivity and performance? Are you looking for an easy way to gather valuable feedback about how you can improve results?   Over the years I have developed […]

Why Psychological Safety Creates Winning Cultures

What does WINNING mean to you and your team? More sales and satisfied clients? More support from co-workers? More smiles and enjoyment each day? REGARDLESS of your industry, I guarantee that WINNING will require you to build a more positive and profitable team CULTURE –  And that requires you to value and encourage psychological team […]

Sustained Success Requires Your Team to Be Coachable

Why should you BE COACHABLE? I spent two decades in locker rooms coaching basketball before transitioning to share those lessons with leaders in other industries as a conference speaker and author. And it was ALWAYS clear who the most talented athletes were at the beginning of our season. In a similar way, you probably know […]

A Coachable Mindset Begins With HUNGER

If you are reading this article, then either you or someone on your team needs to develop a more coachable mindset. The issue, as many people have found, is that when you do not have a coachable mindset, you remain stuck and find excuses for the lack of results that stubbornness delivers. And for people […]

A TEAM MEETING TEMPLATE THAT DOESN’T SUCK

If you are a smart leader, you understand the importance of chaving effective team meeting that does not suck. Meetings are where your team communicates.. The quality of your communication determines how successful your team will be. That is why we meet – whether remotely or in-person, whether daily or weekly, every team needs to […]

Importance of Team Building Activities in a Corporate Environment

Many people spend more awake time with their workmates than they do with their own families. Your family takes time and energy to ensure that it is the healthiest and happiest relationship that it can be. Families often make sure that they play together (Holidays, trips to the zoo, etc.) so that they can work […]