Category Archives: Business Teambuilding

You Spent a Fortune on Talent and Strategy – Culture Neglect Is Wasting It

Culture neglect is the most expensive mistake most leaders never see on a budget line. You have poured real money into your organization. Talent you competed to hire. A strategy you spent months debating. Software, training, offsites, consultants. All of it aimed at getting your team to perform. And then, without anyone deciding to, the […]

July 2026 Leadership Development Digest

July 2026 Leadership Development Digest Hosted by Sean Glaze | Great Results Teambuilding   Welcome to the July 2026 Leadership Development Digest – a curated collection of 22 articles, podcasts, and insightful content from some of today’s most thoughtful voices in leadership. Each month, contributors from across the leadership community share their best work, organized […]

WHY TEAM BUILDING IS THE MOST VALUABLE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT YOUR ORGANIZATION CAN MAKE

Informed employees are not the same as ready ones. And ready is the only result that actually matters. A 2026 national study of U.S. hospitality and food service workers by Attensi surveyed 505 employed adults and found that 41% of all workers would choose better training over a 5% pay increase, a figure that climbs […]

Why The Best Team Connection Ideas Are Not What HR Usually Recommends

Here is a question worth sitting with for a moment: What if the single biggest factor in your team’s performance had nothing to do with skills, strategy, or systems? What if it came down to something far simpler (and far more neglected), like whether your people actually feel connected to each other? Gallup research has […]

How Effective Leaders Create a Culture Where People Feel Like They Matter

Most leaders treat meaning and purpose like a bonus feature. Something you add after the real work of setting goals, clarifying expectations, and building accountability is done. That is exactly backwards. After two decades of coaching basketball teams and in conference rooms as a team building speaker, I can tell you with confidence that the […]

What four leaders in psychology research tell us about building GREAT teams

Most leaders do not struggle because they lack effort, strategy, or tools. They struggle because they are trying to solve human problems with operational thinking. After more than two decades of coaching basketball teams and facilitating corporate team building events,, I have seen this pattern play out more times than I can count. A leader […]

Why Your Leadership Development Workshop is Not Working And What to Do Instead to Grow Your Team

American companies spend more than $170 billion every year on leadership development. That number should inspire confidence. Instead, it is followed by a statistic that should give every executive pause: Only 19% of organizations believe they are “very effective” at developing leaders across all levels (according to Deloitte). More money. More workshops. More certificates on […]

Why The Most Valuable Player on Your Team Might Be Your Biggest Problem

Every team has one. The person who catches the mistake before it ships. The one who asks the uncomfortable question in the meeting everyone else wanted to end ten minutes ago. The teammate who slows things down — and drives everyone else crazy doing it. Most leaders look at that person and see a problem. […]

Stop Rearview Criticisms and Start Thinking Next Play to be a More Effective Leader

Most leaders I know are doing something every single day that quietly destroys team morale, slows performance, and kills ownership on their team. The frustrating part? They think they are being helpful. They are looking in the rearview mirror and calling it leadership. I know because I did it too. For years. A Lesson from […]

Team Building Options in Atlanta That Improve Team Performance

Experiences designed to improve employee behavior communication and accountability at work   When leaders search for team building options in Atlanta they usually find the same types of experiences. Escape rooms Scavenger hunts Cooking events Outdoor challenges These can be fun and engaging. But most are not designed to improve how your team actually works […]