Category Archives: Business Teambuilding

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 […]

Motivate Employees with a Leadership Keynote Speaker

While the nature of the workplace has transformed in our struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, business leaders still expect productivity and high performance. In fact, current economic challenges demand that our entire team communicates and works together at the highest efficiency. Still, workplace structures have shifted back and forth from the typical business workweek to […]

Two Question Activities to Create Connection and Empathy in Your Remote Team Meetings

The art of leadership used to be easier, right?  Remember the old days? People were there with you in person at the office… People expected the “boss” to TELL them what to do… But those easier days of leadership weren’t necessarily BETTER. If you are sincerely committed to being a great leader today for your […]

How Great Leaders Get Team Members and Employees to Contribute Ideas for Improvement and Innovation

It’s really not difficult. That is literally true of ANY leadership lesson you will learn. What I struggled with as a young coach was finding and implementing the ideas that our team could benefit from. Because as a young leader I didn’t know what I had to eventually learn from others – or from my own […]

An Unexpectedly Fun Effective Way to Check In and Stay Connected With Your Remote Team

As a leader, trying to stay connected to your people can be difficult even when you work in the same office. But with virtual or blended teams, communication and connection are even more of a challenge – and you need to have an effective way to check in with the people on your remote team […]

ONE Simple Question to Use in Interviews to Hire a New Team Member or Add Someone to Your Team!

Trying to hire a new team member or add someone to your team can be difficult –   You never know how they will mesh with your established culture, how they will interact with existing team members, or how true to their interview or trial-period personas they will stay…   As a teammate or team […]

3 Ways to Create a Competitive Advantage for Your Team

There are so many ways to gain a competitive advantage for you and your team. I am sure each one is a valuable and helpful suggestion… Whether it is in a book, or on a video, or in a presentation – I assure you that they all have their roots in one of three important […]