With a pandemic still affecting so many teams (and impacting interactions by separating your people), leaders are looking for more virtual ideas to include in meetings that provide team building take-aways – that are fun, fast and free. You may have already used some of the Easy and Effective Virtual Team Building Ideas […]
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If you lead a team, at some point you will need ideas to help them thrive in change. Change is inevitable. Adaptation is not – but a refusal to adapt and grow is the first step to frustration and eventually result in team failure. So in order to share a few unexpected ideas to […]
Working with teams, one of the common issues is poor communication… That likely doesn’t surprise you. But what might surprise you is that much of the issues that occur on teams – large and small – could have been avoided if they had BEGUN with a clear set of team expectations. Want to […]
Roles are an essential part of any team. Whether it is in sports or business, the better each individual buys into their role, the more successful the organization can become. On the flip side, if everyone is trying to do their own thing, or trying to be the star of the show, it seems like […]
With many programs now being delivered virtually, the IMPACT of those events becomes a concern for many event planners and managers… As a basketball coach, one of the things that we did as a program to develop our team culture was bringing in outside speakers every couple of weeks throughout the season. The guest speaker […]
So – you hear the director say “ACTION!” You find yourself in the middle of a Hollywood motion picture… Are you in part of a horror movie? A romantic comedy? A suspenseful thriller? An action adventure? A war documentary? Or, is it an inspirational comeback? Winning teammates understand that ultimately it is THEIR […]
Are you and your team are stuck in quarantine and unable to maintain your daily interactions with each other over the next few weeks? Are you and your team separated as part of a virtual team that has teammates at different locations permanently? Are you unable to schedule an in-person teambuilding event and looking for […]
If you are facing adversity, you can either suffer through it and wait for things to change, or you can lead by asking yourself these three astonishing questions – and then acting on the answers your mind provides. As a coach, our players’ strength was all gained through resistance training. You might be surprised by […]
Follow my blog with Bloglovin As a teammate or team leader, you know that choosing the right words to use can improve teamwork and performance. The wrong words can be devastating to team morale and individual engagement – but when you use winning phrases you can have a significant positive impact on your team […]
A few years ago I would have argued that it is impossible to boil the defining trait of winning teammates down to just one word. In the book, The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates, there are a list of behaviors that are helpful in defining the difference between common disengaged employees from the more successful […]