Business Process Consulting -- Corporate Team Building

Corporate team building is about establishing a supportive environment, adopting an objective mindset, building a shared thinking approach and developing a corporate team that delivers business results, with and through other people.

Leadership - Consistency

Being a leader is not a part time job.

Leadership - Developing Your Team

If you were hoping to read a column about how to keep your star performers forever, I recommend that you turn the page – this isn't it. The truth is that the majority of your best people will eventually leave. Assuming that the previous statement is a fact, how do many leaders (business owners, managers, etc.) approach this challenge?

Leadership - Inspiration

Do you inspire your staff?

Leadership - Integrity

What values and principles drive your business? More importantly, does the leader of your business consistently demonstrate these values? This month, I will address an important leadership characteristic that is all too often overlooked in our society today – integrity. Although many leaders use this term to characterize themselves, I find very few that are able to even tell me what it means to have integrity.

Teambuilding Events Don't Work

Have you ever attended a teambuilding event only to return to work and encounter the same team issues that existed prior to the event? So, why didn't the experience and bonding from the event stick? Why did it have an impact while you were there but little or no residual effect?

Rewards and Recognition: Recognising a Turkey of a Reward

Being given the responsibility, the competence and tools to do a job well and the recognition of your peers, subordinates and superiors when the job is done well are the rewards by which most people are motivated. Rewards which grow the individual or the team and recognition in the form of a public “thank you” that specifically details what the employee is being thanked for is a more powerful motivator than a truck load of turkeys.

Treasure Hunts for Corporate Harmony

A business can be crippled if departments do not communicate effectively, a corporate treasure hunt is a great way to foster communication in any organisation.

Rewarding Teamwork

Teamwork can be its own reward, as demonstrated by the exceptional success of the New England Patriots Football Team. As a coach, manager and leader within your organization, what can you learn from other successful teams? How can you build teamwork from within the organization? What organizations already have teamwork as a measured performance indicator? You have the power to develop teamwork from any position within the organization, by virtue of your personal commitment and the power of your own actions.

Ten Ways to Maximize the Impact of Training

Training your staff is an essential investment in today’s changing and competitive environment. But just sending staff to attend training programs is not enough. You should maximize the impact of your investment by following these key guidelines before, during and after the training.

Don't Buy Leads For Your Network Marketing Business

Don't buy leads for your network marketing business. Most people do not know how to market properly and that is why 95% of the people fail.

Building an Extraordinary Team

If you’ve ever been part of a team that got less than stellar results, then your team was likely missing one or more of the characteristics of high functioning teams. This article reviews the five dysfunctions of a team and what extraordinary teams have that ordinary ones don’t.

Diversity and Team Building are Key to Success in Today’s Economy

Today's economic challenges are causing firms to operate more cost effectively. As a result, we are seeing business solutions such as international outsourcing, company mergers, and facility closings. The U.S. workforce is now more racially and religiously diverse, including a higher percentage of women and older workers. Although diversity offers unlimited opportunities to enhance an organization’s performance, it also brings new challenges that must be handled properly.