Corporate Team Building & Executive Retreats: Booze, Sex & Other Pitfalls to Avoid

When planning a team building session or corporate event, there are some pitfalls to avoid. Being unaware of them can not only ruin your event but some may even land your company in hot water.

Planning a Team Building Weekend

Not every off site weekend work activity is a team builder. How do you pick activities for your team building weekend that really will help cement the bonds of a team? Here are some important things to look for.

Managing Your Team (Part 7) - Why Can't We Stay On Track?

How often do your meetings seem to be inconclusive? How often do some of your team members want to digress and go off on a tangent? How often do you have to call another meeting to finish off the last one?

Managing Your Team (Part 8) - Why Can't We Just Get This Finished?

Are some members of your team just a wee bit too eager to get the meeting finished? There's always one - never mind the process, let's just get it done. How much pressure does this put on your team?

The Caveman Effect - The Evolution of Inventing High Performance Teams

In the beginning… The caveman needed to survive. Man found safety in groups. It was not a matter of preference, it was a matter of necessity. If you were not a part of a group, your chances for survival were slim. Conformity to the majority became necessary to stay in a group and physical strength was the dominant factor for group leadership. Those who were strong and successful in the art of survival had the majority influence toward that conformity and only the strong challenged these leaders. If you challenged the leadership, you needed to be prepared to fight. And, if you lost, you were forced to leave the safety of the group and fend for yourself. The risk was great so there were few challengers and it became an ingrained survival response to gain acceptance from the group, so people just kept quiet.

Managing Your Team (Part 10) - Why Assumptions Are Dangerous

How often do we assume we know someone, know where they are coming from? What behaviour do your team members adopt when they disagree with or don't understand the views or behaviours of others? How often have their (your) assumptions been way off the mark?

Adventure Team Building - the Fun Way to Success

Adventure team building is a great way to infuse your company with new life – with a breath of fresh air! This type of team building activity incorporates many of the elements you find in traditional corporate events but accomplishes them through outdoor activities and more adventuresome games.

Corporate Events: Make Your Business Shine Brightly

Corporate events can do a lot to improve many aspects of your business. Read on to learn about how you can use fun activities to boost employee morale.

Corporate Team Building Techniques

Corporate team building includes selecting and effectively motivating teams in order for them to fulfill organizational goals. By effectively building your corporate teams' unique skills and qualifications, you'll benefit from a strong fusion of individual contributions and diversity of skills that complement oneanother and enable them to funciton as a cohesive unit.

Leading Knowledge Workers: Avoid These 5 Deadly Leadership Sins

Knowledge workers are the individuals who use their 'brains' instead of their 'brawn' to get work done. These are the information specialists, researchers, marketing and sales experts whose talents drive the success of your business. To ensure high performance - you must manage these talented individuals differently than employees of the past. Their talents can help you take your business to the top. But like a spirited racehorse, they must be handled with care.

The Q of Your Organization

... One example ... from Peter Senge that is often quoted is the anomaly in which a team of intelligent managers with individual IQ's of about 120 constitute a team with a collective IQ of half this figure.

5 Things Any Organization Can Learn From A Movie Set

You don't have to be an actor to learn from a film set! Any organization or team can raise their effectiveness level by applying what great teams on a film set do!

Corporate Team Building Events: Throw 'Distancing' to a Distance

The problem in the corporate team building process namely 'distancing' is predominantly inherent in employees' as well as in the employer's psyche. The corporate houses are spending huge amounts to unite the workforce into an active team. However, how the job is done?