Review of OPFM: Our Power Forced Matrix

First of all, what is OPFM? It stands for Our Power Forced Matrix, and it's a downline club which started on October 2005.

How to Use Teams to Meet Your Healthcare Challenges

I describe how to form and grow teams in order to overcome challenges at your healthcare site and to meet the goals that you have set for your site. Too often healthcare institutions fail to work as a team. This article shows you how to use teams in all aspects of your business.

Making Time for Team Building Relationships

Whatever else you are doing - STOP! - whenever you engage with someone in conversation. Ignore pagers. Put off interruptions. At the very least make sure that you 'honour' the space that you have when you are in any sort of one-to-one with someone else...

Managing Your Team (Part 4) - Who's Exerting a Disproportionate Amount of Influence?

Looking at your team, who is exerting a disproportionate amount of influence? What effect is this having on the team? Where does this influence come from? Position, Authority, Expertise?

Team Building - Making the Whole Greater than the Sum of the Parts

An examination of what makes an effective team and why so often a team with all the raw ingredients necessary to be high performing falls well short of its potential.

Managing Your Team (Part 6) - You Two Stop Fighting

Are there members in your team who don't quite see eye to eye? Does this lead to frequent disruptions, impeding progress and frustrating the heck out of other team members? How much are the team's objectives contributing to this internal fighting?

Staff Motivation Strategies - 6 Great Distinctions

In the workplace, it can be very difficult to obtain staff motivation. There are many factors that play against staff motivation. It really is the manager's responsibility to motivate the employees. This can be very challenging at times. There are several guidelines that a person can follow to achieve staff motivation.

Team Building-the All Inclusive Way

A look at why away days can alienate rather than harmonise team members and how to construct one that appeals to all and delivers real team improvements.

Build Better Teams

We are taught how to sell; to negotiate and read a spreadsheet but in all our training, we are not taught to listen. Surely, you might say, listening is something we do instinctively and yes we do but do we actually hear? Are we listening properly?

Treasure Hunt in Derbyshire – A Team Building Activity

Derbyshire, with its scenic beauty and perfect backdrop for exciting outdoor activities looks like the best place for planning your corporate events. With more and more emphasis being laid on relaxation and team spirit amid work environment, Chillisauce takes you to the ideal place to rediscover the importance of teamwork through outdoor corporate team building activities across the green plains of Derbyshire.

Why Team Building Weekends Fail (And How to Make Yours Succeed)

The purpose of a team building event should be to introduce, reinforce and reward, not to single-handedly forge a group of coworkers into a team. If it's used to replace the work your company (or you as a manager) should be doing every day, then you're missing out on some important points - and the major benefits of dragging everyone out of the office for a weekend of exhilirating and challenging activities.

Team Building Blunders

Is the culture of team building in corporate America causing unseen damage to corporate growth and efficiency? For managers, the key question to ask yourself and explore with your leaders is this; are we sacrificing creativity and individual merit in the way we promote team effort?

Boost Employee Morale With An Exciting Adventure Team Building Event!

Want to boost employee morale? Discover some of adventure team building activities that you can incorporate in your team building session. Learn how you can make it fun and exciting!