You Can't Build a Team or Organization Different from You

We can't build a team or organization that's different from us. Successful team or organization leadership begins with successful self-leadership. The first step in improving my team or organization is improving me.

Hiring On Attitude Gives Your Business Altitude

How do you find employees with good attitudes? It’s simple to understand. You look for them. They are everywhere.

The Importance Of Developing A Training Program For Your Company

Learn how a good training program helps to keep your staff motivated.

Fun In The Workplace

Observations around town. Good and bad places to work.

Danny . . . the Office Bully

Danny doens't listen to people. Once he has formed a solution in his mind, he closes out any other type of communication. He shouts down opposition. And no matter what, Danny is always right. The other people are always wrong. When there is a problem he runs to management to present his side first . . . and Danny has been known to lie to cover his own misdeeds.

Switch on Your Employees - Say an Unexpected 'Thank You'

Unexpected recognition for a job well done is very, very validating for your people. It's how you do it that counts...

Managing Your Team (Part 1) - Is It Struggling?

Is your team struggling to make progress and not sure quite how to move forward? Whether leading the team or not, if you get one thing, one idea that helps the team to move forward, then it's worth the investment of your time. Part 1 of 10

Use Anger Productively: A 5 Step Process

Anger is neither good nor bad! It is simply energy. It is your natural emotional energy that arises when you feel like something (or someone) is blocking you from getting what you need or want. Here are 5 steps you can take to direct your own supercharged energy.

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.

Are Self Directed Work Teams For You?

Moving your team to a self directed work team structure isn't all fun and games. There are pros and cons for every cultural change. Here are some to consider.

Team Development - Easier to Start from Nothing?

Is it easier to have a bunch of people that are brand new to a team, or one that you mould from those you inherit?

How's Your Team Building Spirit?

The following quiz will help you understand and improve the Team Building atmosphere that exists within your organization.

Eight Below for Devotion, Loyalty and Teamwork

The feature film, Eight Below, presented by Walt Disney is a wonderful example of devotion, loyalty, and teamwork.

Olympic Size Disappointment - Are any of us Really Surprised?

As Americans watch the US Olympic team suffer disappointment after disappointment we must wonder - are any of us surprised? The same failures on the Olympic team plague teams around corporate America and one has to wonder if there is any end in sight?

Enterprise Agility: Jazz In The Factory

How can we tune ourselves to be top performers in the next decade We must start with the fundamentals, the rudiments. Any organization, just as in a jazz group, is only as good as its weakest player. As individual skills are raised, so is the performance of the organizational unit.