Why Do We Need Team Building? Is team development a good investment for companies? Company leaders often want to create a culture of “One big team.” Then, this same group of leaders thinks small when they come around to organizing team activities. You don’t need to departmentalize your team-building. On the contrary, big team-building events lead to big team advantages […]
How To Inspire Your Team, Not Demoralize Them The company stocks have dropped, leadership has been called into more and more meetings, and there’s widespread confusion. Your boss calls your team in for a meeting about productivity and company direction. You panic, just as any reasonable employee would, about your future at the company. It is in this moment that
The Minefield Team Building Game is a high-stakes communication team-building activity that mirrors the real-world challenge of “signal vs. noise.” In this activity, a “Traveler” is blindfolded and must navigate a floor covered with obstacles—the “mines”—relying solely on their teammates’ verbal directions. Because multiple teams are shouting directions simultaneously, the room becomes a cacophony of competing signals. It is a
You’ve got your organizational goals set on paper, in digital formats, and on signature lines of internal communication. Your team knows there is a destination, but do they also know how to get there? Are you all moving toward a shared vision or tugging on opposite sides? Sometimes, effective leaders have to provide a map (or at least a compass)
Five Ways to Add Fun and Energy to Your Meeting or Convention Are you staring another boring convention in the face and don’t know how to liven up the meeting? Below are five ways to add fun and energy to your meeting or annual convention. If you’ve been drafted to organize your next team meeting or convention, you have both
Bosses, are you exhibiting common symptoms of bad leadership? Do you sometimes think your team members hate you? Do you sometimes feel that they question your decisions behind your back? Does your team lack faith in your ability to lead them? Do you resent them for feeling this way? Or are you curious to know why they’re like that in
