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Truly complicated problems necessitate team solutions. If your team does not function well, its’ problem solving capability will be limited. To tackle intricately detailed problems a team must successfully answer these questions. I recommend answering the questions in sequence and posting the ... Views: 2427
You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime…
While you might agree that partnering and teaming achieves more and better outcomes than your own two hands alone, how often do you go beyond just accepting that working with others is simply a reality of business life and consciously ... Views: 2426
One cannot stress enough on how important strong and effective leadership skills are in an organization. Any corporate office is as strong, or as weak, as the leader at the helm of the team. It is in the hands of a team leader or manager to drive its members towards a common goal and make sure ... Views: 2413
The idea of rafting adds excitement and brings a wildest joy in mind of rafters as it allows rafters to have their best rafting experience of playing in gushing and fast-flowing water of gigantic rivers. Grand Canyon is a gift of the Colorado River to rafters for their rafting activities. Grand ... Views: 2406
I recently posted this question on LinkedIn:
Sales Managers: What do you do when your HR group isn't able to identify the hunters you need?
With the incredible costs due to unfilled positions (customers going with the competition, RFPs not completed and generally missed sales ... Views: 2405
Communication is a catch-all phrase for things that go wrong in companies and relationships. Unfortunately, the concept is too ambiguous to do anything constructive to fix it.
I've identified seven communication mistakes that lead to mis-understandings, and cause conflicts between co-workers, ... Views: 2396
Stop me if you’ve heard this one. A really great employee is “rewarded” with a promotion to a leadership position, and now they are failing miserably. You’ve noticed their motivation and drive decline, and their stress increase exponentially. “They were so good,” you say to yourself, “what ... Views: 2372
Think of this expression for one moment: “you should take more responsibility for your work!” If you are like me, this may be an expression that you have used in the past to express your frustration at the paltry efforts of your subordinates, employees or teammates. But let’s think about it for ... Views: 2364
One of the most important things a manager can do for the employees is to say thank you. It shows the employees that the manager has noticed that the job is completed or that there is confidence that the job will be completed. It also indicates appreciation for the employee. This is a simple ... Views: 2340
Social media is a new wave of internet usage that links everyone in “many to many” conversation using different tools. The most populated sector is the social networking tools like Facebook and Linkedin. Human Resource Managers are beginning to leverage on the large network of professional ... Views: 2337
Panic is probably the most terrifying symptom of an anxiety attack. The tightness in chest with anxiety sometimes feels like a heart attack. But fixing just the tightness won't remove the anxiety.
You could take an aspirin or painkiller. You could meditate or take deep breaths. You could ... Views: 2334
The quality of your office is going to be determined by the quality of the team that assists you in providing health care to your patients. There are a number of things that you can do in order to build and strengthen your health care team.
People do business with people who they like, who ... Views: 2323
Victor Frankl’s best-selling book, Man’s Search for Meaning, has been listed as one of the ten most influential books in the United States.
Frankl chronicles his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.
In the opening of his book he ... Views: 2288
A great salesperson does not equal a great sales manager. It seems natural for the best performing salespeople to become promoted to positions of sales managers. However, many sales managers struggle in that role because they lack the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities to fully support their ... Views: 2274
Kuldeep Singh (Kens) is a Web Designer from India. Web design is the process of planning and creating a website. Text, images, digital media and interactive elements are shaped by the web designer to produce the page seen on the web browser.
Kuldeep Singh is an expert website designer; Graphic ... Views: 2273
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On Individuality and "Group Think" - by Brian Krall - Personal Development Specialist - True Life Development - www.TrueLifeDevelopment.com
Humans are sociological beings. We are social animals. If you have checked out my “True Life Relationships” main page you will know that that is exactly why I started True Life Relationships, so that I could offer not just the Psychologically based aspects of Personal Development, but the ... Views: 2270
You’ve wanted to know the secret to meeting management success? Look no further…
Here is YOUR answer to getting things DONE at alllll those meetings we attend.
All it takes is three little words.
Here are the “three little words” that will change your meeting life forever. Who knows, they ... Views: 2269
This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Team Building . Team building involves the selection, training and motivation of a group of people working toward a common goal. Gina Gardiner is the Official Guide to Team Building. The Big Book of Team Building Games: ... Views: 2258
Are your employees satisfied or engaged? As a business owner or manager, you had better know the difference between the two. Your employees may be satisfied at work because they are happily doing the bare minimum to keep you off their backs, but that’s not the same as being engaged. Engaged ... Views: 2246
We are all used to working as a part of a team. Working toward a set of common goals that point to the company’s mission is a great achievement; and yet, the team is faced with more challenges each day. The need to be productive and effective has never been more important.
But how can one ... Views: 2230
1.Ask these 2 important questions to the boss before you meet. When a facilitator has these answers, he can create the perfect day.
I. What are your team’s biggest issues at work?
II. What specific outcomes would you love to see happen
at the end of the day?
2. ... Views: 2226
Removing stress in a team is just one way of helping people to become their best and reach their potential. Very often stress is misunderstood or the causes of stress maybe misdiagnosed. In this article I describe one of the most common causes of stress that very often people fail to identify: ... Views: 2221
Part I, Definition and the basics of ineffective and effective teams
First let’s simply define what a team is: team members communicating face-to-face so that each member is aware of the presence of every other member on the team.
When establishing a project team, keep in mind that a small ... Views: 2220
This is probably the most cut and dry aspect of a business. An employee is present or not. Employees are very important and need to be at work. But how is this done fairly when there are full time employees, part time employees, and some places have per diem (as needed) employees. What should ... Views: 2215
You have to attend several meetings, team building exercises, conferences, award ceremonies and product launches every month. You are invited to several corporate celebrations as well. As a Public Relations professional you know how important these events are in creating the bonding between the ... Views: 2205
There are two types of discipline happening in business or regarding teams or there should be. The is the job performance discipline which is usually done in a progression to correct a problem. In other words there is some lee-way knowing that people make mistakes. It is a corrective and ... Views: 2197
Part 1 of this introductory article highlighted whether stretching, aka personal growth (not to be confused with parking your butt, reading self-help books, and watching the world whiz by you), is for you and whether you are open to using it to grow your business and improve your lifestyle. Part ... Views: 2195
(Written for Toastmasters, but applicable to all local clubs in civic and service organizations.)
“But Wait. There’s More!”
Our excitement and anticipation would peak every time we heard those four simple words by the late TV pitchman Billy Mays.
We knew what would come next. More ... Views: 2195
Advertisements for leads are everywhere on the web and they promise everything from wealth to automatic ways to grow your business. But can a lead system really deliver? Are they really worth the money?
Lead systems can be effective and can be used to grow your business. In fact, if you ... Views: 2149
One of the crucial steps, in my 6 secrets to success, is imitating and surrounding yourself with successful people. Now this can be intimidating for some because they look at these winners and tell themselves “I could never be able to talk to him” or “Why would he/she want to talk to me?” ... Views: 2147
Sometimes a team has to be trained or at least some members have to be trained. Then there are times when discipline of a team is necessary. New projects may have to be implemented or a change in a procedure may occur. There may be some problems that have to be solved. When this occurs things ... Views: 2132
This is the type of person who insists on following the rules to the letter, even when it is explained to him (or her) that the situation is urgent and speed is essential. He is more concerned that he has done everything correctly, even if it means that the goal is missed. He is rigid and has no ... Views: 2118
The simple act of nodding your head in acknowledgement, while someone is explaining an idea to you is something practiced by humans from a relatively early age. Perhaps saying “yes” in agreement or repeating what was stated to exhibit your understanding is somewhat simplistic, yet significantly ... Views: 2114
Do you ever feel like you are carrying the weight of a thousand people on your back? Somehow no matter how good you think you are at delegating it still feels like you have a thousand things to do. It's a feeling many entrepreneurs, managers and business owners have. William Oncken, author of ... Views: 2108
The law enforcement agencies help maintain law and order in the city and make us feel more secure. With their efforts and alertness we common people can easily move anywhere and anytime with so much ease. When you see a police personal the first thing which catches your attention is the dress ... Views: 2107
The Team Development Process
When I became a team leader, I quickly learned that there was more to teams than I'd realized. Although I had been on many teams, I had never realized what it took to manage a highly functional team. People do not always respond the way I think should. Sometimes ... Views: 2079
Businesses world wide are facing probably the most challenging time since the Second World War. Most of those in positions of responsibility have little or no first hand experience of dealing with a recession on a global scale.
In times of boom it feels easier to motivate and enthuse people ... Views: 2069
Most companies take a good approach to developing leaders, but generally miss the point. There's a lot of emphasis placed on good decision making, effective communication, and team building. And all those are important, but don't address what matters most.
When you get right down to it, the ... Views: 2067
Is your website having trouble being found on search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo? If so, then it sounds like you need some help in the SEO department. For those that don’t know, SEO (or Search Engine Optimization) is the digital marketing practice of using keywords, links, and backend ... Views: 2054
In the 2004 Summer Olympics, the Australian Women's Eight rowing team stood in fifth place, three seconds behind the leading Romanian crew team 500 meters from the finish line. When the Aussie’s were inside 400 meters one of the eight women quit rowing. She dropped her oars and laid back ... Views: 2051
O: Over-Delivering
When you go out of your way to show that you value a client, you’re over-delivering. And over-delivering is a key part of achieving success in business.
I routinely over-deliver for my students, as I actively listen to what they want at my events. For example, they like ... Views: 2040
Now more than ever, it is important for those leading in the workplace to maximize the contributions of those they lead. Organizational leaders are asked to do more with less all the while being required to increase profits. It’s a challenging task—one that demands everyone gives ... Views: 2035
Initiative is something we as leaders would obviously value highly from those we lead. But why don't we see it more ? What can we do to build it within our team, or see it more often ? I explain it this way, Initiative is bred by confidence, confidence is bred by competence.
To understand ... Views: 2022
Communication is the key to a successful relationship with your VA. Done right, it can become a powerful working relationship, done wrong, it can end in devastation. This is why it’s very important to invest some extra time at the start of the relationship to ensure its success.
The first ... Views: 2017
We’ve all had our share of poor or mediocre bosses, but what qualities do most great supervisors seem to have? I would argue three of the essentials are transparency, flexibility, and leadership.
Here’s what they look like in action.
Transparency: A tremendous amount of workplace time is ... Views: 1998
Interested in fantasy football? More importantly, do you love the NFL? Well, why not make things a bit more interesting this year? Get yourself involved in a Fantasy Football Survivor Pool. Mix in a bit of skill with pure luck to see if you can hang around the longest and become the last player ... Views: 1991
The topic of leadership is a lengthy subject, ranging from academic research to published works and articles. The discussion of leadership can be found in Greek and Roman texts, as well as works in the new millennia. In the project management field, however, leadership has been a sleeping giant, ... Views: 1987
I have been so excited and inspired by this year's baseball post-season and the big World Series victory by the San Francisco Giants. As a Bay Area native, a lifelong baseball fan, and someone who has been fortunate enough to have the Giants as a client this year, of course I was rooting ... Views: 1971
Software engineering is a very competitive and technical job and here getting an employee turnover is very expensive. Making a software engineer expert in their work and investing in that particular employee, is much more extravagant than just their salaries. So, when you are upskilling your ... Views: 1964
How often have you found yourself in conflict with a teammate because you see something one way and he/she sees them another? Perspective is a powerful phenomenon. The ancient fable of several blind men describing an elephant illustrates this well. Each was touching the elephant in different ... Views: 1960