by Dianne Crampton | Apr 23, 2020 | agile teams, remote workers |
Working from home takes some grit. Corrine had just finished putting her five-year-old son to bed. The three-day-old pile of clean laundry had been folded and stacked. The daily, week-to-date, and year-to-date reports she had worked on for the past few days had...
by Dianne Crampton | Mar 26, 2020 | decision making, team, team building ideas |
Out of sight, out of mind. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. The first bird gets the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese. Clothes make the man. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Look before you leap. He who hesitates is lost. The best things in life are free. You...
by Dianne Crampton | Jan 3, 2020 | agile teams, project management |
Project creep happens every so subtly. Quinn was tasked to head a returning client’s project. The deal was to deliver this app that would enable customers to book same-day delivery services. Back then it was a breakthrough app. Her timeline was two months –a...
by Dianne Crampton | Nov 27, 2019 | agile teams, decision making |
The year I had Mrs. Matson for homeroom is the year I’ll never forget. As a class we needed to make a decision and this was my first blush with consensus decision making. Actually, it was a year of a lot of firsts. Most important, it was a year I felt I had a “say”...
by Dianne Crampton | Sep 5, 2019 | Team Cultures, team development, teamwork development strategies, teamwork dynamics |
As organizations continue to grow, trends show a greater focus on work team development. Rather than each employee working individually, companies are now striving to create a cohesive, unified work environment. This team-oriented culture no longer encourages the...
by Dianne Crampton | Apr 4, 2019 | team building effectiveness, toxic culture, toxic leadership |
Team development success is essential for a company to be sustainable. But when the wrong leaders are in charge, the effects can impact your bottom line. How do we know this? In 2017, A research team from the University of Manchester’s Business School interviewed...
