Effective Teambuilding Yields Surprising Results in Today’s 21st Century Work Culture
In November we celebrated Labor Day — our tribute to the American workforce. Yet, this year our claims of fidelity to the ideal of hard work as a path to a good life were muted by harsh reality. Only 43.7% of working-age Americans are employed full-time according to the August Gallup P2P numbers. However, a handful […]
A Healthy Team Is A Productive One
The Hartford, on September 25, released its third in a series of four reports this year providing insights on various trends in the workplace. Best-selling author and marketing consultant Lindsey Pollak shares her expertise on the Millennial generation and what both employees and employers can anticipate going forward. The first two reports, published in April […]
Creating and Sustaining Employee “Fidelity” in the Workplace
Employee infidelity. It can be the demise of today’s businesses. But just what does it mean when employees are unfaithful to an organization? It means that a once solid relationship between employee and employer is now broken and the employee has moved on to a competitor willing to “woo” and nurture their expertise and talents. […]
Employees Need Support From Management for Skill Development
Copyright TIGERS Success Series by Dianne Crampton Many employers have “hidden talent” in their organizations that hasn’t been effectively tapped, according to a recent study conducted by Accenture, a global management and outsourcing company. 55% of the workers surveyed in this U.S. report say they feel under pressure to develop additional skills in order to […]
Winning or Losing The Race With Fast Teams
Fast team concepts are being studied by executives to prepare companies for post recession market shifts. It is thought that fast teams will contribute to corporate agility in the face of rapid market shifts. What could possibly go wrong? Read more. Corporate agility is one of the concepts executives are studying now to address consumer […]
Attracting the Right Team Players for a Successful Business Team Culture
What are the top 10% looking for when they are recruited onto existing teams? The place to start is building a team culture you know will be successful and produces high levels of satisfaction for employees. Trust: Studies clearly indicate that for team players, trust is far more important in building strong teams—teams that deliver […]
Interdependence: The Glue That Binds Teams & Builds Success
It seems obvious, but often a concept that seems obvious when talking about it can be most elusive when attempting to put it into practice. In this case I am talking about the need for leaders and project managers to not only understand the importance of Interdependence in achieving team success, but what this value […]
Trust and Effective Team Work at Zappos.com
The leaders of Zappos.com have found ways to anchor trust into every business function—not only with team members but also with customers. Here’s how. First, customer service always exceeds purchaser expectations. Team members in the call center build relationships with their customers. They are free to spend as much time as necessary to see that […]
Coaching: A Tool for Team Success
The truth is that high-performance teams achieve remarkable success. As the result of much research over the past several years, a knowledge base of what works and what doesn’t exists. In the early stages of developing high -performance teams, what appears to be chaos to onlookers and even to the members themselves is a necessary […]
How to Give Your Project Management Team a Boost
Self-motivation means that people wake up in the morning with the drive to make adifference. This skill is based on enlightened values and allows them to focus most on the joy work gives them rather than the inevitable struggles. Follow these simple guidelines to encourage self-motivation among your project management team. 1. Develop team procedures […]
