Build a Great Team - Ten Easy Ways to Start!

It's all about focusing on where the best value in using time lies. Who is the leader of the team and what is your best use of time. Getting to know your own value and appreciating where you add it best is a big, and very productive step.So, to start... Read More

Resolving Workplace Conflict: 4 Ways to a Win-Win Solution

The effects of conflict in the workplace are widespread and costly. Its prevalence, as indicated by three serious studies, shows that 24-60% of management time and energy is spent dealing with anger. This leads to decreased productivity, increased stress among employees, hampered performance, high turnover rate, absenteeism and at its... Read More

Motivation - Dont Make Your Team Uncomfortable

The people in your team may feel a bit uncomfortable when you sit down and spend time with them, particularly if they're not used to it. They might not be used to you doing it or perhaps a previous manager didn't do it. It's often the case that people are... Read More

Motivating Your Employees

CREATE A MOTIVATIONAL CLIMATE: Create a climate where others find long-term motivation. Long term motivation comes from a positive work environment, and positive reinforcement. Usually long-term motivation is impossible without short-term motivation. Short-term motivation comes from the staff working together, learning from each other, and giving as well as receiving... Read More

7 Key Dimensions of High Performance Teams

7 Key Dimensions of High Performance Teams We can always look at the behaviors and skills of team leaders and team members in analyzing team performance and success, but it is also instructive to look at the overall team as well. The list of attributes that follows describes team units... Read More

Joy and Laughter in the Workplace: Lessons From the Land of OZ

Turbulent TwistersYou've read about it in the headlines and experienced it first hand... rapid change and constant stress. We're talking about mergers, acquisitions, downsizing, lean and mean, working harder not better, work and personal life completely out of whack! These all too familiar realities reflect the turbulent nature of corporate... Read More

If You Can?t See It, They Won?t Do It

Recently, while developing a customer service program, I asked my client to provide me with detailed descriptions of behaviors he wanted his team members to engage in. He called me back a short time later and told me that his department heads were having a difficult time with the assignment.... Read More

Trust: A Critical Factor to Your Teams Success

True or false? Teams that practice good teamwork contribute to an organization's success.Not only "true" but blatantly true.The fact may be plain and simple, but creating a successful team, leading a successful team, or participating on a successful team is not so plain and simple. The sticky word is "successful."... Read More

Safety First - Five Reasons to Hold a Routine Safety Meeting

Workplace safety is important to all businesses for ethical, legal and financial reasons. Keeping employees safe from injury is the right thing to do, it also keeps a business away from civil litigation and can lower costly compensation claims.Many larger companies are establishing full-time safety coordinators whose job is solely... Read More

How to Turn Idea Squashers into Possibilities

Managing a small business continues to become more challenging. However, history has shown that resourceful business owners will succeed. They will prosper, turning disadvantages into advantages by thinking creatively.While entrepreneurs focused on competition fade into the past, those working from a creative standpoint will carry the torch. The creative individual... Read More

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Empower Your Trainees

One of the most memorable quotes that I heard from... Read More

Leadership, Genuine, Meaningful and Productive

One of the best lessons I have learned is the... Read More

If You Can?t See It, They Won?t Do It

Recently, while developing a customer service program, I asked my... Read More

Do You Want to Get Others to Improve Their Performance? Then Expect the Best

Recently I decided to stretch my athletic abilities and add... Read More

Team Building Survey Reveals Clues, Not Answers

Team Building Question:I'm a manager of a team of 20... Read More

You, Your Team, and Your Coach

The grand purpose of coaching is to help your managers,... Read More

4 Tips for Keeping a Team Motivated

Companies often have incentives for reps, but sometimes that isn't... Read More

Team Development in the Little Leagues

A grassy field, two nets, a soccer ball and some... Read More

Building Teams

Young minds are quite easy to shape. International Terrorist recruiters... Read More

Team Development and Learning

A tight knit team is a group of competent individuals... Read More

Team Work - A Challenge of Character

Over the years there has been much ado about team... Read More

The Magic and Mystery of Teams

As the world of manufacturing has become increasingly competitive, managers... Read More

Cross-Cultural Communication: Grin and Jump In!

Multiculturalism is a reality in North America and for those... Read More

Team Building Seminars: Why New Teams Struggle

With over 25 years of research and experience, we have... Read More

Franchisor Award Programs; Ideas and Innovation

Franchisors should also be heavy on the award side of... Read More

Team Journaling

The very effective tool of keeping a journal can be... Read More

Leadership ? Do The Simple But Important Things

Why do we human beings complicate things? Is it that... Read More

What College Taught Me About Teamwork Training

I declared a Communications Major two years into school, after... Read More

How Does Personal Development Help in Business?

Teams run most businesses and teams work best if each... Read More

Leading To A Preferred Future

Last month's edition of Footprints and Monuments illustrated a parallel... Read More

Joy and Laughter in the Workplace: Lessons From the Land of OZ

Turbulent TwistersYou've read about it in the headlines and experienced... Read More

Dealing with People that Drive You Crazy!

We all know someone who just drives us batty. Perhaps... Read More

Team Member Feedback: A Priceless Communication Tool

Feedback is such an important communication tool. Openness, honesty, candor,... Read More

Communication between franchisees in a franchise system

If you own a franchise you would be wise to... Read More

Boost Your Success With An R&D Team

One of the best ways to ensure that your planning... Read More

Dealing with Difficult People: Ten Ways to Improve Your Communications Success

Have you noticed that some people seem to stop listening... Read More

Corporate Team Building

There is a WHOLE lot of talk these days about... Read More

Raising Issues In Your Group or Offline

In a recent group coaching session, a client mentioned that... Read More

Whats Your REAL problem??

When was the last time you spent excessive time and... Read More

People Are The Heart Of Your Organization

Do you let your people express their thoughts about the... Read More

Mastermind Team: Do You Have One?

The key to life is to be around the people... Read More

Teaming - How to Build a Team

Team building takes work but the results are worth it.... Read More

Listening Between the Lines

Have you seen the tee-shirt with the slogan, "Talk to... Read More