6 Ways to Ruin a Company Offsite Meeting
Can leading team building exercises (games) ruin your company offsite? This article from Inc Magazine says yes. From the article: Method # 6 for ruining your company offsite: Include teambuilding exercises when teambuilding isn’t the point. Teambuilding exercises, like ropes courses, puzzles, treasure hunts, etc., were incredibly popular in 90s corporate America. They’re still fairly […]
Free Leadership TeleSeminar: GO Communicate! — Exploring and improving how your teams interact.
Almost every team will tell you that they struggle with communication. And we’ve got some fresh ways to help you think about the communication challenges for the teams that you support. In this “GO Communicate” TeleSeminar we will explore two unique lenses for communication: the “advocacy and inquiry” model, and the “directing and informing” style […]
The Spiritual Nature of Team Building — New TeleSeminar Series
When I first began team building in 1987, I was drawn to the work because I felt good doing it. My initial inexperience made it very challenging at first, and yet I knew I was doing the right thing. These feelings were an indication I was following a spiritual path – – though I wouldn’t […]
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today is we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. here in the United States. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from Dr. King. An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broad conerns of all humanity. ~ Martin Luther King, […]
Sit down lectures – – Is there a better way to learn teamwork?
Photo from Andrew Scott on Flickr Remember college classes? Sitting in a lectures taking notes? Remember how engaging these lectures were? “Sage on the stage” is how this method of instruction is known. If you’re like most people, a good portion of college lectures were terribly boring and did not fully engage you. Fast forward […]
The Power of Self Leadership — interview with Ed Manning
We can’t truly lead others until we know how to lead ourselves. In this live and interactive TeleSeminar you’ll learn an innovative tool for mapping key internal influences of your behavior, communication, and decision making. Once we know why we’re doing what we’re doing, we can make informed choices rather than simply react to people […]