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Category: Teams

  • Innovative teams

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    Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash I do a lot of training around the topics of innovation, teamwork and leadership and I am constantly reading articles, books etc on the topic. Here is a really useful and interesting set of resources from Google on the three topics. Read it here.

  • Values and teamwork

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    Photo by Mathias Jensen on Unsplash Last week I was in Bega delivering a series of programs around values and their importance to teamwork and achieving organisational goals. I think that a lot of managers and employees believe that values are just something you find on the wall in poster form, particularly in the head office reception area.…

  • Teams!

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    Photo by Olga Guryanova Delivering some training this week on teams and the types that make up teams. Typically I use DiSC to assist with this process but here is another view provided by Harvard Business Review. Similar but some differences. Read the HBR article here.  

  • More teamwork

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    Following on from Monday’s post on Googles teams here is a great article from HBR on teamwork. Read the article here.

  • Google and effective teams

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    If you do any training around teams and teamwork or if you are a team leader/manager then this video is a must see. Great tips on how to create a high performance team. Can’t see the video – click here  

  • Successful teams and managers

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    Google has been conducting research on whether managers have an impact on team performance. They have found that good managers really do make a difference. The article below will show you some aspects of what they found but if you are really interested in the full results you can purchase the research from Harvard here or…

  • Team motivation

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    I’m delivering some training this week on teams and motivation. An area that I always find fascinating. Many of my readers are involved in teams. Me, not so much anymore, as I tend to be working, essentially, on my own. Here are some team motivation tips. 10 Team Motivation Killers and How to Fix Them…

  • What’s wrong with working alone.

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    I have been guilty of writing a number of team and teamwork programs as well as delivering many team based training programs. There is  nothing wrong with teams if that is the way you like to work. But, as I remind many of my participants and clients not everyone works best in a team environment.…