Team Building

Attitude Is Everything For A Buyer's Agent

Sat, 23 May 2009 20:00:07 GMT

When faced with the decision of new or experienced, I often coach clients on evaluating the attitude of the individual. What is the attitude and character of the individual? Do they have a pleasing, positive attitude? Do they possess the work ethic that is necessary to succeed? Are they willing to receive your coaching and counsel?

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PDC Leads the Knowledge March!

Sat, 23 May 2009 19:59:54 GMT

Personnel Development Charter has been consciously focusing on bringing out the best of every Ebusinessware employee. The formal Learning Management System has been brought about to bring about an invisible layer of knowledge gap filling. Any and every organization, in its bid to identify and seal coherent scope areas for growth and progress, needs to have a system that recognizes, measures and fulfills the training needs not just on an individual level but at an Organizational level also.

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People Are Your Assets - Train Them Well

Sat, 23 May 2009 19:59:32 GMT

I started my advertising career 25 years ago and it was rather standard operating procedure to have access to training programs or internal creative and media boot camps. For example; Young & Rubicam had a wonderful series of presentation workshops and media training labs, and Ogilvy & Mather offered an account management program which really tested your ability to develop strong brand value propositions.

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Ice Breaker Ideas For Away Days

Sat, 23 May 2009 19:59:10 GMT

Ice breakers tend to involve a problem solving exercise - with individuals or teams having differing information or perspectives and having to work together, share this and develop outcomes or agreed action plans. The advantage of many ice breakers is that they can cost effectively (OK cheaply) be tailored to a specific setting/sector or be more ambiguous to assess individuals ability/behaviors with the unknown or outside their comfort zone.

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Creativity Deficiencies

Sat, 23 May 2009 19:58:41 GMT

Groups need creativity. It helps them solve problems, develop products, and improve productivity. So how do you put a creative spark into a group that just doesn't seem to have any creative abilities? Researchers have discovered only one significant characteristic between people who are and are not creative.

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Group Processes and Power Relations

Sat, 23 May 2009 19:58:12 GMT

In a previous article I wrote about how the conventional way of thinking about meetings separates out task from process. Instead I offered an alternative way of understanding the patterning of human interaction, suggesting no separation between task and process. The way we choose to work together will directly affect what we achieve.

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Becoming the Voice of Reason on Your Team

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:21:57 GMT

How to Have a Positive Impact Regardless of Your Role Avoid the Voices of Dysfunction We've all heard the voices. And not just in our heads. At work the voices are all around us - in other cubicles, walking down the hall, and especially in meetings. Usually, the loudest voices seem to be negative: Voice of Whining - "What were they thinking?

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Team Building Exercises to Improve the Workplace

Thu, 21 May 2009 10:21:21 GMT

People have experienced the awkward moments of starting a new job and being the new person. People have also participated in ice breakers and other games and activities that allow them to interact with their coworkers. The team building exercises assure that people interact and meet one another, often in the context of solving a problem in a fun, stress free situation.

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Use the Magic Question to Get the Meeting Back on Track

Wed, 20 May 2009 19:21:05 GMT

If you are a project manager or team leader, you have probably experienced the "WMG Meeting". Some new problem arises and the team starts to whine and moan and groan about it. Morale sinks. Your attempt to get everyone back on the agenda isn't working. What do you do? Ask the magic question. Interrupt the whiners and say: "Wait a minute.

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The Art of Teamwork

Wed, 20 May 2009 19:20:37 GMT

In any organization the art of teamwork is an essential characteristic that forges the road of success. When a group fails to successfully collaborate, they fail as a whole and nothing good comes of it. In its purest form, teamwork is collaboration between individuals within a group. When said individuals set aside their personal agendas, they open a path to fully understand the mission at hand.

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