Facilitating Adventurous Conversations
If you are serious about the performance of your team, it is time to help them get the sleep they need. .
Trust is the glue that holds a team together and it is the most valuable element in a brand. It is also fragile and hard to build. This book examines how trust can be built and broken in business.
This guide is so concise it can be read in a lunch hour, yet it contains valuable insights that will help you and your team to thrive.
Here is a selection of team building activities that will energise your next team meeting, conference or training session.
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◀ 1 2 3 4 5 … 10 ▶Business is driven by reason, as is education, but perhaps our desire for everything to add up is causing us to miss out.
Why does education and employment value reason over imagination?
Around the world from Cambridge to Calcutta, education has the same hierarchy of subjects, maths then languages, humanities and at the bottom, arts. …
To ask a child to perform a piece of music, in front of her peers using an instrument she has never touched before, would rightly be regarded as cruel. Prior to the performance she should not only learn to read music and listen to others playing the same piece, she should also practice playing her instrument in private.
Employees taking part in one of our many team building exercises
Why is it then that we expect our bright young employees to step into management roles having read books and attended courses, yet never having actually practiced leading a team? …
The great Charles Handy made a rare public appearance earlier this week, not speaking to a group of executives but at a fundraising lecture for the family support network Relate.
Is Your Organisation Growing Fruit or Vegetables?
His lecture highlighted the fact that the ‘always on’ culture, combined with less people doing more work in organisations, is threatening family life. …
Amazon revolutionised book selling, iTunes revolutionised record sales and EasyJet revolutionised travel. The digital revolution is impacting all areas of our lives and many commentators are suggesting that education will be next: BBC News – Online University Giant Gets Bigger.
We can access almost anything online - you can even gain a great education from the comfort of your own home.
TED talks, iTunes U, edx.org and the Khan Academy are taking high quality learning online. …
Journalists are among the least trusted of all professions, yet there’s still a thing or two they can teach managers.
Follow our 15 tips from journalists on asking questions and becoming a better manager
To manage effectively we need to have good insight. A primary source for insight is those around us, not just our own team but our peers, customers and those that lead us. …
A BBC news report about the elderly population of the Greek island of Ikaria in the Mediterranean has highlighted the importance of a lifestyle rich in fresh food, wine, friends and family on health and longevity.
Can the occasional glass of wine really help us live longer?
Research carried out by the University of Athens studied those aged over 65 on Ikaria. …
A recent issue of Fortune magazine focuses on the secrets of greatness: Teamwork. It offers insights into teams past like Apple Computer’s Macintosh team and teams of Marines in Iraq…
The methods and tools involved in LEAN Six Sigma are easy.
…It also argues that “most of what you’ve read about teamwork is bunk.” While you can’t just demand teamwork, there are some simple lessons….
In Leadership Styles Parts 1 and 2 we looked at how great leaders differ In their style, and how it’s important to match leaders with the tasks and conditions they are best suited to. In this final part of the series we look at the strengths and limitations of the four remaining leadership styles.
Do you think Yoda was a Motivating leader or a Coaching leader?
Directing Leader
Once the vision is established and the strategy agreed, it will be the directional leader who takes key decisions with confidence and certainty, guiding the team day to day and keeping them on track. …
This Christmas children will be pleading for the latest toy and many families will dust off their Monopoly sets and rediscover the simple joy of playing a game together. But should we limit our game playing to childhood and holidays, or can play help us in our work, our thinking and our leadership?
Could playing more games be key to better management?
Attitudes to play are changing and the once ridiculed video game industry is now recognised as a valuable contributor to the economy and culture. …
Subsidised restaurants, table football games and fashionable work wear are a few examples of initiatives employers adopt in the hope of creating a great workplace.
A great team leader could be key to a great workplace
Whilst it’s true that some of the best places to work do have games in their office, great food and contemporary dress codes, it’s not these initiatives that make them great workplaces. It’s the people, in particular the managers….
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