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 … 30 31 32 33 34 … 36 ▶If only there really was an elephant – or two – in the room, teamwork might improve.
Researchers have documented elephants in the wild helping each other
Research just published by Cambridge University and featured on BBC news confirms that elephants will cooperate and work effectively as a team: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9417000/9417308.stm.
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Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday – Pancake Day to most of us. Give the sandwich man or lady a day off and make pancakes for lunch instead.
Run a quick team building exercise - make some pancakes for the team
You just need a camping stove, a pan, a bit of oil and some pancake mix. For about a dozen pancakes you’ll need:…
Mind maps work as they use the whole brain. They appeal to left brain thinkers who like structure while right brain thinkers love the creativity of a masterpiece appearing before their eyes.
Mind maps come in all shapes and sizes and it is very much up to the individual how they look
Where do you start?
There are several people who will tell you they use mind maps or have tried them – however are they following the Buzan rules? Tony Buzan is the guru of mind mapping and made the logic meet the creativity.
The Rules…
Could relying on an email to convey the nuance of an important message be lazy and ill-considered?
Although in this instance the Army was quick to admit that this was “a bad mistake” and the result of “a serious administrative error” there are many cases where similarly important and sensitive news has been communicated via an inappropriate and impersonal method such email….
Teams contain people and people have egos. Egos erode teams. This fact threatens most teams, particularly those made up of high achievers.
Egos erode teams. This fact threatens most teams, particularly those made up of high achievers.
Unfortunately when we lack humility we fail to own up when we don’t understand what’s going on. Very often our colleagues are equally confused but they too keep quiet, so confusion reigns – silently.
“If only we were better informed” is a common complaint amongst employees, particularly in larger organisations.
An example of a recent film we produced for Treasury Wine Estates
Similarly managers often complain that their staff don’t seem to be ‘on message’ with the organisation’s products, values and operations….
The latest CIPD Employee Outlook Survey reports two significant findings that, if not addressed, are very likely to lead to a spike in staff turnover:
Simple acts such as team building whether that be after work in the pub, or off site with specialist facilitators are vital as they demonstrate the employer's commitment to its staff
1. In the private sector 1 in 5 employees fear that they will loose their jobs (in the public sector it’s as high as1 in 3). Given that 29 million people are currently in employment, this means that many millions of employees are insecure in their jobs and subject to de-motivation and distraction….
This team building task gets teams thinking creatively, communicating and planning.
Planning is important to the success of this team building task
Small teams are asked to build the tallest, most cost-effective, free-standing tower using a packet of dried spaghetti and a packet of jelly babies within the set time limit.
Key themes: Teamwork, Creative, thinking.
Participants: 6 – 50
Timing: 15 – 30 minutes…
Way back in 1997 Fresh Tracks created the Chocolate Challenge it brought team building indoors and replaced military style tasks with a sensory experience that was both enormous fun and conveyed important messages about business and teamwork.
The Chocolate Challenge & Team Machine are events we have created in the past but what will this years be?
Every few years we develop more events, like The Team Machine, and we are currently creating another completely original team building exercise that responds to the needs of the present time….
So much has been said, written and thought about leadership that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to identify what actually makes a good leader.
One important attribute of leadership is being decisive!
So when the BBC announced it was dedicating two thirty minute radio shows to the subject, by asking leaders from politics, business and sport what they believe makes a good leader, we had to tune in. Listen again to the programme here: http://bbc.in/fbhJ5S.
Some of the attributes listed by the leaders interviewed included:…
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