Do You Have A Winning Team?

There are days when, like the rest of us, you have wondered whether you should fire all the staff. Likewise, your staff were probably thinking it wouldn't be bad to hire a new boss. What's wrong with this picture?

Leading Knowledge Workers: Avoid These 5 Deadly Leadership Sins

Knowledge workers are the individuals who use their 'brains' instead of their 'brawn' to get work done. These are the information specialists, researchers, marketing and sales experts whose talents drive the success of your business. To ensure high performance - you must manage these talented individuals differently than employees of the past. Their talents can help you take your business to the top. But like a spirited racehorse, they must be handled with care.

What is Team-Building?

Team-building has grown in popularity in recent years and is now a mainstream business activity. But what is team-building and how can it help?

Team Building Adventures: Where Reality TV and the Corporate Boardroom Meet the Great Outdoors

Combining corporate team building and popular TV shows such as CSI, Amazing Race, and Survivor is an outstanding way to create unique and memorable events for groups and employees. Getting employees out of the boardroom and into the great outdoors allows them to get out of the corporate setting and well out of their comfort zone, where real self-learning can take place.

Pass them the Crown to Build the Empire

Sometimes the best way to revive a dying empire is to appoint a few more kings.

7 Factors That Make Up A Winning Team

Sport is often used as a metaphor in business ... what will make a team win the games? There are several factors – all present in either area (business and sport):

Fiefdoms Do Not Equal Gold - Problems in the Land of Trade Shows

An Event of the Realm is very important to the King and eventually all his subjects. The King does not want to be a Micro-Ruler but expects all Knights to be cognizant of the importance of the Realm over the individual Fiefdoms. IN OTHER WORDS – People come to a trade show to see the Company, not the Individuals employed by the Company.

Attitude is Infectious - So Inject Your Team with Joy

Take time to enjoy your leadership role and take the necessary action to infect those around you with joy. Teams take their attitude from their leader, so be as positive and upbeat as you can.

Do Values Have Value?

Values have been described as personal--or organizational--North Stars. Having values means we have a constant fixture to guide us in the face of uncertainty. In the Northern Hemisphere, as long as you can see the North Star, you can navigate successfully, whatever the circumstances, and arrive at your intended destination. Similarly, the presence of corporate values enables employees to make good decisions if no leader or other source of guidance is available.

When Teams Don't Work: 10 Major Reasons

Discover 10 major reasons why teams fail. Learn secrets for transforming your team and achieving success.

Team Building in the Work Place

If you are looking for a way to develop team team work skills, there are a couple of ideas that have been proven successful time and time again. It is up to you to decide what kind of team work project you need to incorporate, and how much time, effort, and money you are willing to put into the project. Building team work capacity is one sure fire way to get better production for your employees.

Casting Off The Chains: Drive Up Productivity Through Team Mobility

For most sales focused organisations – any employee 'down time' is dead time and constitutes a direct impact on the profit margin. Many companies are chasing the Elysian dream of reducing this loss and therefore driving up margins through the implementation of 'remote access technologies,' but they may well be missing the point entirely...

Leadership - Expectations

What is your staff doing today? Chances are good that you could probably run down your list of direct reports and provide me with a fairly detailed summary of what each person needs to accomplish by 5 o'clock. However, what if I asked what you wanted your staff to complete by the end of this week, month and year? Even better, what if I asked your staff? Would they have any idea?

Employee Team Project Incentives for Internet Companies

There are many ways to give much needed incentives to employees such as stock options, Christmas Bonuses and profit sharing. However, consider a start up entrepreneurial company, which is web based. What can you do to give a little back to your employees and generate some real productivity and tap into some of the creative genius of your work force?