Joy On The Job?

Surprise--We are hardwired for happiness at work! Humans have an innate need to play-and play contributes immensely to productivity and morale. Even boring and repetitive tasks can be transformed into joy on the job. Discover how to use teamwork as a tool for creating happiness at work by taking advantage of the human need to play, interact, and cooperate.

A Duck Walked in to a Staff Meeting: Comedy Techniques to Lighten Up Business

Used effectively and positively, humor can improve the workplace in many ways. Employees who laugh regularly are physically and emotionally healthier, not to mention more productive and creative. And let’s face it – it’s more fun to work with people who bring joy and laughter to work than those who suck the life out of everyone around them.

Cash In On Your Human Capital: Using Personality Type to Optimize Your Team

Can you improve productivity, facilitate effective communication, and create a team that works like a well-oiled machine? You can if you learn how to recognize the resources that are already present in your organization. Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the world's most popular personality assessment, you'll learn how to improve communication, foster teamwork, and increase efficiency for your team.

An Empty Mind: The Key to Great Teamwork and Communication

To really connect with the people around you, it is vital that you have an empty mind.

7 Steps to Exceptional Virtual Team Communication

A team is only as good as each member's ability to communicate effectively. This is true of any team, but let's face it - virtual teams face a unique set of communication and connection issues. Leading virtual teams can be challenging at times, but there are specific and effective steps to take that will build strong connections, communication and trust within your team. Virtual teams can build exceptional communication.

Effective Recognition: A Conversation with Management Consultant and Author Cindy Ventrice

Cindy Ventrice is a management consultant and workshop leader with over 20 years of experience in a wide range of industries. In this interview she provides guidance for owners and leaders to assess the quality of their current recognition programs.

Great Teamwork Begins With an R

Teams form around a single common purpose. Teamwork occurs within a team only when there is respect. Great teams evolve around self respect and respect for each other.

Technology Adds ROI to CRM

The idea behind CRM implementation is to improve the productivity of the sales organization by leveraging better information. Because the data is updated in real-time, teams have the most current information. The result is a coordinated action plan.

SMART Team Performance

Teams are a lot like jazz groups. Their performance has to arise from within the team members, not be imposed from without. It needs to be soulful, mindful, astute, responsible, and trusting - SMART.

Opening a Dollar Store - Employee Leadership – Creating a Great Working Environment

One of the biggest challenges associated with opening a dollar store is finding, hiring, training and then retaining good employees. Honest, dependable, customer oriented employees are key to making your business a success. One of the most powerful tools for retaining employees is the creation of a great work environment.

In Direct Sales - Team Meetings Made Easy

As Team Leader, you should hold regular group meetings to educate, inform, and motivate your team. Meetings provide an opportunity for your team to get together, learn new techniques, be recognized for achievements, and become more successful Consultants.

In Direct Sales - How to Motivate Your Team

It is a well-known fact that managers who focus on the number of shows being held by their team have higher monthly sales. By learning early in the month how many shows are already on the books, you will discover how you can support your team members to achieve more success.

The Use of Corporate Entertainment

Whether it is a party or formal ceremony, it would take some effort to imagine a corporate event without the element of entertainment. An entire corporate event in its broad sense (including corporate retreats, corporate Christmas parties and non-cash incentives), may seem nothing more than entertainment. The element of entertainment is also present in the schedules of such events as corporate meetings, sales conferences, product launches, trade shows and so on (why not start a conference with a stunning lights show?). In any case, entertaining programmes are far more than just having fun.

In My Own Image

People of all ages in business make the mistake of seeing the whole of their world in a mirror image of their own reflection. In all cases this level of ego has more disadvantages than it has advantages. They disrupt teams or prevent teams from forming. A brief description of my top five observations of people exhibiting this characteristic are: