Feb 13

Effective Team Building: 8 Essential Elements for Executives

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when certain elements are missing, team building is less than effective. Definitely, an effort is made to include each and every one of these elements for every team building initiative. Unfortunately, many clients are totally resistant to including some or all of these elements. Including these elements will require a total of 40 – 60 minutes from the CEO (i.e. about 20 – 30 minutes with the CEO before the session, 10 – 15 minutes during the session and 10 – 15 minutes immediately after). Any CEO who is not prepared to invest this much time to ensure that team building is effective is simply not serious about it. When this level of commitment is missing, there is a high liklihood that team building will be ineffective.

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Feb 13

Up The Challenge

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Hi folks, This is not a full write-up, but I wanted to quickly share a great idea I came across which was posted on a list-server I’m subscribed to… Many people are familiar with The Great Egg Drop problem-solving activity, but it’s been around for a while, and so the question was asked – What

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Feb 10

LinkedIn Groups: International Business Team Building Network for Executives

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It’s no secret that a lot of companies simply aren’t getting a lot of bang for their team building buck. To help executives have instant access to information to create effective team building, the International Business Team Building Network for Executives was formed almos 3 years ago. It’s a growing network of over 225 executives from 30 countries on just about every continent.

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Feb 10

LinkedIn Groups: International Business Team Building Network for Executives

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It’s no secret that a lot of companies simply aren’t getting a lot of bang for their team building buck. To help executives have instant access to information to create effective team building, the International Business Team Building Network for Executives was formed almos 3 years ago. It’s a growing network of over 225 executives from 30 countries on just about every continent.

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Jan 13

Corporate Politics: 10 Sure-Fire Strategies to Reduce Turf Wars and Power Struggles

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In large corporations, corporate politics (with its accompanying turf wars and power struggles) seems to be inevitable. These dynamics are not limited to large profit-making corporations. Unfortunately, I don’t have a magic bullet that will eliminate turf wars but I do have some ideas about what is behind some of the in-fighting and a few ideas for leadership practices that can reduce it. The following suggestions will help executives and senior team leaders avoid practices that foster a climate of fear, insecurity and mistrust that fuels in-fighting.

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Jan 10

One Minute Debrief

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One of the quickest and easiest debriefing techniques ever devised! At A Glance A group is asked to respond rapidly to one or more questions in no more than sixty seconds. What You Need Form one large or several small groups. Everyone standing or sitting in a circle. What To Do This is perfect for

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Jan 10

Coloured Ball Debrief

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Wonderfully creative and random way to debrief your group’s experience. At A Glance Participants are asked to randomly pull a ball out of a bag, the colour of which will direct the focus of their response. What You Need Selection of balls (different colours) or other multi-coloured items. Form one large or several small groups.

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Jan 10

Exercise As Brain Food

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In the past 12 months there has been a growing mountain of research that has generated a lot of excitement in PE and adventure-based learning circles which speaks to the CRITICAL VALUE of integrating play and exercise in our lives, every day! Especially for kids. Click the image at right to read this short article.

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Jan 08

Team Building in Japan

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From traditional to modern, Japan offers: – a wide variety of possibilities for team building themes – many options for recreational activities and excursions to flesh out your theme – the facilities to pull off a team building retreat, business meeting or conference flawlessly Throughout the year, there’s an opportunity to incorporate some really interesting Japanese cultural experiences into your retreat. To help your company “stay ahead of the curve”, field trips and factory tours to uncover ultra-modern new technology can also be built into your agenda. You can also have an opportunity to round out your agenda with keynote speakers and panels can focusing Japanese business practices, Kaizen, TQM, or Six Sigma.

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