Leading a Self-Managed Team
Self-directed teams have been around as a concept for over 25 years now, but the use of them is still quite variable with much confusion..
Teamwork and Collaboration
Building Excellent Teams
Every team leader wants to lead an excellent team – so why is it that we seem to find it so hard to get this outcome? Part of the reason..
Making the Collaborative Process Work
Two concerns prevent people from collaborating effectively: They don’t think the outcome will be fair and think they will “lose” what..
Explaining Mission and Purpose to Every Team Member
In the most simple terms a team’s mission describes its fundamental purpose. A “purpose” here is simply “an anticipated outcome..
Top 20 Books on Teams and Teamwork
Putting together a list of excellent books on any subject is always a highly subjective exercise. Nonetheless it is often useful to try to..
Team Building Questions
Any team wanting to “form up” for the first time or to cohere more strongly can help the process considerably by asking every..
Examples of Teamwork
Peter Drucker – the grandfather of modern management – has used the analogy of sport to describe the different types of teams that we..
Team Building Challenges
When authors Mike and Harvey Robbins wrote a book called “Why teams don’t work” – they weren’t saying teams “don’t” work,..
Teamwork Games
Working together as a team isn’t always easy, especially when you have a group of people with different backgrounds, ideas and..
Corporate Team Building Activities
A team is a group of people who have a common purpose or goal. As we all know, teams are inherently useful for conducting tasks or..
