Team Building Articles

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Friday, 9th May 2008 @ 3:56 AM

Life starts as we are born into teams, called families. At this point, the task of learning to "get along" begins. Then the task continues as we keep working in teams during school and careers. Why is "getting along" such a universal hardship. Perhaps it is because we are all so different and the way we think and express ourselves varies from person to person. Although some people do simply click when they come together, in most cases different personalities clash a little wh... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Ricardo d Argence @ Saturday, 19th April 2008 @ 7:33 AM

Finding ways to motivate employees to do their best and beyond is rewarding for both the employee and the business. A successful manager turns reasonable requests asked of their employees into incentives for a job well done. Motivated employees are your greatest line in defense in attaining quality job performance and meeting future goals. Motivation is a key ingredient to any success. A skillful manager provides a winning strategy by setting up targets for the employees to achie... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Thursday, 10th April 2008 @ 6:05 PM

There are many different companies, organizations, schools and other groups that could benefit from fun team building activities in Washington, D.C. Team Building Benefits Team building can help the people in your company, college or family work together and have fun during the process. As they work together in a fun environment, people learn how to communicate with each other and capitalize on individual strengths in a team setting. These skills can then be transferred to school, ... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Ricardo d Argence @ Wednesday, 19th March 2008 @ 10:34 PM

Team building has been around as a corporate training technique for decades, but recently it's fallen into disuse. Why? Because many of the techniques of team building seem more like play than work, perhaps. Or because managers decided that the team building they'd already done was enough to make the group cohesive and maximize their productivity. However, team building is a continuing process. As the military has found in decades of trial and error, when you have units o... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Gail Solish @ Tuesday, 18th March 2008 @ 7:52 PM

Changing habits is hard work. It has been said that it requires 21 times of doing something in order to make it a habit. Here are some ways to figure out how to turn unhelpful habits into positives. 1. Never Feeling Good Enough - Are you constantly evaluating everything you do and generally finding fault. Do you have an internal voice which critiques you on everything, seeing only the negatives, not the positives? This voice is often described as a "gremlin." When you are feeling ... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Thursday, 13th March 2008 @ 8:52 PM

Although not really well known to the laymen, the term "Hawthorne effect" has resounded in the social science world since the late 20s in America. The Hawthorne effect is basically known as a study of how high worker morale equals better work output. The morale is based a great deal on the social interactions between workers -- more so than the actual type and quality of work that is being done. This will be a small touch on what some of the study found as well as some team buildi... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Tuesday, 11th March 2008 @ 5:31 PM

Teams are characteristically made up of a group of people with similar values who are working together to accomplish common goals. Companies, athletic directors, schools and many other organizations all organize teams because of the many benefits that teamwork yields. One of the most valued products of teamwork is its efficiency. In teams, work often gets done faster. Perhaps this is because large tasks can be broken down into smaller assignments that are then farmed out to individua... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Tuesday, 4th March 2008 @ 6:19 AM

So the top executives want to find out what their workers can do by doing a little experiment that should be "fun" for everyone. You'll probably get a bunch of rolling eyes. However the feedback can be quite valuable to find out the strengths and abilities of people to see how effective they are together. This is usually done through an exercise that takes the focus off of their daily routine and puts them in a realm where the most basic components of decision making and delegating ... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Sunday, 2nd March 2008 @ 6:59 PM

Finding a destination management company (DMC) in Baltimore is easy. Finding a destination management company that has both the knowledge and extensive experience required to make your event special isn't quite so easy, unless you know what to look for: - How well does the DMC know Baltimore and the Maryland area? - How many and what kind of clients has the DMC done special events for? - How much experience does the DMC have? - What are the attitudes of past clients? ... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Friday, 29th February 2008 @ 8:50 AM

Few cities can boast of as many historical, cultural, and beautiful attractions as Washington, D.C. Its parks, museums, government buildings, and monuments make the city an attractive destination for tourists, school groups, conferences and corporate events. In the midst of so many visitors and venues, you can save yourself substantial time and some serious headaches by employing a destination management company in the D.C. area. For a lone tourist, a couple, or even a small family, a... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 2:26 PM

This will be a brief discussion on some of the rationale companies use to decide to provide team building games for their employees and an example of scavenger hunting as the next new wave of exercise. The specific example of such an exercise will be for those in the Chicago metro area. Sometime after the industrial boom, social awareness and unions gathered to protect the employees' welfare. Companies and competition grew throughout the U.S. and more focus was directed within. Corpo... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Wednesday, 27th February 2008 @ 7:25 AM

Scavenger Hunting is catching on with how some corporate execs think would help their staff bond, work together and find each other's strengths in the city of brotherly love. A private treasure hunt for an afternoon outing involves some legwork, riddle solving and the combination of unique skills and brain power. Scavenger hunting within the city of Philadelphia can hinge on a variety of unique themes. For instance a hunt to-do question list can bring hunters wandering the old neigh... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By John Reiling @ Sunday, 27th January 2008 @ 3:40 AM

Online project management solutions are growing with leaps and bounds. One example of this is the announcement on PMFORUM that Seavus Group of London has announced a brand new online project management and collaboration with ProjectOffice. Seavus is just one of many, and is only cited by way of example and a recent announcement. Many solutions coming onto the market today are web based, online project management. These project management solutions offer basic project management functi... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Nelson Tan @ Tuesday, 18th December 2007 @ 8:26 AM

There must be POWER in collective decision-making. We guess it is safer to say group thinking is more reliable than individual thinking. Throughout human history there is a secret consensus within shared cultures that uphold great societies, countries and civilizations and they had their 15 minutes of fame. The fine line in teamwork is: do you tend to create differences with others or make the difference for others? Creating differences requires you assert ego. Making the difference requi... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Karen Scharf @ Thursday, 13th December 2007 @ 4:18 AM

I live in a small metropolitan area with only about 110,000 people. And it seems even smaller than that. I've been doing business in this community for over 20 years. I've worked in non-profits, sales, publishing, printing, construction and now Internet publishing. Very little of my business is now local. But I DO run into people often from previous business relationships. Like me, many of these people are in different businesses--often different careers altogether. more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Brue Baker @ Thursday, 15th November 2007 @ 7:04 PM

It is really quite simple, for a team to win or accomplish a task they have to be motivated to. However, team motivation is affected by many factors. According to experts, the clarity of purpose, the present challenges, the existing leadership, the camaraderie and the growth opportunities present in the team can affect its overall performance. Clarity Of Purpose One of the most important factors that can keep a team motivated is clarity of purpose. As long as the members of the te... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Shaun Parker @ Thursday, 8th November 2007 @ 9:39 PM

The size of the room you plan to host the event is crucial, you need to communicate the size and any restrictions to the team building company. Remember details such as the shape of it - is it square or is it L shaped? Are there any pillars in it that could either obscure teams view or act as a safety hazard? These are all important details for the successful hosting of indoor team building events. Is your meeting room on the ground floor, does it have direct access into it for equipment?... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Shaun Parker @ Thursday, 8th November 2007 @ 9:38 PM

Let's take a look at the two different scenarios. The first scenario is one which we hear all too often, you have a team that doesn' really communicate, there's been a high turnover of staff and morale needs a good boost. This is when team building comes in. Taking your team out of it's normal environment, taking part in a seemingly non business related task will relax your people. They will become less guarded, they will start to learn more about each other and quite ... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Stephen Kennedy @ Monday, 5th November 2007 @ 1:41 PM

Do you know the number one reason people leave their jobs? It's not because of money or the company dress policy. It's not because they did not get the corner office or because they were passed over for that much-deserved promotion. Most people who jump ship do so because they just cannot stay one moment longer at their place of work and honor their own deeply held business or career values at the same time. People might be able to happily get by with less money, but th... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Bob Carper @ Thursday, 25th October 2007 @ 8:25 PM

Once upon a time, we used to think of ourselves in terms of what went on in our own country as being very important. What went on in other countries was their own business. With differences in language, customs, and currency, our outlook was very provincial. The computer and the internet has changed all that. Many of us are now multi-lingual, to where it matters not what languages we can read, speak, and write. Currency differences are becoming less formidable. We now have automati... more...