Bad Apple vs. Teams.
Facts : Teams with just ONE “deadbeat downer” suffer a performance disadvantage of UP to 40 % compared to Teams that have NO BAD APPLES. You should know and observe : There are many types of Bad Apples: 1. “Jerks”. a. Embarrass or insult people. b. Credit takers (neglect / deny others contribution to success ) c. Blamers (failures...
Read moreHow Cohesive is your Team?
We have found a way to grant access to our Team Cohesiveness Assessment to all our readers. The Team Cohesiveness Assessment (survey) takes roughly 15 minutes to complete. It gathers and validate information on number of indicators of the quality of the team cohesion in the workplace. We have used this Team Cohesiveness Assessment successfully in number of different organizations...
Read moreWhy Team Leadership and Teamwork training & coaching
The situation as observed Here is a partial picture: These are the ratios of employers who observed and reported the various shortcomings in the cohorts of graduates they hired. A solution is available In red are the skills addressed through training and coaching we offer through John Abbott College. This training and workplace application coaching is included in our...
Read moreKeys to define leadership style
What makes up a team leadership style ? We have identified the key team leadership elements that define the leadership style people and more importantly your team perceive from you. Here communication goes beyond the words you use and what you say, to include your actions and reactions. We all know that actions speak much louder than words. Case...
Read moreWhat is your leadership style?
Why is your leadership style so important ? Developing trends in manpower and brainpower mobility requires we adapt our leadership style to retain and develop talents in order to remain in business, and to thrive. We have started to witness the changes in workforce behaviour, more apparent with the millenial generation, where the employees have low tolerance for leaders...
Read moreDo you really want to build a team?
Building a team requires a way of thinking and an attitude that are totally different from the ones conveyed through the career development and selection criteria for hiring and promotion in most of today’s “successful organizations”. Are you ready to break out of your box? What does it entail? First, we may want to start by defining our subject. What is a...
Read moreI was limiting my team performances and results, and you do it too!
How do you set goals for your teams? For years I was setting yearly goals based on previous year results, adding 5% to 10% improvement in sales and all performance sub-indicators. I now realize that doing so, I was limiting team performance and contribution. How would I know? Results were good, we kept achieving our goals. We were competitive...
Read moreIs “impossible” in your organization’s dictionary ?
You need to know : You can remove impossible from your organization dictionary. Overachieving in business performance is a question of mindset, when it does not yield results, it can be changed. Is impossible in your organization vocabulary? How often do you hear people in your organization say to each other or worst to your clients “ We cannot do this”,...
Read moreA teamwork lesson from cavemen
A lesson from cavemen Teamwork and sense of urgency We often talk of teams and their power. Is teamwork new ? How far back in history can we see the notions of teamwork? Here is a little story to illustrate a few key concepts around teamwork and its’ effectiveness. “Long long time ago, when men lived in caves...
Read moreBeyond Team Building is Teamwork Development
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