| February 2012 - Email Newsletter |
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Hello ,
In the spirit of March Madness, let's talk about what it takes to build a great team. The basics of team building are simple: it's about getting to know, understand and trust your teammates so that you can create an environment that fosters communication and support, and ultimately a highly effective team.
But, when most people hear the phrase "team building", it often conjures up visions of ridiculous exercises where people are blindfolded and asked to trust fall backwards into the arms of waiting colleagues (see this month's video for an example.)
Companies offer team building exercises to boost morale. But when you are asked to imagine yourself marooned on a desert island and challenged to design a comfortable shelter using a few building supplies, a rusty knife and Bob and Krista from accounting, it might not be the morale booster you had in mind.
Why not consider a different type of team building activity? One that doesn't include ropes, barrels, planks or obstacle courses.
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What's New?
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|  Team Building Without Competition
When you want your employees to work together as a group, perhaps breaking them into small teams to compete against each other isn't the best plan. After all, isn't the goal to focus on cooperating and not competing? Team building events should be less about rewarding winners, and more about ensuring that employees actually learn something that they can use in the workplace.
Read more about team building...
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Choosing a Dream Team
Teams are the source of a great deal of the productivity and creativity within an organization. Because they are made up of individuals, teams achieve the best results when comprised of members who exhibit a certain skill set. Let's assume that you have been asked by your manager to assemble a dream team. The pool of candidates from which you can choose all have the same level of exceptional technical expertise, as well as fabulous resumes. So, how do you choose?
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TED Ideas Worth Spreading
TED.com is a critically acclaimed, award-winning website featuring inspired talks from the world's leading thinkers and doers. Over the last four years, TEDTalks have been watched over 300 million times worldwide. As well as being an excellent source for public speaking inspiration, the site is unbelievably entertaining .
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