Top Five Reasons Why Most Teambuilding Events Are A Waste Of Time
Alex Kjerulf at the Chief Happiness Officer blog has a nice post entitled “Top Five Reasons Why Most Teambuilding Events Are A Waste Of Time” I like # 3 of the top 5… 3: People learn less when they’re competing Studies show that we learn less when we compete and more when we cooperate. Here’s an example […]
Leadership and a Plane Crash
Remember the US Airways Flight 1549 that crash landed in the Hudson River? Can you imagine what it must have been like to hear the captain say “Brace for impact.”? Ric Elias was on that flight and in this five minute video from TED, Ric shares the three things he learned that day. I’m sharing this video […]
Paintballing The Boss: Office Team-Building Exercises Gone Bad
NPR aired a story about team building activities gone bad and TeachMeTeamwork Member Mike Cardus was interviewed for the story! CLICK HERE to listen to the 4 minute story.
Leadership, Teamwork and the “Generation Global”
Many Boomers in management and supervisory roles have expressed the challenges of leading “Gen-Y” and “Millennials”. Some are calling the newest generation to enter the worforce “Globals”. National Public Radio has an interesting report on this generation. CLICK HERE to access the free recording. Jennifer Larr (center), 24, is seen here in Rwanda at the Gashora […]
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today is we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. here in the United States. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from Dr. King. An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broad concerns of all humanity. ~ Martin Luther King, […]
Systemic Shame — What does Penn State have to teach us about organizatonal culture?
Brene Brown is one of my favorite people. Her work on leadership and organizational culture is profound. I mention Brene Brown in light of the terrible crimes committed by Jerry Sandusky who is a former assistant football coach at Penn State University. How could Sandusky hurt so many children within the organization of Penn State […]