Icebreakers: When, Why and How to Use Them by master facilitator Michael Goldman
My friend Michael Goldman of FacilitationFirst.com recently published a newsletter containing guidelines for using icebreakers: When to use icebreakers When NOT to use icebreakers Debriefing an icebreaker And he even provides an example of an icebreaker. CLICK HERE to read his newsletter. Michael and I are leading a LIVE Teams In Trouble train-the-trainer event October […]
Master Trainer Barry Rellaford — mini training session on how to start the “low trust” conversation
Barry Rellaford is a master trainer who works with CoveyLink, the organization behind Stephen M.R. Covey (listen to the audio interview I did with Covey HERE). It’s a delight to call Barry my friend. He’s been a supporter of TeachMeTeamwork.com since the very beginning and we’ve had many a phone conversation that I later said […]
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil — what this means to teams and the people who lead them
Business guru Guy Kawasaki interviews Dr. Philip Zimbardo who authored the recent book entitled “The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil”. CLICK HERE to read the interview. Dr. Zimbardo conducted the now (in)famous Standford Prison Experiment in the summer of 1971. His book discusses in great detail the experiement, it’s relevance to Abu […]
Building a team with smart people — using an I.Q. test
Imagine building a team with really smart people. You can make sure everyone on the team is smart by making high IQ scores a requirement. Do you think this team would be successful? If you said yes, think again. Daniel Goleman, author of the NY Times best seller “Emotional Intelligence” reports HERE that… IQ is […]
Trust by Stephen M.R. Covey – a great podcast
Stephen M.R. Covey recently authored a book entitled “The Speed of Trust”. It’s a wonderful book and he offers an outstanding workshop based on the book. Now Covey has a fantastic podcast you can subscribe to for free HERE. When you go to the website you’ll see several photos of Covey but the image I […]
In teamwork, emotional intelligence is the crucial social lubricant
Daniel Goleman is the author of the NY Times best seller entitled “Emotional Intelligence” and “Social Intelligence – The New Science of Human Relationships”. Goleman’s work has direct applications in the world of teamwork. In a recent post at his blog, Goleman reports on two independent studies that reflect the power of emotional and social […]