New Research Supports Team Building Games
Dr. Mark Springston (pictured) has recently completed (spring 2005) research indicating that teaching team skills through team building games works! Here’s the scoop: For his dissertation topic of “Teamwork And Technological Problem Solving” Mark conducted an experiment with 294 (99 teams) first year college engineering students at Virginia Tech. This large group of students was […]
Stephen M.R. Covey — The Speed of Trust
Trust is soft. Trust is slow. Trust is for wimps. Trusting people is too risky. Trust can’t be taught. These are common myths about trust. But what is the truth about trust? Find out in this audio interview with Stephen M.R. Covey who will soon publish a book entitled “The Speed of Trust”. Stephen MR […]
Pain and Pleasure — What creates change?
What does it take to motivate someone (manager, team member) to change their behavior back in the office AFTER the teambuilding workshop? I’d like to believe that a one day (once a year) teambuilding workshop will create long term change in a person but it usually doesn’t. The teambuilding workshop can create an “opening” – […]
The Mirage of Team Building
A mirage is an optical illusion. Think of a guy crawling across the desert, slowly dieing of thirst. He sees an oasis with a beautiful cool source of water. The mirage gives him hope and makes him feel good – temporarily. And then reality hits when the oasis turns out to be a mirage. The […]
Justifying Teamwork?
A recent email… “I am writing a report on teambuilding to the top management of my organization. The managers want to know how many companies have got the benefits from teambuilding, especially, the famous ones.” Is this an amazing question or what?! I’m trying to imagine a group of top managers in a company sitting […]
Moans & Groans about Teambuilding
A Question From A Blog Reader… (the writer of this question works for a non-profit) “My biggest concern is how to approach my team with something other than a happy hour and peak there interest. When I announce team building boy you should hear the moans and groans. There better be rewards or no one […]