Team Building West Blog

What happens when a leader does not continually lead his team toward the goals? Can't you just tell the team the goals once? Why do people need for goals to be spelled out for them over and over?

A little team building goes a long way toward positively imapcting a business' bottom line. Corporate events make the difference here, providing more cohesive, productive teams, while increasing motivation and decreasing stress!

When planning a team building session or corporate event, there are some pitfalls to avoid. Being unaware of them can not only ruin your event but some may even land your company in hot water.

Careful planning is the difference between a successful team building session and one that is not considered to be worthwhile. Here is a step by step guide for planning your next team building session or corporate reatreat.

The team with the "best" players will not always provide the best team results. This holds true for teams in organizations as in sports. The question is what drives a winning team? That question has triggered many investigations with interesting results you can benefit from implementing them.

How can we tune ourselves to be top performers in the next decade We must start with the fundamentals, the rudiments. Any organization, just as in a jazz group, is only as good as its weakest player. As individual skills are raised, so is the performance of the organizational unit.

A discussion of the merits of team building options that are structured to encourage teams to work together rather than the more common type in which they compete against one another.

A framework for positioning your company to appeal to, and retain, the top people your business needs to flourish.

The first thing you can do about the pontificator at your meeting is to take a good hard look at whether the pontificator absolutely needs to be at the meeting. Will the pontificator contribute valuable content and perspective that will add value to the meeting? If not avoid having the pontificator at the meeting in the first place.

As Americans watch the US Olympic team suffer disappointment after disappointment we must wonder are any of us surprised? The same failures on the Olympic team plague teams around corporate America and one has to wonder if there is any end in sight?