Team Building West Blog

Contemporary business culture recognizes the value of empowering employees to be creative and self initiating. An effect way to encourage this kind if culture is to plan for regular corporate retreats.

Work Groups Vs Teams true, blue teams.

Vision it appeals to our values, our hope and our dreams. Without it, teams don't know the "why's" of their business their sense of purpose. Leadership must instill this.

Team development goes beyond the fun. What do you do when you come back from the offsight and have to work together again for ROI? Turn Insights into Applications!

Why conflict is so good and not so good for you, and how help is perceived as threatening.

The feature film, Eight Below, presented by Walt Disney is a wonderful example of devotion, loyalty, and teamwork.

We are taught how to sell; to negotiate and read a spreadsheet but in all our training, we are not taught to listen. Surely, you might say, listening is something we do instinctively and yes we do but do we actually hear? Are we listening properly?

So often in sports we see super stars hired for their names. They come in and get their stats and a bigger name for themselves, but do nothing for the team. They think they are the team, they ignore the team, or they look down on the individual members of the team. It's the same in business.

The following quiz will help you understand and improve the Team Building atmosphere that exists within your organization.

What is a team anyway? What purpose of a team can't be accomplished alone? What impact does being a team player have upon your individual career? If you are not sure about the answers, you need to become acquainted with the seven deadly sins that can destroy your team bit even before it gets to the huddle.