Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Embarking on the path of personal and professional development is a journey marked by challenges, triumphs, and the continuous pursuit of excellence. In this worthwhile pursuit, the role of an accountability partner emerges as a pivotal force, offering a transformative experience beyond the conventional realms of progress tracking. Imagine having a peer ally deeply invested in your success, providing unwavering support, valuable feedback, and genuine encouragement.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Looking over my calendar recently, I realized that nearly half of my events this past year have either been from repeat clients or from referrals. It’s an honor when clients or friends refer me for a speaking engagement. Working with event professionals to deliver an entertaining event experience that provides useful content attendees can take back to their team to improve results and retention is something I am passionate about and enjoy tremendously!

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Great Results Team Building

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The ability to cultivate awareness stands out as the most crucial trait for leaders to develop. Awareness accelerates leadership growth and improves your team culture. It encompasses self-awareness, social awareness, and situational awareness, enabling leaders to make informed decisions, build strong relationships, and foster a high-performing culture.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 21, 2023

The ability to foster collaboration among and across departments can significantly enhance productivity, innovation, and overall organizational performance. As leaders and team managers, understanding the value of collaboration and employing the right strategies can be the key to unlocking your team’s full potential. For your team to be truly productive, collaboration is crucial.

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Great Results Team Building

JULY 19, 2023

Effective problem-solving is a critical skill for any successful leader. However, all too often, teams rush to find solutions without taking the necessary time to define the problem clearly. By overlooking this crucial step, teams may only address the symptoms of the problem, leading to ineffective or short-term solutions Successful team leaders look beyond symptoms and define problems clearly before seeking solutions.

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Great Results Team Building

MAY 2, 2023

As someone who works in a team or leads a team, you have probably heard that gossip is always negative. It should be avoided at all costs… Gossip is defined by the Oxford dictionary as “ Casual or unconstrained conversation about other people.” And Dave Ramsey, a welll-known financial expert, has been outspoken about the “No-Gossip” policy for his people at Entreleadership – for them it has been a significant part of defining their culture.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 3, 2023

Great Results Teambuilding is the home of the April 2023 Leadership Development Carnival… And it is an honor to host this impressive version of monthly curated articles with insights that will equip you to become a more effective leader! I’m excited to share this collection of 27 posts submitted by world-class authors and leadership experts on the topics of communication , inspriation , development , and engagement.

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 21, 2023

With many businesses moving toward online office spaces and remote teams, connecting with your remote employees can seem complicated. Thankfully, there are easy, reliable ways to ensure your remote team feels like part of the office. From prioritizing employee engagement to taking advantage of programs like Slack and the various apps that make Slack a powerful tool for communication, connecting with remote teams doesn’t have to be a hassle.

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 1, 2023

As a team leader or employee, the quality of your days and the quality of your results is likely impacted significatnly by the quality of your teammates. In my book, The 10 Commandments of Winning Teammates , the main character has lost his job and is traveling to take on a new position in a nother town – and during the journey, he asks each of the people he talks with one very interesting question: “Who is the best teammate you ever had?

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Great Results Team Building

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The longer I work with teams and help organizations with events and experiences to improve their culture and productivity, the more clear it has become to me that TEAMWORK, TEAM BUILDING, MORALE, and WORKPLACE CULTURE are all symptoms of leadership. It is the quality of your leadership that will determine the quality of results in any organization. And effective leaders not only inspire their team to be productive and efficient but also create an environment of collaboration and teamwork.

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Great Results Team Building

DECEMBER 16, 2022

One of the challenges of moving to a remote or hybrid working situation is finding a way to encourage and improve collaboration when people are not in the same physical space. GM famously defined their expectations during covid were for their people to “work appropriately.” That meant that many new team members joined the company in remote roles, and many long-time employees found that they could do their jobs from home.

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Great Results Team Building

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Way back in January 2014, in an issue of McKinsey Quarterly , a group of researchers attempted to answer this question: “Why do so many leadership development programs fail?” They summarized their finding into the four main issues that led to a lack of results in most leadership development programs. Here is a short synopsis of those four reasons they identified: 1.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 10, 2022

Successful organizational change can be a challenge for leaders. Even when leaders see the need and benefits of changing a process or a platform, the entire team must ultimately buy-in and make a commitment to adapt if the changes are to have a lasting and positive impact on productivity and results. According to Gartner , 46% of CIOs feel that culture is the most significant barrier to the success of their change plans… and it is the gap in understanding between C-suite and entry-level employee

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Great Results Team Building

JULY 1, 2022

Using ‘Would You Rather’ questions with your team is fun. They present two extreme situational options which requires the person to choose and explain their position… ‘Would You Rather’ questions help by inspiring laughter and conversation at work. The interesting discussions and debates between coworkers that result from introducing these “forced choice” options can increase employee morale and strengthen connections.

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Great Results Team Building

JUNE 15, 2022

Recent research has suggested that 80% of employees feel stressed due to ineffective communication in their organization ( GoRemotely 2020 ). But employees are not the only ones feeling overwhelmed or stressed by their jobs. Leaders and managers in every industry are struggling more with delegation. With the turnover that so many teams have experienced, new hires are more common – but the challenge of learning to delegate often exists in established workplace cultures.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 13, 2022

If you have attempted any workplace culture change initiative in the past, or plan on implementing a new program or protocol in the future, this article is for you. Because you will need to inspire your team buy-in to get the behaviors that will move the meter on the change you want to make. And the reality is that ALL organizational progress and growth depends on individuals making a commitment to progress and growth.

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 9, 2022

Every year, for those who follow sports, there ae key dates on the calendar that fans of college football or basketball get excited about. Signing days! That is when coaches who have been enticing a young athlete and their family to commit to their school find out who is coming. Athletes across the country choose a school and are celebrated on sports talk radio… They are applauded on ESPN for their choice of a new place to work… It is very exciting.

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Great Results Team Building

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Small links can sink great ships. That’s a saying you are probably familiar with. . And a leak of any kind can unexpectedly wreck your team culture. . In Rapid Teamwork I wrote about a management team learning how to build a more positive and profitable workplace culture from a wise river guide as they traveled down the Nantahala on a raft. If there had been a leak in that raft, it would have ruined their day ; ). .

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 25, 2022

When you explore other industries other than your initial focus, you can find new inspiration and in-depth areas behind concepts you otherwise would not have examined. Learning and applying these lessons can provide management insight and superior leadership qualities. Music plays a large part in many people’s lives, as a universal way of bringing people together with shared fondness.

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 4, 2022

If you are introducing a new change initiative – or just looking for ways to develop the people on your team to improve their skills, it isn’t an easy job. Many people on your team will not immediately seem excited and enthusiastic about the change that you are about to introduce – or are already in the middle of implementing. In working with organizations for years as a workplace culture change speaker, I have observed four distinctly different mindsets that people display as the member of a te

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

What does WINNING mean to you and your team? More sales and satisfied clients? More support from co-workers? More smiles and enjoyment each day? REGARDLESS of your industry, I guarantee that WINNING will require you to build a more positive and profitable team CULTURE – . And that requires you to value and encourage psychological team safety. Culture is the environment that your people live in – like water for fish….

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Great Results Team Building

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Why should you BE COACHABLE ? I spent two decades in locker rooms coaching basketball before transitioning to share those lessons with leaders in other industries as a conference speaker and author. And it was ALWAYS clear who the most talented athletes were at the beginning of our season. In a similar way, you probably know who your TOP TALENT is right now.

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Great Results Team Building

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If you are reading this article, then either you or someone on your team needs to develop a more coachable mindset. The issue, as many people have found, is that when you do not have a coachable mindset, you remain stuck and find excuses for the lack of results that stubbornness delivers. And for people that work with un-coachable coworkers, there is a constant struggle that comes with enduring the behaviors of someone who refuses to change.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 31, 2021

If you are a smart leader, you understand the importance of communication. The quality of your communication determines how successful your team will be. That is why we meet – whether remotely or in-person, whether daily or weekly, every team needs to share and discuss ideas that will move people forward together. The problem is that many team meeting agenda templates suck.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dear Teachers –. Welcome to a new school year- . Having taught in public high schools for over two decades, I know how important preplanning time is! . You’re excited to get in your rooms and make copies and prepare your lesson plans . Ok, maybe not so excited about lesson plans ; ). But I want you to know how appreciated you are. I want you to have a fantastic year.

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 5, 2021

My experience as a coach and teacher have convinced me that in MOST cases, you should not prepare the road for the person. Instead, you will be far more successful if you prepare the person for most any road…. But as a leader, your job is to control what you can, and to anticipate challenges so you and your team can overcome them together. Yes… leaders have MANY responsibilities….

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Great Results Team Building

AUGUST 1, 2021

Any successful team building event relies on one main thing: the keynote speaker. This is the most important part because the business keynote speaker that you hire for the event must be the right fit. Getting the wrong one can be a disaster and could completely ruin the tone and meaning of the event. When you are hiring, be sure that you talk to the candidates you are thinking of bringing in for your event and be sure that both of you have an idea of the intention that you wish to set.

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Great Results Team Building

JULY 30, 2021

Many people spend more awake time with their workmates then they do with their own families. Your family takes time and energy to ensure that it is the healthiest and happiest relationship that it can be. Families often make sure that they play together (Holidays, trips to the zoo, etc.) so that they can work together (chores, cooking etc.). Your workmates need the same time and energy to ensure that it is a healthy and functioning team.

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Great Results Team Building

JULY 9, 2021

Every team is unique and made up of individuals from different backgrounds and experiences. These are the strengths of the team. Individual members of the team can benefit from the other members to become a unified group. Is it easy to build a great team? Maybe, but it is essential that it be done right. That means that all the team members are working together for success, and that success means the same thing to all.

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Great Results Team Building

JULY 7, 2021

While the nature of the workplace has transformed in our struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, business leaders still expect productivity and high performance. In fact, current economic challenges demand that our entire team communicates and works together at the highest efficiency. Still, workplace structures have shifted back and forth from the typical business workweek to work-from-home models or a combination of the two.

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Great Results Team Building

JULY 4, 2021

The art of leadership used to be easier, right? Remember the old days? People were there with you in person at the office…. People expected the “boss” to TELL them what to do…. . But those easier days of leadership weren’t necessarily BETTER. . If you are sincerely committed to being a great leader today for your team, that is not about telling… and it doesn’t even really require being there in person. .

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Great Results Team Building

JUNE 3, 2021

It’s really not difficult. That is literally true of ANY leadership lesson you will learn. What I struggled with as a young coach was finding and implementing the ideas that our team could benefit from. Because as a young leader I didn’t know what I had to eventually learn from others – or from my own mistakes. But you CAN inspire your team to share ideas and contribute to your organization’s innovation.

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Great Results Team Building

MAY 4, 2021

As a leader, trying to stay connected to your people can be difficult even when you work in the same office. But with virtual or blended teams, communication and connection are even more of a challenge – and you need to have an effective way to check in on your people to know what is going on in their life. As I have shared many times in my teamwork keynotes and conference events: “ High Performing teams build RELATIONSHIPS. strong enough to bear the weight of TRUTH ”.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 6, 2021

As a leader, principals need to lead their staff with more than just curriculum objectives. If you want to lead effectively as a principal, that begins with your attitude and focus. And what you focus on will eventually affect your staff morale. So if you want your staff to be more positive and to have a more constructive impact on their students, you need to first be more positive yourself.

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 2, 2021

Trying to hire a new team member or add someone to your team can be difficult –. You never know how they will mesh with your established culture, how they will interact with existing team members, or how true to their interview or trial-period personas they will stay…. As a teammate or team leader, the quality of your teammates impacts the quality of your life!

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Great Results Team Building

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

There are so many ways to gain a competitive advantage for you and your team. I am sure each one is a valuable and helpful suggestion…. Whether it is in a book, or on a video, or in a presentation – I assure you that they all have their roots in one of three important areas. Providing a better experience, different options, higher quality, lower cost, customization, quality branding, valuable partnerships, greater convenience, or more meaningful social impact are all symptoms of the same three a

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Great Results Team Building

JANUARY 17, 2021

There is a difference between a minor irritating behavior and a malignant disease. Let me begin by clarifying that this article is NOT an invitation to tolerate toxic teammates or to enable destructive behaviors. That said, we do exist in what is becoming an increasingly offended and overreactive society…. So – it is important to remind ourselves that sometimes we enjoy growth and development when we are made uncomfortable through the diversity and awkwardness of interactions with what I p

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