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Action-Learning based leadership development using entangled-trios

Mike Cardus

Cross-Functional Collaboration – Action-learning based leadership development. Instead of pulling new and experienced supervisors into a series of classes and lectures, we wanted to engage in action-learning. The approach combines vertical leadership development with an Action Learning philosophy.

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Team Learning from reviewing what works and how to improve

Mike Cardus

Do you facilitate a team debrief or after-action review? When a team continually shares, identifies what did and did not work, plus discovers what to do better in the future – the team gets better. Well-conducted debriefs can improve team effectiveness by 25% across a variety of organizations and settings.”

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What’s the Companies goal & how do you fit in? Team Building Activity

Mike Cardus

The majority of problems within teams and organizations comes from unclear goals. Once the Goals are agreed upon and known my preference is within a QQT/R format then developing the Roles and Procedures can happen. What’s The Goal? Create a discussion about the companies overall goal. Flip chart paper. Group Size.

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Pre-Animate: Project Planning Team Building Activity

Mike Cardus

Pre-Animate focuses the team on what is needed for accomplishing the goals and objectives. Creating a space for team members to discuss what success will look like, how to get there and creating a deliberate plan to capture what went right, the team purposefully shares knowledge and skills when it can be best used – AT THE START.

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Quick Team Building Activity: ’I know what you’re thinking’

Mike Cardus

Share the ‘purpose’ of the team project. Illustrate team-members psychic powers. A specific goal/outcome that the team must achieve ( what is the team working on for example the team project, goal, objective. Without this it is not a team, it is just a bunch of people in a room wasting time.).

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Planning Path: Corporate Team Building Activity

Mike Cardus

Planning is a necessary part of EVERY TEAMS work. Having a process that works to clarify the Planning Path and develop a team process for planning will ensure that results are achieved and everyone on the team does their best work. It unifies the organization and your planning process to make your team and leaders better.

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Team Building Activity – Distinctive:Working Well:100 Days Future Perfect

Mike Cardus

People get into small groups of 3 to 5 and determine what is working well with their team and what they would like to be better in 100 days. Phrasing the activity in ‘present into the future’ allows the team to create solutions and small steps for improvement. Read through the notes and reflect on how great your team really is.