Mike Cardus

MARCH 31, 2011

The workshop is highly interactive and learner centered. Learn a variant method of brainstorming and how to select the best solutions. Are you interested in a Creativity to Innovation Workshop ? OBJECTIVES: Learn the 5 Roles of a Leader in a creative and innovative organization. Find creative solutions to current situations.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 29, 2013

There are always going to be problems when working with teams. In all my team building workshops we work to identify where the team is, what is working, and 2 or 3 solution ideas to move the team forward. That lead to next steps and building the team. Thinking through the 7 Steps to High Performance Teams.

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Team Brainstorming Workshop Team Building 141

Lead by Adventure

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Here are ten ways to help re-direct your team (and even yourself) to think about others during the holidays and get the focus off of everything you have to do. These activities will not only help your team to grow closer, but also steer the focus to others. As a team, decide on a non-profit you would like to go help.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Here is the schedule it may change; 12/26/13 – Team Building & Leadership Articles. 12/27/13 – Images Used in Presentations & Workshops. 12/30/13 – Team Building & Leadership Photos. 12/31/13 – Team Building & Leadership Activities / Simulations. Team Building Activity. 5 Steps To Team Building.

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Team Building Team Guidelines Leadership 126

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 2, 2020

Practitioners use a time-honored methodology called design thinking, a five-step, iterative process that starts with empathizing with those who are facing the problem, then defining the problem, brainstorming, and building and testing a prototype—all the while going back and forth with stakeholders, fine-tuning to get the solution right.

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Creativity Brainstorming Offshoring Audience 192

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

She shares: I was on an information systems project team responsible for implementing new software. The consultant from the software company was uncooperative with me, and coincidentally all of the other women on the team. Our Lead Change Group member continues… We had a division-wide diversity workshop.

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Software Workshop Project Career 298

Mike Cardus

JUNE 12, 2013

Hire Mike of Create-Learning to Think Differently & Enable Innovation within your company and team. I’ve Been working on a series of workshops and consulting on innovation and developing a culture of innovation. You can read more about the workshop in the description below. 1.716.629.3678. michael cardus is create-learning.

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Innovation TRIZ Workshop Team Building 143

The Practical Leader

APRIL 12, 2023

E-mail Pet Peeves In the “Taming the E-mail Beast” section of our workshops, we start by asking about e-mail pet peeves. Research shows that highly effective people aren’t managed by their inbox and use e-mail much more effectively than their team members or organizational peers. It’s often a long list.

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Management Tools Tips Brainstorming 98

HR Digest

AUGUST 13, 2023

Frequent Check-Ins Regular check-ins, beyond traditional performance evaluations, provide opportunities for managers to connect with their team members, understand their needs, and address any challenges or concerns they may have. Implementing mentoring or coaching programs to provide guidance and support for career advancement.

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The Recovering Engineer

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

This individual ability to solve problems, applied in a team environment, can become a weakness as the new leader pushes strongly for a solution that others resist. This is the brainstorming and creative stage. Conflict Confidence Workshop. The biggest problem with collaborative problem solving is the collaborative part.

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Succession Brainstorming Workshop Skills 221

The Practical Leader

JULY 19, 2023

.” When he went to university on an athletic scholarship, his coach talked to a few of his professors to “cut him some slack” as his grades slipped, but his value to the school team soared. “It’s OK, bud, everybody on the team does it.” ” How Could You Do This to Us! This is the easy part.

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Influence Brainstorming Video Workshop 52

Change Starts Here

JANUARY 8, 2013

As news was shared, the team started feeling push back and hearing complaints. In December 2010, the project team met for a one-day workshop to take stock of the potential “people issues” created by the move. First, through a series of exercises, the project team identified the key transitions for the project.

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Succession Workshop Project Budgeting 81

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 13, 2019

A typical co-creation event consists of a multitude of stakeholder engagement and interaction exercises and workshops designed to balance listening, sharing, visioning, brainstorming, ideation and early prototyping. She works with leaders, their teams and their boards in the area business transformation towards sustainability.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Having a solid strategic plan will allow your company and team to flourish and accomplish needed results. In the ‘ High Performance Team Building ’ class a smart friend Brian Pagkos shared an idea he had ‘SNOT Analysis’ strengths, needs , opportunities, threats. What is your team good at? NOISE analysis is that format.

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Strategic Planning SWOT Analysis Planning 158

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Last week I was facilitating a two-day development retreat with a management team in Western Canada. The team was hitting its numbers and clearly getting results that topped every other unit in the company. What leadership team or organization really believes they should reduce their drive for results?

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Power 360-Degree Feedback Workshop Training 49

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Last week I ran a highly customized Peak Performance Leadership workshop and facilitated a strategy session in beautiful Colorado Springs. It was the perfect place to discuss climbing to higher levels of personal, team, and organization performance — especially during these fast changing and turbulent times. How do you know?

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Video Restructuring Brainstorming Morale 56

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

How can you organize this team to optimize the patient's experience, rather than optimizing each party's objectives, and reduce overall costs? Over the last 20 years, I have found the best way to do this is to assemble the key stakeholders of a process in a multi-day workshop. In the typical U.S.

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Team Workshop Teamwork Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Inventory performance had degenerated well below industry norms and Rob used this as the starting point of a week-long workshop with materials managers, the key decision-makers for sourcing, purchasing and fulfillment. For the team to move forward it first had to be clear about the business perspective.

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Operations Workshop Long-term Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

For almost twenty years, I have refined a systematic approach to uncovering the right questions—those that start to unlock entirely different solutions and perspectives—with hundreds of teams around the world, from the C-suite to the shop floor. Step 2: Pick a problem that your team cares about intellectually and emotionally.

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Brainstorming Christensen Disruptive Innovation Innovation 8

Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Purchase 100 – 200 Books and I will conduct an exclusive one hour virtual workshop via phone or webinar for an equivalent number of leaders in your organization.  Purchase 201 – 500 Books and I will conduct a 75 to 90 minute, highly interactive virtual workshop via webinar for an equivalent number of leaders in your organization. 

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Webinar Workshop Executive Coaching Execution 146

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Every so often employees are sent to 'Brainstorm Island": an off-site replete with trendy lectures, creative workshops, and overenthusiastic facilitators. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Teams. By Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg. Most organizations approach innovation as if it were a sideline activity.

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Books Rogers Globalization Brainstorming 8

Lead by Adventure

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

One way to develop team member’s trust is to delegate more tasks to them. What if you can’t afford to give a team member a raise? There are countless creative solutions that can motivate and earn your team’s trust. Get to know your team. Often times, leaders stand at a distance from their team. I realize that.

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Delegation Conference Motivation Team Building 168

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

A hallmark of skilled leaders and teams is that, as their organizations grow larger and older, as the footprint of a change program expands, they keep looking for signs of once useful but now unnecessary roles, rules, traditions, processes, products, strategies, and services. Yet scaling is also a problem of less.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

” You and Your Team. But there were many others — from the completely unstructured (communal tables for snack and lunch breaks and narrow corridors between presentation areas, which had everyone literally rubbing elbows) to the very structured (labs, masterclasses, workshops). Attending a Conference.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 9, 2019

I spent my time restructuring the organization and the team; hopefully positioning it for the future. As our new leadership team began to plan for 2020, I saw my role shifting from one of building something new to more maintaining and managing. Again, I love brainstorming and thinking through next steps. Adjunct staff member.

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Edmondson Career Restructuring Brainstorming 73

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 20, 2011

Much of what you read on my Blog may not be new to you, but hopefully, it’ll serve as a good reminder of things to consider when you lead your next employee, team or group.I’m Make conversation with your team. BABY BOOMER Employees -- Like having decades of work experience and input still valued.

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Mentor Mission Statement Magazine Tips 61

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

” Maria appreciated her boss’s analytical approach, but as the surveys, reports, and stats began to pile up, it was clear that the team was stuck in analysis paralysis. You and Your Team Series. When teams and individuals think about a problem, they likely jump right into suggesting possible solutions. Mark Bonchek.

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How To Brainstorming Fashion Workshop 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2013

During a painfully dull futures workshop Down Under, a simple word change helped transform a stagnant discussion. The conversation regurgitated cliché after customer-centric product cliché until the moment the team rejected and replaced the facilitator''s language. The word forced a different discipline of design thinking.

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Ulrich Kaizen Innovation Competitive Advantage 9

HR Digest

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Image credit – Freepik) Forbes Advisor found that over 40 percent of workers found poor communication to be the reason for losing trust in their teams and leaders. Even if work is hectic and occasionally overwhelming, knowing that you have a team you can talk to can greatly reduce the stress of work.

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