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5 Leadership Lessons You Can Learn from a Micro-Manager

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Every company should have a training culture. The best companies know that it is easier and cheaper to train staff than to rehire for those positions. Whether it’s a matter of training on company culture and process or learning new hard skills, there is a learning curve for every job. Develop your people as needed.

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Leaders and Ingenuity

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It’s basically a self-service car rental company (much like the bikes above) where you rent the car for one ride or all day, depending on what you need. Recently, I read an article in Outdoor Magazine that described the top companies to work for in 2014. The other business was called Car2Go.

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What Makes Team Building Activities Effective?

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The first step even before choosing these activities (or a company to run them) should be to sit down with your team and set goals for the day. Top-notch team building companies will focus on results during the day, but also be able to achieve longer-lasting results. What do you want to accomplish? What issues is your team facing?

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15 More Creative Ideas to Boost Team Spirit

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Some of these activities are ones you can hire out from specific companies. For There are certain companies that will specifically set up this kind of event for your team. There are specific companies that you can hire to participate in an event like this. Cook a meal together. Here are a couple: Parties that Cook.

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5 Funny Teamwork Videos to Get Your Team Talking. You Have to See #3 to Believe it.

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I’ve never heard of the company that is advertised in these videos, but they have my vote for creativity. . . - The importance of team support. This next clip is an animated short (very short) on the importance of working together in a life-or-death situation. Team vision (the effectiveness of everyone being on board).

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Developing a Compelling Vision Statement for Your Team

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Most companies these days have a mission or vision statement. How many in the company know what it is? The Vision Statement Must Be a Commitment. To have a vision statement is one thing. To be committed to it is altogether quite different. Or seek to work by it on a daily basis?

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15 Unique Activities that Build Team Spirit

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There are also team building companies that do this. What has your team or company done that has been a successful team building experience? Group Drumming (or Other Musical Adventure). Contact your local music shop to see if you can rent some instruments for a day and create your own music. One in the U.S. is Drum Cafe West.

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