Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Here is the schedule it may change; 12/20/12 – Team Building & Leadership Photos. 12/27/12 – Team Building & Leadership activities (simulations). 12/28/12 – Team Building & Leadership Blog Articles. Favorite Images Used in Workshops and Speeches 2012. Below each image is a link to some content.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 6, 2013

They can only recommend de-selection of team members; they can assign tasks within specified limits set by the manager; and have input not final say on personal effectiveness of staff. The Foundation of Team Leadership. Outcomes: Learn and apply a prescriptive model of team performance. Facilitative leadership of teams.

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Workshop Leadership Development Development Leadership 135

Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

You see, despite their immense talent, our teams were completely dysfunctional. Remarkably, after only two off-site workshops, our teams started to function better. The workshop content wasn’t complicated, but if you’re currently running a research lab, odds are, you’ve never seen it.

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Chief Technology Officer Leadership Engineering Teamwork 306

Experience to Lead

APRIL 24, 2024

Is the content not adequate for them? I remember one workshop in particular that we had to abort. We were discussing organizational dynamics through a playful workshop given by an expert on the topic. They decided to still run the workshop, but with only one facilitator while the other went to the funeral.

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Mike Cardus

MAY 20, 2013

I’ve delivered variations of this workshop and talk at conferences and to teams in many places. Highlighting that systems-drive-behavior , there is no special ‘leadership personality’ … Within any team when someone is great at their role people see them as a leader. There is some good and useful content in the slides.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Mike will be leading a 6 hour Education Workshop at the ASQ Buffalo Quality Conference. Below is the Workshop Description and Objectives…If you would like to attend “High Performance Team Development: Quality Tools for Quality Teams” register here… OR Contact Mike with your questions / concerns and I will get back to you. _.

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Quality Tools Team Development 124

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Want to discuss your company and working with your quality team to create a culture of quality improvement? Slides from a workshop and consultation program on creating an organizational culture that focuses of quality improvement and quality teams. Leadership Team Review. Pitfalls in Six Sigma Teams.

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Long-term Six Sigma Quality Organization 119

Lead Change Blog

MAY 30, 2019

We’ve all seen and been a part of this: we come back from a workshop, conference, strategic planning session, or other great event excited to make great changes. Fast-forward just a few months later: the company has not been affected by those game-changing ideas, and any semblance of the workshop or conference’s impact is gone.

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Conference How To Workshop Webinar 219

Mike Cardus

JUNE 3, 2013

The University at Buffalo School of Social Work Continuing Education Department and I are offering a 1 day – 6 hour Training workshop: Solution-Focused Change Process : Three Tools to Create Stability in Turbulent Times. Content is for those new to this topic as well as those who already use it and need a “tune-up” to get them going again!

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Workshop Tools Training Process 103

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Whatever you decide, it’s important that you build a solid team and shape your business around your niche so that you can stay competitive. Content Creation. If you love writing and are interested in turning it into a business, content creation is one of the fastest-growing industries online. Handmade Crafts.

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ROI Content Entrepreneur Fashion 105

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2023

Strategic Team Synergy: Elevating Collaboration Collaboration isn’t a mere buzzword; it’s a strategic imperative. Communication training equips teams with the tools to share insights and feedback seamlessly. When team members communicate openly, projects align with precision, sidestepping misunderstandings.

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Training Active Listening Bond McKinsey 116

Michael Lee Stallard

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Case in point, the LinkedIn Learning course that the Connection Culture Group team is so pleased to share with those of you who are LinkedIn members. . Some conferences and workshops for clients shifted to being virtual events. 2020 has been a year that has asked all of us to be adaptable and open to new ways of going about life.

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Film Course Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 195

Art Petty

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

My good friend and mentor-from-a-distance, Wally Bock, announced yesterday that he will no longer be adding content to his fabulous and long-running Three Star Leadership Blog. Wally is shifting gears to focus on his book writing/coaching practice. In this article, I share my thanks and great regard for someone who has inspired me for years.

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Next Level Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

As I’ve been talking with clients and colleagues in the early days of year two of the pandemic, I’ve been thinking a lot about content and connection. Most of the leaders and team members I’m talking with are struggling with the volume of content they’re dealing with in their jobs.

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Content Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing Workshop 188

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 27, 2015

Here is a comment made about one of the trends, interdisciplinary workshops : “The best companies will recognize that the entire organization can contribute to valuable content, and each team member plays a role in selling. Interdisciplinary Workshops. Jon Mertz – Product management is a team sport.

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QAspire

MARCH 30, 2022

He was looking for growth in a complex maze of managerial biases from his team lead, stringent organizational processes and many other constraints. In less than six months after the transition, he kick-started new initiatives, retooled himself and built a team of four people around him that he led.

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Next Level Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

The company ran the program four times a year and my role was to come in each time they did to deliver a half day workshop for managers on the behaviors they needed to either pick up or let go of to lead at the next level. The thinking is about the content; the feeling is about the connection.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

For the 2nd year in a row I have had the honor of facilitating a two day workshop with the Simon Graduate School of Business – University of Rochester Executive MBA program. To see the content and outcomes from our time click here. We started the weekend as 5 individuals and we left the retreat a TEAM. Great job Mike.

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Team Building Team Simon Leadership 92

Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Pitfalls to Avoid in Creating and Leading Teams. Originally this was written for a workshop called ‘Long Term Implementation of Lean Six Sigma within Organizations’ … and with some changes the content is applicable and valuable to anyone who manages, works on, and puts work teams together. Failure to Write it Down.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 7, 2010

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. The slide show information for the workshop I am facilitating with for the 2010 ASQ Buffalo Lean Six Sigma Conference.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 15, 2012

DiSC Team Building & Leadership simulations and activities can add application and understanding to your existing programs. Below is one example of a DiSC Team Development activity other development options; Using DiSC to create a shared language of team performance. Remind the entire team to think C-Conscientiousness.

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Team Building Development Team Guidelines 131

Mike Cardus

JANUARY 26, 2011

ABOUT Contact Us Create-Learning.com Get Connected Facebook LinkedIn RSS Feed Log in Join and Receive 9 Team-Building & Leadership Activities:That work and allow people to learn from the experience. To discuss how this could be facilitated with your team and the value added contact Mike Now. Powered by WordPress.

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Six Sigma Team Team Building Workshop 98

Coaching Tip

JULY 3, 2013

Organizations are increasingly relying on the collective power of teams to meet today’s business demands, but many teams aren’t living up to their full potential. Thinking style data, which reveals a number of important clues about how a team works, can be assessed and used as a starting point for discussions and activities, she says.

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Next Level Blog

MAY 11, 2021

By connection equity, I mean that everyone on a team or an organization has equal opportunities to feel connected to and included in the work no matter what they do or where they do it. A few years ago, I participated in an early use of remote presence technology when I delivered a leadership workshop at GE Digital.

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How To Participative Content Creativity 130

Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

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.

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Team Building Team Objective Guidelines 160

Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

I am really excited and proud to be offering this Design & Innovation thinking series of workshop through Canisius Colleges’ Center for Professional Development. Specific Workshop Content & What you will gain. How to Think Differently to Drive Results. Register Now! "How What are the overall program outcomes?

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Creativity Innovation TRIZ Seminar 135

Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2024

Providing opportunities for professional growth, such as training programs, workshops, and online courses, can keep your employees engaged and motivated. By actively engaging on social media and sharing compelling content, organizations can build their employer brand and attract top talent.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 28, 2012

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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Project Team Building Planning Team 130

Mike Cardus

MAY 30, 2012

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.). 1 per-person.

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Team Building Team Guidelines Bond 116

Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

Greater Productivity: Managers who have undergone leadership training can motivate and inspire their team members to perform better, resulting in high-performing teams and more efficiency. Leadership training can take many forms, including online courses and workshops, but can also be customized to meet specific organizational goals.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Ask staff members to champion a cause that is near and dear to them, from donating their time at a soup kitchen, to ensuring that their coworkers are content. By creating a smarter workforce, you are creating a team able to produce amazing results on behalf of your clients, your partners as well as your consumers.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 2, 2017

In the past two decades, thousands of executives across the globe have attended Bill’s keynotes and workshops. Benefiting from the concepts first introduced in Bill’s bestselling books, participants come away with stronger leadership skills, improved team performance, and more career backbone. Interact with Bill and Marshall Goldsmith!

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Webinar Strategic Planning Blanchard Open-book 191

Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Contact us today to make your team better. _. Communicate This and Stick it Here - Corporate team Building Activity. Phrases and acronyms that may be confusing to other departments and cultures (for global organizations and teams). For larger groups you can ask people to break into teams i.e. partner, triad. Stop Watch.

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Team Building Team Guidelines Objective 147

CO2

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Use Social Media Wisely : Engage with your network online, sharing valuable content and participating in discussions. Training Sessions : Conduct workshops focusing on effective communication, emotional intelligence, and relationship building.

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Brand Development Emotional Intelligence Long-term 78

Mike Cardus

MAY 12, 2011

Here is an opening activity that I use in DiSC Workshops. Tell them the solution then talk about perception and areas of psychological constipation plus the application to the content being covered. So, did you determine the one word? michael cardus is create-learning. michael cardus is create-learning.

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Nathan Magnuson

MAY 4, 2015

That’s a question we considered at a workshop I attended recently. Author Mark Miller and a team of facilitators walked a large group through the content of his new book Chess Not Checkers. That’s what the workshop addressed. It’s one thing for a leadership team to be on the same page. Act as One.

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Organization Workshop Outsourcing eBook 120

Next Level Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I love hearing that because it means we’re making an actionable difference for leaders, their teams and their organizations. I remember one Fidelity Investments program manager back in 2006 or 2007 who had multiple opportunities to watch me deliver one of my early workshops on leading at the next level.

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