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Why Consensus Kills Team Building | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

In recent months I have observed a decent amount of politically correct discourse on the topic of team building and equality. The gist of the argument seems to be that for teams to be productive, employees have to feel “empowered&# by having an equal voice. I can sum-up my feeling on this in one word… ridiculous.

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Fear of Loss of Group Membership is More Powerful Than Management

Mike Cardus

People and teams test the change on their own and find what works. Management must be OK with the team changing the steps, as long as the change goal is met you cannot micromanage the process. In management meetings we asked for what worked and what needed to be changed. Sharing Progress and Reinforcing Small Steps.

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Hard Skill, Soft Skill–Team Building Activity

Mike Cardus

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. A teambuilding program that is fun, and teams leave better than when they arrived?” All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.

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Instead of looking for the Problems. Start looking for the Exceptions

Mike Cardus

Someone at work ( your manager, coworker, subordinate, peer, vendor, customer, etc…) pisses you off and you go off on an angry tirade about “What a jerk they are – they always do this. When coaching teams and individuals , many complaints come to the surface. Pattern of Cooperation. It has happened to all of us.

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Unleashing the Power of Small Teams

HR Digest

But when you have smaller teams that are responsible for their own work, you get all the benefits of cooperation while still creating an environment where people are motivated to do their best work because they know their efforts will be recognized and rewarded. In this article, we look at how a small team operates.

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Sports Teams Are NOT Work Teams

Mike Cardus

I am not a sports fan, and when I am leading team building & leadership retreats for Corporate Teams the topic comes up. I have lead programs with professional and college level sports teams, and learned a great deal about the similarities and differences. How is being on a sports team and work team different?

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Within Work Nothing Happens All The Time, There Are Exceptions

Mike Cardus

The class is full, but don’t worry, if you are interested contact me and let’s talk about brining the content and lessons to your organization, team and people. When coaching teams and people on teams many complaints come to the surface. I cannot stand to work with that person.” Barnlund 1981. Steve de Shazer 1988.

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