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Remote Team Building: How Do I Stay Connected with My Virtual Team?

Let's Grow Leaders

Kermit aptly states, “Ever since we moved to a work-from-anywhere environment, I’m finding it tricky to maintain a rainbow connection. Encourage Experimentation as a Team Sport (Be Like Beaker) Embrace new ideas and approaches and make it a team activity. What remote team-building ideas do you have for a better connection?”

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Leading with Character: Creativity

Michael Lee Stallard

Definition of Creativity. Creativity is thinking of novel and productive ways to conceptualize and do things. Why Creativity Matters. Creativity is essential for innovation. Exercising creativity to continuously improve by finding new and better ways of serving clients is something we must always strive to do.

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10 Insights from the 100 Most Creative People in Business

In the CEO Afterlife

Why is creativity so important in business? This month’s Fast Company names the 100 Most Creative People in Business, with an emphasis on global leaders in technology, design, media, music, movies, marketing, television and sports. 84 Elvis Chau – Creative Director, JWT Shanghai. 2 Rebecca Van Dyck – CMO Facebook. “If

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Team Dialog: Environment Matters

Persuasive Powerhouse

Going off site has the psychological advantage of distance from the daily work too, encouraging minds to be open and more creative. A quiet room will promote their creative abilities, and open the space for conversation. What else have you noticed about the environment that promotes team dialog?

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How to Create Psychological Safety on Your Team

Lead Change Blog

In most work environments, employees perform their tasks in a team structure. But if you’ve worked in a team setting, whether that be in school, sports, or the modern workplace, you know this is easier said than done. The basic definition of psychological safety is feeling secure and comfortable in your environment.

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Let’s Stop Confusing Cooperation and Teamwork with Collaboration

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

But they are not the same, and when we use these words interchangeably, we dilute their meaning and diminish the potential for creating powerful, collaborative environments. We can find examples of effective teamwork in all types of environmentssports, military, and even historically in politics (e.g.

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How to Use Discomfort to Drive High-Performance

Leading Blog

The Growth Rings illustrate differing environments that exist in our world and how they either promote or hinder growth. Each ring encompasses one of four primary environments: Stagnation , Order , Complexity , and Chaos. Stagnation is a low-performing or low/no growth environment. Order doesn’t engender growth.

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