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A Team Building Activity Adapted from The Biggest Loser

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There are several scenarios where you could use this kind of activity: Launching a new project and using this with project managers or team leaders. In the middle of a project that is heading in the wrong direction. At the end of a project to celebrate accomplishments and talk about what’s next on the horizon. (If

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Developing a Compelling Vision Statement for Your Team

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Clarity around a vision and goal is one of the things that separates high-performing teams from ineffectively functioning teams, according to the authors of Teamwork: What Must Go Right/What Can Go Wrong. Beyond money, bonuses, or tangible rewards, people will get behind a challenging goal that is bigger than themselves.

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7 Essentials for Team Communication

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Without good communication, teams and projects fall apart. Team members are consistently talking about goals and projects and deadlines. Communication is one of the most important aspects of any team. Good communication, on the other hand, cultivates trust and catapults teams into success. Let’s focus on seven of those.

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Leadership Lessons I Learned from My Daughter, the Junior Philanthropist

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She accomplished her goal chunk by chunk, bit by bit. You should have seen her face when we counted the money and she was only $10 shy of reaching her goal. Stay on that goal until you achieve it. She loves being around friends and including them in her projects. She was overjoyed! Persistence is Key. Chunk by chunk.

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The ABC’s of Effective Teamwork

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There is much that can derail teamwork in the midst of a project, team building activity, or just in the day-to-day workings of the group. Positions, leadership, goals, success are all apt to change and adjust as the team evaluates its goals, victories, stumbles, and adjusts to maneuver through barriers that present themselves along the way.

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5 Quick and Easy Icebreaker Games You Can Do with 1 Piece of Webbing

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I learned this activity from Mark Collard, formerly of Project Adventure. The goal of this activity is for each person in the group to: 1.) After an individual or team has attempted the activity once, let them know what level they entered at, and see if they can “level up” from there. Facilitator’s note.