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Team Building 101: Techniques to Improve Your Team’s Productivity

Women on Business

In today’s increasingly cynical climate, it’s easy to think that enterprise-wide team-building exercises are useless. And with good reason: many companies have made the mistake in confusing team-building with team competing. Competition can unfortunately, bring out the worst in people.

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From Clashes to Collaboration – 7 Steps to a Thriving Team Culture After a Corporate Merger

Great Results Team Building

Move From Values to Behaviors: Build a Blueprint Brick by Brick Your cultural integration isn’t just about flowery mission statements. Think of it as building a magnificent house , but instead of bricks and mortar, you’re using cultural values to define desired behaviors.

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From Clashes to Collaboration – How to Cultivate a Thriving Team Culture After a Corporate Merger

Great Results Team Building

From Vision to Action: Building the Blueprint Brick by Brick Your cultural integration isn’t just about flowery mission statements. Think of it as building a magnificent house , but instead of bricks and mortar, you’re using shared values and behaviors. Highlight these similarities to build trust and empathy.

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How to Reduce Stress and Delegate Leadership on Your Team

Great Results Team Building

Here they are: STEP ONE – Transferring team values from posters to people. Most organizations have a mission statements and values that they have identified. Very few have a mission statement that everyone knows and is inspired by….

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A TEAM MEETING TEMPLATE THAT DOESN’T SUCK

Great Results Team Building

review your team mission statement and team norms to ensure clarity. You need to constantly remind (at every opportunity) your team of WHY they are there and HOW they are to interact to ensure that they maintain their focus. include an activity to build relationships .

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Critical Incident Stress Management of Western NY…Team Building Day

Mike Cardus

Recently I had the honor of facilitating a Team Building program with the Western New York Stress Reduction Program. Here are some images, with testimonials at the bottom of the page; I2U2ME2WE To determine each persons perception of why they are here at the program, and to have team-members learn more about each other.

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From Words to Worth: Navigating the True North of Organizational Values

Mike Cardus

The true measure of an organization’s culture is not found in its mission statement but in the employees’ perceptions of top management’s trustworthiness and ethical behavior (Guiso et al.,

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