Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

The improving economy has prompted many companies to reinvest in their employees through team building activities. With the purse-strings less tight, leaders try to create a fun atmosphere and help team members bond with each other. One Denver firm operates an indoor kart racing facility that is very popular for company team building events. The reality is that team building will not likely have beneficial impact on your day-to-day operations.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Championship teams cite playing together as the key to success. Successful brands have high-performing teams working cohesively together to achieve their company’s goal. The big question is, ‘how can I bring a winning team together?’ Value each team member.

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Chart Your Course

APRIL 20, 2016

The team is the foundation of any organization. Strengthening your team pays off with numerous benefits, which includes a more efficient group synergy and long term organizational growth. Unfortunately, not many teams start out perfectly in sync. Investing in high-impact team building is a win-win situation for everyone involved. Having open avenues for communication is essential before, during, and after your team building activities.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2017

This month’s festival is all about team time. This month’s question was: What tips do you have for working well with a team? Try steps for leaders to take for building teamwork in the workplace from Amanda Cameron of Patriot Software, LLC Follow Amanda. If you find yourself on a dysfunctional team, or just want to get a new team off to a great start, ask yourself the following three questions from Susan Mazza of Random Acts of Leadership.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The images and comments are from a full day Team Building & Employee Engagement Kick-Off program held at the Rochester Institute of Technology RIT. Outcomes of the Team Building included; Have fun and connect in an informal environment. Enhanced inter and intra departmental+ team communication and collaboration. for more details – Team Building and Employee Engagement Day. Are you looking for team building and leadership development?

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Terry Starbucker

MAY 6, 2018

And therein lies what I consider the (all too) often missing link in awesome team building – the proper training of these supervisors. Plus, taking these critical cogs in the wheel out of circulation for even a few days can certainly be a burden on the operation. As companies like Zingerman’s so vividly illustrate, it is indeed the missing link to awesome team building, and thus, a great company. These are the people that are thrown into their jobs head first.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

Where Dan lost me was on point #4 – Teams Decide by Consensus. 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. And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus.

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Mike Cardus

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

Current Method / Better Way Matrix Team Building Activity. Team Project tool to create shared language of progress & regress. Every company, team and person has established patters of What, Where, When, Who and How something gets done. Taking time as a team to challenge the existing assumptions and work to create small steps. Can break inertia (stuckness) in how your project team operates.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Whether you like it or not, your success as a CEO will be largely tied to your team building ability. Not only do great CEOs understand how to recruit a top executive team, but they also understand how to build cohesion among team members through collaboration while addressing specific situational and contextual needs. I strongly recommend to all CEOs that they routinely ask team members the following questions: Why? (my

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 27, 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. Design by 12GrainStudio Team Building & Leadership Process for a Retail Operation; New Product Launch Saturday, November 27th, 2010 Posted by: mike Team Building & Leadership process that was created for a retail organization that was preparing for a new product launch.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Here is the schedule it may change; 12/27/11 – Photos of Teams. 12/29/11 – Team Building & Leadership activity (simulation). Favorite Team Building & Leadership Activities + Simulations 2011. Planning Path forces the teams to clarify accountabilities of the plan and necessary time-frames coordinating the effort of all the individuals into one system. DTC Operator. The DTC Operator can work to release Psychological Inertia.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 12, 2019

Not only do you need a staff of properly trained, experienced, and knowledgeable employees, but they also need to work well as a team. This is where team building activities and events have really taken center stage, as they are the perfect way to bring everyone together and start to open up lines of communication and build trust with one another. This means a professional looking website that operates smoothly and a presence on all the top social networks.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 17, 2020

Assemble The Strongest Possible Team. This should be followed by an ongoing investment into their development both individually and as a team. The best ways to achieve this are through training and team building exercises.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 22, 2011

Images and highlights from a team building & development program with Anastasi Trucking & Paving. Outcomes from our time together; Increased trust and team member communication. Developed accountability of the foremen within the Anastasi Team to operate in the best interest of clients, their team, themselves and the company. People to learn from each other in an enjoyable environment.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 6, 2021

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Liz writes: “ Do you find yourself reserving your input in meetings until after your team has shared or brainstormed? Are you allowing your team the flexibility to learn things on their own instead of communicating what you’ve already learned?

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Mike Cardus

JULY 27, 2011

I had the pleasure of leading a Team Building & Leadership Program with the Western New York Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). The CERT team provides emergency preparedness training to citizens and encourage their participation in opportunities that enhance regional emergency readiness. To have the team explore a process of Planning under Stress – ZOOM was used. The CERT team made progress and continually checked and re-checked their planning.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 25, 2012

For team development and team building to happen the facilitator must have knowledge and understanding of how to actually build the team. Read ‘ Sometime I Feel Like Team Building is Sweet Frosting on a S**t Cake ’. The facilitator has to be aware of the team, the individuals on the team and their shared + individual work for completing the task. the response to the team building facilitator during the activity; e.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 30, 2011

Within the team building and managerial leadership world there is so much information and Jargon Monoxide ( wish I came up with this phrase Bob Sutton shared what this means on his blog) that everyone feels overwhelmed. In management as well as team development humans and behaviors do not operate in the same short term cause-effect process that machines do. Organizational, Team and individual exploration for risks and drawbacks of what is recommended.

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Mike Cardus

AUGUST 25, 2011

Learn about the experience, diversity and talents of team members and departments. Here are some images and Team Development outcomes for our time together; I2U2ME2WE to develop a shared knowledge of who each other is and why they are part of this team. Beginning the process of creating high performance teams, sharing why you are on this team and what skill sets you bring. Defining what and how as a team our operations should move.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 13, 2011

An experience is the event, task, goal, performance, conversation etc… Experiences are usually shared (by teams and organizations) and are can be internally interpreted and shared. For teams creating a culture of honest talking, listening and observation creates a new understanding. The reflection period is individual and team based in the context of the experience and the action. This is an individual and team accountability piece.

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Mike Cardus

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Recently I had the honor of facilitating a Team Building program with the Western New York Stress Reduction Program. The outcomes of our time together were; An enhanced accountability of the people within membership to operate in the best interest of those they serve, their team, themselves and the WNY Stress Reduction Program. People’s awareness of the team and their own preferred style for communication and information sharing.

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Mike Cardus

JULY 11, 2011

To read more success stories check out Team Building Stories and the Exponent Leadership Stories. Team Building & Leadership Success Stories. An Additional outcome of this process, that was determined through interviews with the staff and Management team, was increased trust in the competence and effectiveness of the organizations leadership. Interested in your organization or team having a success story? Below are two short success stories.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 21, 2013

I have written about DTC Operator before here and here. Innovation Tool: DTC Operator from Michael Cardus. DTC operator continues to be one of my favorites for working with teams that feel stuck or just cannot move out of their own way to explore the system and problem in a different way. Try DTC Operator out and let me know what happens. Plus I just gave a talk about Innovation Tools and made the PowerPoint below.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

In order for a team of workers to perform at their absolute best they need to be comfortable around one another and have a good sense of community. Even if your employees have worked alongside one another for quite some time there is still value to be found in organising a team building event. There is an endless array of potential team building activities which have proven to be effective training and motivational tools.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 26, 2012

Leading team building & leadership consulting, coaching and training for several different sectors, levels of organizations, and people. Front line employees need hands-on real time concrete process training to improve their work in a day to day operations. Corporate Team Building Team Building front line team development lean leadership manfacturing six sigma team building

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2020

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Jon explains: “ Strengthening your self-leadership skills will make you a better team leader and empower you to face the stress and distractions of a historic crisis. Have you considered what constitutes ‘good’ customer service or a ‘good’ level of team member performance in your organization?

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Mike Cardus

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Working with a team of 5 Executive Directors from a company that employs ~2000 people we identified a gap in the Managerial Leadership Training , Mentoring and coaching of employees prior to being promoted to a Manager Level within the company. Dimension Time Cost Operator. Dimension Time Cost Operator (DTC) – is a tool for for seeing problems differently exploring ideas of extremes in size and cost. The DTC Operator can work to release Psychological Inertia.

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Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, motivation, productivity, team building, and more. Karin and David share: “ I love hearing about what’s going on with my team personally, but I don’t want to waste their time talking about my personal life, so I keep that to myself.” And yet, what we hear from their teams is quite a different story.

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Mike Cardus

JANUARY 25, 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. Situation Marketing team consisted of 12 people. Following interviews with each person and observation of the team in action the following areas were chosen for focus; Marketing team was lacking trust and understanding of themselves and others on the team.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Assemble The Strongest Possible Team. This should be followed by an ongoing investment into their development both individually and as a team. The best ways to achieve this are through training and team building exercises. As a business, providing customers with value for money. However, you mustn’t forget to ensure that your spending generates the best results too.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 11, 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. Design by 12GrainStudio Landscape Architects + Botanical Gardens = Team Building Excellence Monday, October 11th, 2010 Posted by: mike Joy Kuebler Landscape Architects (JKLA) is a team that Team Building & Leadership Facilitation Experts, like me dream of.

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Mike Cardus

OCTOBER 27, 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. Design by 12GrainStudio Hard Skill, Soft Skill–Team Building Activity Wednesday, October 27th, 2010 Posted by: mike Hard Skill, Soft Skill Purchase the E-Book: How to Lead Awesome Team-Building Programs Did you ever wonder “How does one lead AWESOME team-building programs?

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Lead Change Blog

MAY 7, 2019

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. Lisa Kohn from The Thoughtful Leaders Blog shares how practicing silence can invite others to step into the conversation more, build a stronger connection – and often, a shared understanding – with the people around you. Karin shares: “ Your job is to reduce ambiguity and build courage and hope.

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CO2

JANUARY 26, 2011

No-we’re not talking about honeymoons, but rather, team building trips taken by some very fortunate employees. Gary Cohen grew the company from two people to 2,200 employees Currently, he is Managing Partner of CO2 Partners, LCC, operating as an executive coach and consultant. RSS Feed Schedule a Call Free E-Book Assessment Test Coffee Schedule Coaching Lunch About Us CO2 Story Our Approach Our Successes Our Executive Coaches Gary B.

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Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 7, 2020

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, development, engagement, team building, and more. ” Marcella Bremer of Positive Culture contributed Positive Team and People: Purpose. The question for purpose may fuel yourself and your team. And how about your team?” Team Building. Time to rally the team.” Welcome to the January Leadership Development Carnival!

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 27, 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 team building program is in conjunction with the Exponent Leadership Process that the Operations teams is involved in with me. All team members to discuss and determine action steps for the future development of CCCS.

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Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2018

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, creativity and inspiration, development, engagement, team building, and more. Team Building. Randy Conley of Leading with Trust provided 25 Ways to Immediately Build Trust at Work. ” Randy Conley shares a list of 25 behaviors that will immediately start to build trust with the people and teams you lead.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 22, 2019

“No single leader can any longer meet the demands placed on them and there is a growing recognition of the need for highly effective leadership teams” —Peter Hawkins. But now there is a way to not just stop this, but turn it around by tapping into the true talents of every person on your team, no matter the team size. The key in creating championship teams is to ensure everyone is engaged. Team members need clarity.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We’re excited to share posts from leadership experts from around the globe on the topics of communication, productivity, development, engagement, team-building, and more. Sean Glaze of Great Results Team Building provided Better Communication is as Easy as 1-2-3. And so rather than wondering if it will get opened or read, I would encourage you to consider adding a simple hack to all email communication for your team. Team Building.

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Mike Cardus

APRIL 25, 2020

Face to Face or Virtual Team Innovation Problem Solving. It helps to have a process or framework to focus the team’s work, and see multiple perspectives all in one place. Current Method Better Way with a virtual team to enhance operator training & learning.

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Next Level Blog

AUGUST 28, 2014

One of the biggest shifts that most rising leaders have to make is the shift from being the go-to person to someone who builds teams of go-to people. As you take on more and more scope in your leadership role, you can’t continue to operate as the go-to person who acts as if you’re personally responsible for everything that happens. General Leadership Organizational Development Team Building effective delegation leadership development personal effectiveness

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Back in my formidable days of being a twenty-something manager, Jack, one of the senior leaders of our theme park department, would spend time throughout his days discussing various leadership and operational strategies with us. One of the lessons I learned from Jack was how to seek team members who complemented each other. Building a team, he said, is like putting together an engine or a puzzle. Within a team, not every role is the same.

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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. Overview: An interactive examination of what Quality leadership is and how you can leverage existing knowledge, competencies, Quality Practices, tools and initiatives to improve your organization, team and self.

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