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Are Your Team Members Creating Innovative Ideas at Work?
I had a discussion with a senior manager who wanted to drive innovation within the organisation and specifically within a couple of teams. He had great ideas and was preparing to have a meeting to discuss current issues and gain feedback from his team on these ideas. While he is to be applauded for his [...]
What Does It Mean To “Live The Values” as Part of a Team?
While working with many management teams discussing their performance opportunities, a common issue raised is the behaviours of different team members in their organisation that are inconsistent with those of the organisation. While most organisations post their vision/mission/values on the wall and in annual reports, many staff struggle [...]
How Do Your Teams Create Strength From Collaboration?
One of our clients expressed frustration recently at how her team meetings (whether formal or informal) were not gaining the participation of team members. Either staff would only report on what they personally were working on and not participate in discussions regarding other people/areas or some staff consistently debate positions taken by others to maintain [...]
While Not All Conflict is Good, It Does Create Opportunities
When a manager asked us to help him work with his team to reduce conflict between staff and between his staff and another department, we initially discussed the type of conflicts that were arising and whether these were positive or negative. Then, we discussed whether the issue was with staff or how management addressed conflict. [...]
How Assertive Are You At Work?
Each of us has our own natural pattern of communicating and one of the ways this is reflected at work is how assertive we are when issues arise that affects us. One of the keys to great teamwork is clear and assertive communication which respects the rights of others. This has nothing to do with [...]
Getting Your Teams Off to a Great Start
Working in teams can be fantastic – if team members work well together. However, if people are pulling in different directions, the experience can be awful. What’s worse is that without sufficient direction, teams can focus on the wrong objectives, can fail to use essential resources available, can be torn apart with avoidable infighting, and [...]
