Team working – do something for someone now! Often with team working activity we look at how to work together. When looking at live situations people often ask us, ‘how can we improve our team working’ and ‘I need to
Team working tip – to ensure you get it right
Team working tip – to ensure you get it right, more times than you get it wrong. Listen to the quietest person in your team. You may have all sorts in your team. The noisy people who will talk and
Every team needs rules
Team working – every team needs rules What are the key principles for a successful team? One aspect is that every the team needs rules which have to be clearly communicated. Ensure all members of the team understand these and
Virgin employees to be given limitless holidays!
Richard Branson is giving employees in his Virgin group unlimited holidays. The policy, or “(non) policy” as Branson described it, stems from the development and popularity of flexible working. Announcing the decision on the company’s website, he said: “Flexible working
Managing change – tip on making it easier to introduce change
Managing change – tip on making it easier to change. Whenever there is significant change to implement in a team, a department, or an organisation, we are told to plan it carefully, think of the reactions and prepare for all
Motivation – how to motivate your team
Motivation is a big subject. You can go on lots of courses on motivation. We do training courses on motivation. But what is a really good tip for motivating your team? First don’t de-motivate them. It’s so easy to do
When emails become overwhelming what can we do?
Emails can become overwhelming. We try to do our work and this involves emails flying in. Email management is a challenge for many people at all levels in organisations. Managing emails means pro-actively managing them rather than reacting to them
What is more important in successful teams?
What is more important with successful teams, individual experience or shared experience. So if we employ high performer into a team what will be the effect compared to recruiting a team? Research seems to show that team experience