What's the Purpose of Team Building Activities?
The purpose of team building activities is generally to foster awareness of the team spirit and to reinforce commitment to the team's shared goals and objectives. Properly applied, these activities can develop strong interpersonal relationships which help to bond the team closer together.The purpose of team improvement should include the encouragement of individual team members to cooperate t
Scalable Management Incentive Plan
Overview:The key to successful management incentive plans is they must be easily understood, drive desired behavior and be reasonable and obtainable with stretch targets. Typically, companies with an exit strategy will want to reward the management teams to increase Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization ("EBITDA") as the ultimate transaction valuation is usually based
How to Present Your Proposal at an Executive Meeting
What's the worst reaction you've ever gotten when you made an important presentation? Probably, it would come in second to the one I just heard about. A woman--ironically she was interviewing me for an article about "Knockout Presentations"--told me the story of her disaster. It was early in her career as a policy analyst. She was just out of school, proud of her MBA and working in her
The Five Stages of Team Development - A Case Study
Every team goes through the five stages of team development. First, some background on team development. The first four stages of team growth were first developed by Bruce Wayne Tuckman and published in 1965. His theory, called "Tuckman's Stages" was based on research he conducted on team dynamics. He believed (as is a common belief today) that these stages are inevitable in order for a team
Dialogue vs. Discussion
Have you ever sat in a meeting where everyone is busy giving their point of view and trying to prove why they are right? Where no one is actually listening or trying to understand other individuals' points of view. The alternative meeting format is where everyone listens to and agrees with the meeting leader. No one contributes or adds ideas, they are just compliant.In my experience most meet
How To Ensure Effective Communication in the Workplace
Communication sounds easy, doesn't it? However, it can be very difficult, especially when we are dealing with people we don't know very well. Not knowing someone well can mean you don't always know how to speak with them. This can be the main problem in effective dialogue in the workplace.Coupled with that is the fact that often at work you are talking for different reasons to those which you
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