Businesses today must commit to culture building. The culture within is the engine that drives teamwork, innovation, and productivity. To accomplish this, organizations have to set the tone from the top and hire employees that mesh with and enhance...
The 5 dynamics of an effective team I came across this 2018 article by Natasha Merrington. It’s good. What I find really interesting is the conclusions. See, in the realm of facilitation, the realm that includes ropes courses, and hula hoops, we came to the same...
Play with a Purpose Square One The development of teams has encountered a fairly large plot twist over the last 2 years. With most companies forgoing meaningful investment in the health of teams. Given the shift to work from home and online meetings, I’m not...
The team development cycle is a process that a team goes through to learn to work together. It is composed of 5 stages – Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, and Adjourning. Teams are an essential part of projects. A great team will ensure your project is completed...
Anyone who knows me, has heard me talk endlessly about team building. Recently, I wrote about Exemplary Practices of Experiential Training and Development and how The Learning Methodology companies engage in work to either fulfill or undermine team building goals. In...
The truth is.. Team building is a form of group therapy. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Teams that perform well, teams that are healthy in their overall dynamic, are teams that invest themselves in relationship development and ultimately group...
Highly engaged teams can be the difference between a thriving organization and one that’s stuck in ineffective methods and mindsets. An important key to employee engagement and high morale is a positive workplace environment where deep trust and mutual respect...
The Authentic Be-ing 30 years ago I stumbled upon the field of kinesiology, then fell headfirst into the world of experience-based learning. The result, a lifetime of working in the field of experiential learning, also referred to as experience-based training and...
I read a lot while I think. While doing so, I find myself wanting to talk repeatedly about what teambuilding is, what experiential learning is, and how leaders can benefit from viewing both the philosophical and research findings that are relevant today. Sometimes I...
I want to share a communication from a project we did a while back. As we prepared to run a 2-day workshop for a team within a local technology company, I asked the leader to sit back with a cup of tea, and note pad, and a good pen – and write out a little...
