Two Types of Team Building Takeaways

During team building activities, participants experience challenges, camaraderie, recognition, and fun. But what do they take away? After the shared laughter and the high-fives, what do they bring back home and to the workplace from that experience?
Plan the Perfect Team Building Event for your Office in 10 Simple Steps

Whatever your business scenario and objective, this post will break down a 10-step process to plan the perfect team building event for your office.
What Is Corporate Team Building and Why Is It Important for Your Team?

Given the variety of results that can pop up in an online search for “team building”—as well as some of the misinformed writing about the topic—it’s important to understand exactly what corporate team building is, and what it is not.
Ways to Improve Team Cohesion and Manage a Team with Different Personalities

The key to unlocking the high-performance potential of diverse teams is skilled management. Without the right tools in place for managers to understand and address the different personalities, perspectives, and work styles of team members, there are significant risks of dissatisfaction, dysfunction, and eventually employee turnover. Here are several tools, processes, and programs that can help managers optimize the collaboration, cohesion, and performance of diverse work teams.
What the Best Places to Work Have in Common (And How to Become One)

Businesses recognized as “best places to work” gain a big advantage in recruiting, are generally more successful at retention, and enhance their brand image. What do these organizations have in common?
Team Building: Expert Guide to Team Building Activities That Work

Team building activities have come a long way from the days of “trust falls” (trite), ropes courses (dangerous), and paintball (just a really bad idea). Today’s team building is serious business, delivering measurable results in terms of improved and increased collaboration, employee engagement, and productivity.
Why Leadership Training is Important for Every Employee

Leadership training isn’t just for leaders. If your organization is thinking about leadership training too narrowly, you could be missing out on big opportunities to improve communication, collaboration, and productivity across your enterprise.
Unhappy Employees: Why There’s So Much Workplace Unhappiness and How to Fix It

A number of recent studies have found large numbers of unhappy employees who are disengaged with their jobs, disconnected from their company’s mission, and have an unhealthy relationship with their work. But the news isn’t all gloom-and-doom—and there are clear, practical steps employers can take to improve employee happiness.
Want to Improve Your Business Performance? Fix Your Corporate Training Issues.

The bad news is the state of corporate training in the U.S. today is abysmal. The good news is, this is fixable. And companies that do it well will reap multiple benefits.
How Team Building Creates More Effective Teams

Team building helps teams to be more effective and productive. Regardless of how long each individual member of a team has been employed in the organization, any time a new team is formed there are phases it will pass through before reaching full productivity.