Team Starts With Trust
Before you can build an effective and productive team, you need to build trust within your organization from top to bottom. There is no room in today’s business climate for hidden agendas or a secreti
Team Building: It's a Real Thing!
Finding the right team-building exercise for your business can feel a bit daunting. How do you find ideas? Google? Maybe, but the sheer volume of ideas can set you into overwhelm mode. Well, we’re goi
Top 5 Tips for Motivating & Inspiring Your Team Daily
Creating a motivated and inspired team isn't just about achieving daily tasks; it's about fostering a culture that fuels creativity, collaboration, and excellence. Streamline efforts to focus on the b
The Dark Side of Leadership: The Effects of Bad Leadership on Team Dynamics
We can all recognize the ‘dark side’ of leadership. Yelling, ranting, autocratic, micro manager who is never satisfied and never provides feedback unless it is negative. These volatile, destructive “L
Where is Waldo? Finding the Best Talent
Sometimes hiring can seem like an exercise in “Where’s Waldo”. Searching through mounds of resumes. Completing phone screenings. Scheduling interviews for the top choices, all to find out they have al
We're Hiring: How to Recruit and Attract the Best Candidates
“A great team is one of the best assets a business owner or operator can invest in” (Sugars, 2006). In his book, Instant Teambuilding, Brad Sugars, the CEO and Founder of ActionCOACH, details some key
Teaching Teams New Tricks
While watching the U.S. Olympic trials, it struck me how much time and energy each athlete must put into their discipline to reach the level of success necessary to reach the Olympic level of performa