Team Building Portal
There are many jobs and specializations where the success of a team is partly dependent on the quality of their presentation. A part of the evaluation or assessment is influenced by how the presentation was made. An effective team will…
Practical issues in getting the best out of Project Management teams
The booming Information Technology industry has spawned a new breed of specialists who collectively work under the banner of ‘project management’. Project management is today an established discipline, but it is still an evolving discipline that is striving to reach…
The Secret to Creating Winning Teams
“Effective teams have a common and meaningful purpose that provides direction, momentum and commitment for members”. Stephen P. Robbins, Author of Essentials of Organizational behaviour Creating effective teams has to be a carefully thought out systematic process. Setting up a…
Improving Productivity in Teams Through Self Improvement Programs
Self-improvement is that tiny little push that every human being needs from time to time to gear up for the rigours of the corporate world. Self-improvement helps individuals expand their horizons and make better use of their own intrinsic capabilities.…
Don’t Take the “I” Out of Teamwork
The use of the word “I” is often berated as the reason why teams lack cohesion. It is seen as an attitude conflicting with the basic principles of teamwork. It is considered the nemesis of team spirit and unity. But…
Encouraging Productive Conflict
The ability of the team to distinguish between a task conflict and a relationship conflict is important for long term cohesion and success on tasks. Task-related conflicts and disagreements come up in all teams. When the conflict arises in the…
Sustaining Effective and Efficient Teams in a Competitive Corporate World
The health of an organisation and its long-term standing is definitely influenced by the people who work in the organisation. It’s people who run the show and make decisions, not machines or computers and it is people who build client…
Facilitating Effectiveness in Teams
We hear of examples of excellent teamwork on a particular project and how well a team performed on a certain task, but as we all know, one-off performances don’t count for much in the corporate world. As they say, you…
The Unique Characteristics of an Effective Team
The concept of a team is today well entrenched and has been adopted in organisations globally as a better approach to managing business. The question is now, ‘How do we make our teams more effective?’ If an organisation wants to…
The Right Solution For An Ineffective Team
When there are obvious problems within a team, the output from the team naturally diminishes. Your team is a group of professionals put together because their expertise and experience were found to be suitable for a particular business task. If…