Keep yourself healthy.
To win you must make your mind tough and sharp – and the first step is to keep your body in top shape. Nothing is new here. You know that you must keep a sound mind in a sound body. Wherever you are – and […]
Urgent dreams.
A journey to a thousand miles begins in a single step. That’s according to a dead but wise Chinese philosopher.
What do you really want in life?
What do you really want in life? Have you ever found yourself lying awake at night, staring at the ceiling, and asking: “What do I really want in life?” Maybe some of you have everything planned out, while others are still searching for that spark,
Train Team Leaders to Build Stronger Teams
Being a good team member does not necessarily prepare one to become a good team leader.
It is prudent for organizations to install a team development program to ensure that team members and team leaders are equipped to handle their roles.
Clarify Team Roles to Optimize Team Productivity
Maximize your team’s productivity with our step-by-step guide to clarify team roles. Boost collaboration, minimize confusion, and achieve project success today!
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Why Team Members Must Collaborate and Communicate
Working with others is never easy. In fact, working with others is usually frustrating, time-consuming, and stressful. Ask me why. Because teamwork isn’t natural to us, Filipinos are competitive that there is a tendency not to cooperate with others — most especially with people whom
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Craft Effective Team Guidelines: From Chaos to Cohesion
Think of team guidelines as the secret sauce to a happy, efficient team! They help us understand each other better, avoid silly mistakes, and make sure everyone’s on the same page.
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Promote the I in Teams.
“There is no I in teamwork.” You must have heard of this hogwash before. The intention is to promote teamwork. Unfortunately, good intention is not enough. In an effort to promote teamwork, some team-building facilitators forced the I to disappear. There is I in teamwork.
Raise team awareness.
Help your team make accurate assessments of its actions and structure. Understand that your team is a perfect fit to its current structure and performance of its members. People preoccupied about their daily businesses become blind to what they’re doing. They fail to correct themselves.
Define the Purpose of Team Building
The main purpose of team building is to ensure team success. Unfortunately, much of team building activities these days pay more attention to fun and games and less on results. Probably because training providers sell the packages, not the purposes of team building. It is
Plan for Success!
Observe that in many team-building games, facilitators require you to play one game after another. They give you instructions. Then tell you the time available for you — and the best time ever which you are not likely to beat. They do not bother to
Multiply Your Impact as a Leader
Pursue excellence. When you leverage learning, you can grow your impact ten times.
Motivational speaking isn’t a comedy show.
A Filipino motivational speaker can use humor and wit to entertain his audience. A comedian can use his craft to motivate people to do something. But a motivational speaker who brand himself as a comedian while saying nothing is missing out the essentials.
Use collaboration games
Almost all group sports promote teamwork. But you must be very careful in choosing your group sports for team games. Because how you win the game, not just how you build the team, is a metaphor of how you want people to achieve corporate goals.