Teamwork makes the dream work. Jef Menguin offers team-building ideas, tools, and strategies that will help you build teams and make change happen.
When team building objectives are not clear, organizations waste time and money in team building. Because many team-building providers offer team-building games as if all teams are the same, they talk more about team-building packages and seldom about objectives. I am happy that you are here. We can talk about …
Most team-building initiatives fail because they don’t serve a purpose other than playing outdoor games. Conversely, successful team building is purpose-driven.
Many companies do not have values statements. That’s because it is easy to pick four to six values from a list and declare them the core values.
Do companies need to hire a motivational speaker? The answer depends on your understanding of what motivational speakers can do – and your purpose for hiring one. Most companies hire motivational speakers because they’ve been doing that every year. Some hire speakers to motivate people, believing that the speaker can …
Most team-building initiatives fail because they don’t serve a purpose other than playing outdoor games. Conversely, successful team building is purpose-driven.
Team building importance is often misundertood. Many Philippine companies do not go beyond teaching team concepts or playing games. This post can help you change your perspective about the importance of teams and team building.
Wise managers hire professional team-building facilitators who can design team experiences as solutions to team challenges. Result-oriented managers do not waste time, energy, and opportunities to play same-old, same-old games that people thought to be team building. They know that some games destroy teams even more because they promote unhealthy …
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Team building is a combination of interventions you make to inspire, equip, and enable a team to succeed. Ultimate Purposes of Team Building One can list down as many purposes of team building because there are many team problems. The intention is to solve a particular problem, like the lack …
You can build your team faster and better when you start giving more attention to results than playing games.
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.
A role given to a member of the team may not provide a whole meaningful satisfaction.
Sometimes, it feels too small to make a real difference.
Everything will make sense when you consider your team purpose.
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 we deem as competition for …
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Your team can set your own guidelines. You do not have to wait for management to write down a new set of policies for your team to perform well. You can do this. With your team, brainstorm a list of behavior you would like to see in your team. You …
“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. That I is personal …
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