Teams at the top

Teams at the top

Feb 18, 2024 | Teams

Do teams really exist at the top of organisations? I ran my first team building event in 1987 in the UK, it was for a very operational team with concrete & tangible deliverables. In the following years I ran team building events for sports teams, design teams,...
Together Everyone Achieves …

Together Everyone Achieves …

May 29, 2022 | Teams

  The word “team” is one of the most abused words that I hear used in corporate environments Teams are, apparently, everywhere; the design team, the product development team, the sales team, the project team, the management team, the leadership team ….. and,...
Team building

Team building

Apr 6, 2022 | Teams

  If you went to the emergency hospital with a broken arm and blood oozing through the sling and the consultant said, “before we look at your arm, I’d like you to watch this motivational video or play this game”, you would be surprised, I imagine. If you asked...
Teams at the top

Senior teams

Mar 30, 2022 | Teams

  Having competent team members is the sine qua non for any team; it’s the strict minimum. However, we should never forget that, it is not the team with the best players that wins, but the team that plays the best. This article will look at the holy grail of...
Performing teams

Performing teams

Jan 31, 2022 | Leadership, Teams

  “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” Steve Jobs The first teambuilding I was involved in as a facilitator was in 1988; it was a week-long outdoor based event for the twelve-member management team of the...
Mentally tough teams

Mentally tough teams

Jan 13, 2022 | Mental Toughness, Teams

  Having mentally tough individuals in the team is one thing, having a mentally tough team is something else. We all bring strengths to a team, some of us are heads down and focussed on achieving the team’s objectives, some of us are questioning the team’s...