Team development
“A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong” Tecumseh, a Shawnee Indian chief 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 Rolls-Royce...
Rainbow Teams
Teams, like individuals, have their characteristics. Some teams are action oriented with their sights firmly on their deliverables; full of focussed energy and committed and accountable for what they are engaged in. On the downside they can be so task oriented that...
What exactly is team building?
I ran my first team building in 1987 and I have lost count of how many I have run since – for project teams, change teams, sales teams, management teams……. Before we try to understand what teambuilding is and what is meant by it, here are a few lines on the...
When is a team not a team?
Collections of individuals masquerading as teams within organisations has never been uncommon; so, when is a team not a team? The answer is actually more often than not; many of the project teams, the management teams, the design teams, the production teams and the...