Team Building Series The Team Building Series has covered various facets of Team Building viz the formation of the team, the defining of objectives, roles and responsibilities, a well organised kickstart, managing the storming stage, the importance of trust, how to develop trust, communication and cooperation and eventually putting the team on course to achievingContinue reading “Performance, Assessment, Celebration & Time”
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Managing the Storming Phase & Fostering Accountability
The Team Building Series Once the 0bjectives and Roles & Responsibilities are clearly outlined, the Team is put into motion and gets down to work. As per Bruce Tuckman, this is the phase where Team Building generally enters the ‘Storming Stage‘. A critical period, which needs to be handled with great care, to ensure aContinue reading “Managing the Storming Phase & Fostering Accountability”
A Clear, Undeniable Kickstart
The Team Building Series Once a Team is formed and Team members boarded, welcomed and introduced into the Project at hand, creating a clear start, defining objectives, roles and responsibilities in no uncertain terms is critical for sustainable team development. Objectives An undeniable purpose, an indisputable objective and an unquestionable ambition are essential to kickstartContinue reading “A Clear, Undeniable Kickstart”
Get It Right at the Start : The First Step
The Team Building Series Team Selection is the first actionable and the first step in the process of Team Building and is a vital parameter when it comes to successful teams. The Right Skill Mix For the task at hand we need to carefully examine the skills required and the experience there in. For aContinue reading “Get It Right at the Start : The First Step”
Building The Trust Engine
The Team Building Series Trust is a Team fixative and developing it is a process which takes time. There are several building blocks which help conjure trust and eventually lead to an efficient, effective and a productive Team. To bring this trust together, lets have a look at the critical initiatives required to beContinue reading “Building The Trust Engine”
Trust : The Cog Vital
The Team Building Series Ernest Hemingway once said ‘ The Best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them ‘. Trust is therefore a kind of initiative risk which runs in successful teams as a strong invisible glue, holding the team together and ensuring its progress on the task atContinue reading “Trust : The Cog Vital”
The Humanistic Matsushita
It is said that ‘ The best view comes after the hardest climb ‘ . From a childhood pushed into hardships, to losing loved ones, an apprentice post schooling, working strenuously long hours, starting a business without funds or support and facing the horrors of World War II, there emerged an entrepreneur, an amazing business leader, who byContinue reading “The Humanistic Matsushita”
Pep & City Do it Again
A dramatic turn of events on the Final Day of the English Premier League (EPL) 21-22 season was a perfect finale to one of the most exciting seasons in English Football. As the matches progressed today ( the 22nd of May ), the Title race between Manchester City and Liverpool with just 1 point separatingContinue reading “Pep & City Do it Again”
It’s Gopi’s Thomas Cup
He mortgaged his house to establish the Gopichand Badminton Academy in Hyderabad after retiring in 2008, took up a stiff challenge from renowned Industrialist Nimmagada Prasad who donated a large sum to the Academy on a condition that his Academy produce an Olympic medal winner and toiled passionately and endlessly to produce an array ofContinue reading “It’s Gopi’s Thomas Cup”
Who’s Packing Your Parachute
Captain Charles Plumb graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in the US and went on to become a fighter pilot of distinction. Flying the F4 Phantom jet Captain Plumb had aced his vocation and was drafted into the raging Vietnam War. He already had 74 successful combat missions under his belt and wasContinue reading “Who’s Packing Your Parachute”