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April 19, 2011
Most of us are familiar with Bruce Tuckmans’s model of team development. This typically gets a passing mention as one of the theoretical frameworks used in most team building programs, but no […]
April 11, 2011
With the Indian Premier League beginning today, 2011 is turning out to be a cricket-heavy year. But watching cricket need not be all play and no work. In fact, India’s historic win […]
April 5, 2011
Recently had the opportunity to go through the work by Shawn and Kevin Coyne, Brain Steering – A Better approach to Breakthrough ideas. Conventional brainstorming sessions in most organizations, end up being […]
March 31, 2011
Never before has any single event transformed a nation of so many disparate cultures and colors under one color – Blue!!Yes folks, blue is officially the new black!! From ads exhorting you […]
March 16, 2011
Once a team is successfully built, each member will unleash their creativity and hidden potential and also generate ideas. “Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress and working together is […]
March 12, 2011
This article from McKinsey Quarterly looks at identifying some of the common issues that plague top management teams across organizations and also offers honest insights into actions that can kick-start the development […]
February 28, 2011
Recent times have seen the development of virtual teams across many organizations, owing to massive geographic expansion plans and clustering of specific competencies. During workshops conducted across the country, I have had […]
February 19, 2011
I recently had the opportunity to read the work by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman – “First Break all the rules: What the world’s greatest managers do differently”. The book is based […]
January 25, 2011
AREAS OF INSIGHT: Getting to know team members better Recognizing inherent strengths within the team Respecting personal differences OVERVIEW: This is a very simple and interesting exercise to understand the different strengths […]
December 30, 2010
Team building has been much maligned in the HR community for a multitude of reasons, the main being lack of measurable ROI. So do team building workshops really work or is just […]