Teams Archives - FocusU

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Teams Archives - FocusU

December 15, 2015

Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015

As the year draws to a close, we look back at the year to see which are the Top 10 blog posts that attracted the most traffic to our website. These 10 […]
November 19, 2012

Book Review : Ubuntu by Stephen Lyndon & Bob Nelson

A few days back I read the book, “Ubuntu” by Stephen Lundin & Bob Nelson. The key message of the book – for me, resonated with some people I know and to […]
December 22, 2011

4 Common Leadership Mistakes

One of the most satisfying elements of our work is being able to watch at very close quarters how different leaders work with their teams. And, we have been fortunate to see […]
June 9, 2011

6 Common Misconceptions About Teamwork

A good article from Richard Hackman on some common misperceptions about team work published in HBR Blogs. Excerpt below… “Teamwork and collaboration are critical to mission achievement in any organization that has […]
May 28, 2011

Corporate Lessons From IPL Season 4

Everyone we meet in corporates seem to agree that “building teams” (I will not use the word “team-building” since it seems to be clichéd and makes people think of “funny activities which […]
December 16, 2010

10 Steps to get your team building program going

What exactly can a team building workshop achieve? In the most ideal of situations – can a group of people who don’t really feel like a team, go back from the program […]
December 5, 2010

Team Building Lessons From A Movie: Invictus

One of the very inspiring movies about building a good team in trying circumstances. The name of the movie is inspired by a poem written by William Ernest Henley. Nelson Mandela has stated […]
December 2, 2010

How To Break Silos Within An Organisation?

What are silos? Originally tall vertical structures used to store large quantities of grain and later gaining worldwide notoriety for housing missiles capable of nuclear destruction, silos have continued in our midst […]
December 1, 2010

The Marshmallow Challenge!

This below activity was put together by Tom Wujec a fellow at Autodesk. The Marshmallow Challenge is a remarkably fun and instructive design exercise that encourages teams to experience simple but profound lessons […]
November 30, 2010

Amazing Race with a twist

Here is a very interesting outdoor team bonding exercise for you to try. This activity is inspired by the quote: “Commit random kindness and senseless acts of beauty”. The Challenge is – […]