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Play To Your Team s Strengths The surest route to excellent performance by everyone in your team is to develop their strengths and manage their weaknesses. Here are 7 ways to do that. 1. Understand Strengths Theory. One of the mysteries of the human condition is that we are all born with unique gifts. One estimate argues that we can each do something better than any 10,000 other people. Those who find a way to discover their talents and develop them are often regarded as lucky, gifted or excellent in their chosen field. But we are all capable of following this path if only we are allowed to or shown it. This is perhaps the greatest....... Teambuilding: The Most Rewarding Act Of Leadership The experience of great teamwork is one of life's greatest thrills. Unfortunately, it is also rare and fleeting. If you want to turn your own working group of individuals into a magnificent, all-conquering team, you need to guide them on a journey of 5 steps, from Unshared Certainty to Shared Uncertainty. 1. Unshared Certainty. At the first stage of teambuilding, the team are no more than a disparate group of individuals without any close links. Their main aim is to look after number one and they do this by seeking personal advantage in any situation. As a result, individuals rarely stick their necks out. Doing anything more risks failure and recrimination at....... Employee Development: Motivate Employee Participation in Professional Development Opportunities and Improve Performance When companies think of employee development, they often search for training programs, educational seminars, coaching or the latest book that might offer ideas on what employees can do to sharpen skills or strengthen expertise. However, none of these programs will be effective if the organization lacks one critical success factor: individual motivation. An individual has to want to develop himself before any employee training and development program can be successful. Some say they’re “too busy.” Some say they’re “already developed.” Some blame the boss. Some like burying their heads in the sand, afraid of what they might learn about themselves. What can you do to help your employees achieve best performance? Here are....... Mentoring Programs for Professional Service Firms: Creating Mentoring Relationships that Serve the Individual and the Firm It seems almost everyone can use a little something extra to help them increase their effectiveness or give them a ompetitive edge. Those in professional service firms are no exception; however, they do face unique challenges. With so much emphasis on billable hours for accountants and lawyers, how can they find the time to devote to personal development? Could asking for help demonstrate needed initiative or threaten credibility? Despite these challenges, more professionals are seeking mentors. Contrary to popular belief, mentoring programs are not solely for the young and new in their careers. Even more seasoned professionals find benefit by addressing issues related to personal development, business development, and life/work balance. Mentoring....... Do You Need a Meeting Planner? Whether your business is hosting a one-day meeting in your office or a national convention at a major training facility, the importance of selecting a skilled meeting planner to organize the event cannot be overstated. The success of your event and its impact on your professional reputation hinges on the quality of the meeting planner you’ve chosen. Meeting planners are responsible for coordinating the hundreds of details that can go into preparing for any given event, from booking the appropriate conference facilities to orchestrating the event’s daily schedule. Whether you hire an independent meeting planner or contract one through a conference facility, your planner should have the expertise required to take the....... Innovative Personnel, a Catalyst to Your Business Imagine an apple farm which normally produces 5 tones of apple every year. It is observed that in case of putting beehives in the farm, the apple production will increase up to 5 times. This is because bees facilitate the process of pollination. If you are one of those who might ask “what does this have to do with business?”, then go on reading this article. As a business owner or top level manager, you will be working with people who have different abilities. The better you manage them and have them use their abilities to a maximum level, the better results you’ll achieve. I believe management is an art;....... Building an Extraordinary Team Copyright (c) 2006 Tim Link Have you ever participated in a team or led a team that delivered less than stellar results? If you've had this experience-and most of us have- then your team was likely missing one or more of the characteristics of high functioning teams. A high functioning team can accomplish things a group of independently functioning individuals can never accomplish. This is hardly earth shattering news. So if highly functioning teams are so important, why do so few teams deliver results? As the Total Quality Management movement gained momentum in the United States in the 1980's, there was a heightened focus on teams. Teams were often used as a....... Teaming With Success We're surrounded by examples of great, and not-so-great, teamwork. Recently I flew to Los Angeles, visited relatives, took in a parade with floats, bands and street performers, saw a football game and attended an opera. Countless teams made it all possible, whether on stage or back stage, seen or unseen. You too are a part of a variety of teams. How well you work together tells me how successful you are. Are you teaming with success? True teamwork takes time and a willingness to contribute to the greater good of the team, as opposed to only looking out for number one. It begins with a desire to work on behalf....... Where team building is a fine art Have you ever lain awake at hight wondering what would happened had Rolf Harris usurped Woody Allan from the director's chair during the filming of "Everything you always wanted to know about sex, but were afraid to ask" No, me neither. But the people at Poisson Rouge obviously have, if their team-building event Art challenge is anything to go by. "Part of experience, says the company's managing director, Mark Katz, "is that we dress everybody up in a total body suits in pointed hats. We've called them "sperm suits" because they remind us the film." There is an obvious reason for the suits - it stops people getting paint on their clothes,....... Let our team building events help you with your work Everybody knows that teams work better together if the members get along well, if they know each other well enough to become a team. We can help you and your teams establish a good relationship. Team building is what you need to make your business work. If you take part to our special team building events, everything will change for you and your company. Such activities work on a strong consolidation principle. Collaboration and trust are two necessary key aspects between team members. This is why we offer you the possibility to take part to interactive exercises, team assessments and group discussions. 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