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Will Your Next CEO Have the Best Collaboration Skills?

Who do you think is next in line for CEO within your organization? Does he or she possess the best collaboration skills? Chances are, you placed your bet on the sales and marketing director, the general counsel, the financial VP, or the operations director. You wouldn’t even think that about your Chief Human Resources Officer […]

Collaborative Leadership – Why You Need It

I feel blessed.  Over the past year I have virtually connected to so many excellent business people.  Eventually we discuss what we are doing to continue to work and operate a business during a pandemic.  We have all shared and learned a lot. What often surfaces is the topic of collaborative leadership. What it is […]

Collaboration Trends That Shape Today’s Workplace

There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen. If 2020 were a quote, this would be it.  This oft-uttered quote by Vladimir Lenin would find its way to the front pages whenever rapid changes take place after a long lull.  With this in mind and a distorted year behind us, […]

Strength Training for Teams that builds Trust and Interdependence

Synchronized swimming, that breathtaking Olympic sport which combines the rigors of ballet, swimming, and gymnastics underwater, has been part of the Olympics since 1984. Yet many people still assert that it isn’t a sport at all. They argue that it’s “basically underwater ballet” and since ballet isn’t a sport, it shouldn’t be anywhere near the […]

Management Jobs Are On The Rise. Are You Ready?

Management jobs are expected to grow in the next seven years. According to the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor statistics, this will produce roughly 807,300 new jobs. But will employees who are good informal leaders now be ready to assume these management jobs in the future? With the rise of new companies and […]

Creating a Cooperative Company Culture

While some leaders may view their employees’ happiness as an added bonus, team member happiness is actually essential for creating a cooperative company culture. Happy employees are more cooperative and productive and have fewer team member conflicts. When team members look forward to coming to work, this leads to lower turnover rates and more innovation […]

Create a Culture of Collaboration with Team Building Strategies

How your employees interact with one another has a huge impact on the cooperation, teamwork and success that teams experience. Poor behavior, bullying and employee infighting lead to a large number of problems, including a decreased quality of work, lower employee morale and slower response times. By implementing proven team building strategies, leaders can create […]

Leadership Team Building that Promotes a Collaborative Work Culture

A supportive and collaborative work culture is one important criteria that determines whether a company will succeed through up and down economic climates or not. Employee morale and productivity are affected by the company’s culture, which affects employee turnover rates that can cost companies unnecessary amounts of money. Culture also determines appropriate values fit for […]

Engaging Fiscally Conservative Millennials Requires Strategic Corporate Team Building

Lazy? Over-indulged? Spend thrifty? Hardly! A recent quarterly UBS Investor Watch report reveals that Millennials (individuals between the ages of 21-36) are surprisingly the most financially conservative generation since the Great Depression era. This is probably good to know for your corporate team building strategies. The report also reveals that this group of enterprising individuals […]