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Are Companies Acting in Line with Their Values?

Bosses are trying to rally disengaged employees as their companies limp out of the recession. Employees want to fire their bosses or quit. Short term leadership decisions that punted thousands of employees into unemployment lines without regard  to refilling the ranks is now coming back to haunt boards of directors. Leaders are scratching their heads […]

Team Building Activities That Improve Team Trust

Are turn-over and absenteeism rates higher than they should be? Are rumors and vicious gossip dominating employee conversations? Is productivity all but non-existent? Then your workplace culture could be suffering from lack of employee trust. So what is trust and what team building activities will improve it? Trust…is the foundation. TIGERS builds strong workplace cultures […]

The Business Case for Trust

Guest post by Barbara Brooks Kimmel The headlines “say it all” so why do business executives continue to demand a business case for trust? The Hard Costs of Low Trust Gallup’s research (2011) places 71% percent of U.S. workers as either not engaged or actively disengaged. The price tag of disengagement (Gallup) is $350 billion […]

TIGERS Success Series 2013 Employee Engagement Blog Recap

Here is the 3rd part of a 5 part series recapping the blogs and articles posted in 2013. The Employee Engagement blog recap is loaded with great information on both employee engagement and disengagement in the workplace.  But just what is employee engagement? By most definitions it is an employee’s level of involvement, emotional commitment, […]

Encourage Risk-Taking to Bolster Team Building Success

Risk is defined as a ‘situation involving exposure to danger or failure.’  So when you mention the word, risk, several emotions come to mind such as: Fear Failure Stress Anxiety But without the element of risk, there would be no new discoveries, innovation, or progress – especially in the world of business. Without risk, organizations […]

Interdependence is the Backbone of Cooperative Team Work

The saying goes …. no man is an island. People rely on family ties, coworkers, friends, electricians, doctors, etc for their social, physical, and economical well-being. Well, the same goes for business. Organizations and companies depend on their employees, vendors, customers, and other stakeholders to thrive and grow. Without firm and committed business relationships, not […]

Trust is a Key Ingredient Missing From Business Team Building

What is the definition of trust? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary it is defined as having assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something.  A pretty straightforward definition with very little room for misinterpretation. So why is trust so hard to come by these days to encourage team work in […]

Building Trust in Business

Trust in leaders and in their companies was a serious concern for the 2835 HR Executives who participated in the 2012 TIGERS Success Series Study entitled is “Team Building A Waste of Time?”  The answer to this question was an emphatic “No”.  However, the serious concerns facing HR Executives was lagging workforce trust in their […]

Do Names Impact Team Building Effectiveness?

What does diversity mean for workforce effectiveness? According to a new study that workers with more complex names are less favored than Smith, Jones and John. In a rapidly growing global workforce what are the implications? And, what are the implications for team cohesiveness, empathy, workforce tolerance and unity? Having a simple, easy-to-pronounce name is […]