According to a new book out by Jennifer Deal, Retiring the Generation Gap: How Employees Young and Old Can Find Common Ground, after seven years of research the idea that there is an on-going conflict between generations at work – boomers, Xers, Yers – is poppycock.
Apparently what it comes down to is that we all […]

I don’t think there is anyone out there who would disagree with me when I state that team work is important to a high-functioning organization.
That’s why I want to field a question about developing teams from one of my readers who asks, “What would you recommend to a first-time supervisor who needs to develop his […]

“I’ve always found that the speed of the boss
is the speed of the team” - Lee Iacocca
 
The concept of team is fundamental to business as well as to many other areas of life; however, the success of any team is directly linked to the person at the helm.
After all, how often do you see […]

“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another,
it is the only means” - Albert Einstein
It goes without saying that a lot of what we do today is done as a team rather than just as an individual.
Discoveries in medicine, making a movie, creating a successful organization, and winning at sports may […]

Note: Last week was the draft for both of my son’s basketball teams, which I coach. I thought it would be a good time to talk about teamwork since so much of the work we do is with others …. our team.

Team –
Together Everyone Achieves More

Baseball is a team sport. So is softball, basketball, football, […]

Yes, we’ve all heard the old saying, two heads are better than one. And when it comes to hiring, no truer words were ever said. Of course, hiring by consensus does take time and energy. But there are benefits.
Utilizing a team approach when it comes to hiring not only provides a variety of viewpoints and […]

Company culture and the established value system are vital in shaping the behavior of employees because things don’t happen independent of the individuals involved. And the individuals involved act as they do based on established norms and a shared sense of what is appropriate given the situation. But how did your company culture become what […]

The best way to know what keeps employees from leaving is to ask, and yet many companies don’t take the time to find out what gives their workers the greatest job satisfaction.
Instead of beating your head against a wall trying to figure out what works, just ask. This may seem like a strange concept, but […]