Monthly Archives: January 2010

You've done everything necessary to hold an effective meeting. But someone says something that seems completely unrelated to the goal for the meeting. Here's how to respond. (This is the third of a seven part article on Managing Monsters in Meetings.)

There are numerous team building ideas i that can increase employee creativity and morale. Some popular ones are art activities, cooking, outdoor activities (scavenger hunts, wilderness survival stimulations), etc.

A simple side conversation can eat holes in a meeting. Here's how to stop them and bring your meeting back on track. (This is the second of a seven part article on Managing Monsters in Meetings.)

Effective team building events are those that have a clearly defined goal, function as part of a greater whole and build or repair interpersonal relationships.

Ahh, we all remember the bully from grade school who performed his usual schoolyard shake down on anyone who was intimidated enough to make with the lunch money or go home with a shiner on the eye. However, many of our childhood stories of bullies end up in some kid finally having the courage to stand up and say ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!’ Times haven’t changed all that much when it comes to the workplace. Increasingly, employees are educating themselves, (or in some cases, educat...