By Gina Abudi, on November 24th, 2009
According to Wikipedia, collaboration “is a recursive process where two or more people work together in an intersection of common goals by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus.”
When employees collaborate, they improve communication within the organization. Collaboration allows for different ideas from different people to generate a wide variety of knowledge and better make decisions [...]
By Jamie Resker, on November 3rd, 2009
A Simple Technique to Get Impactful Positive Feedback
How many times do we hear general feedback comments such as:
“That was a great presentation”
“I liked how you handled that customer issue”
“The sales call went really well”
These type of comments might make me feel good for about 5 minutes, but it doesn’t tell me specifically what worked and [...]
By Gina Abudi, on July 16th, 2009
The first part of this post discussed the first two stages of team development:
Stage 1: Forming
Stage 2: Storming
This post will cover the remaining three stages:
Stage 3: Norming
Stage 4: Performing
Stage 5: Adjourning
Stage 3: Norming
When the team moves into the “norming” stage, they are beginning to work more effectively as a team. They are no longer focused [...]
By Gina Abudi, on July 15th, 2009
The first four stages of team growth were first developed by Bruce Wayne Tuckman and published in 1965. His theory, called “Tuckman’s Stages” was based on research he conducted on team dynamics. He believed (as is a common belief today) that these stages are inevitable in order for a team to grow to the point [...]