By Rob Berman, on July 6th, 2010
I attended a meeting about identifying and engaging volunteers. Four of the points apply perfectly to Marketing Teams.
1. To Be Fulfilled and Challenged
Everyone likes the sense of accomplishment we feel with a job well done. Providing challenges to employees engenders motivation. The motivation causes the employees to stretch to meet [...]
By Gina Abudi, on June 3rd, 2010
Moving the Project Forward
In Part I we started our story on a virtual team in trouble. In this post, we will cover the stakeholder meeting and the decisions made to move the project forward, along with processes put in place to ensure this situation does not occur in the future.
The Stakeholder [...]
By Gina Abudi, on June 2nd, 2010
A virtual global project team was having significant difficulty in getting a major project completed. The project was a strategic one for the organization and would affect all offices worldwide. There appeared to be quite a bit of dissension among the team members on a regular basis and the project manager seemed unable [...]
By Gina Abudi, on November 24th, 2009
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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 [...]
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 [...]