Gina Abudi » Team Building

Is Your Team in Trouble?

Gina — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:30:01 +0000

Be on the lookout for these signs…

Every team has trouble at some point. When someone tells me their team is always running smoothly with never an issue to be addressed, I immediately ask them how connected they are to their team. At some point your team is going to have an issue that [...]

Managing the Cubicle

Gina — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:30:09 +0000

Rarely do employees have offices; in fact, in a number of organizations, even management level employees do not have office space. For those individuals who grew up with office space designated for employees (at a minimum for those in supervisory level roles and higher), getting used to working “out in the open” is difficult. [...]

How Good Are You at Building a Team?

Gina — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:30:32 +0000

Are you giving them the start they need?

Too often we don’t take the time to really build a strong project team. That’s a real shame because in order for a team to be effective and successful at what they are tasked to do, they must have a good start. A good start means [...]

Factors that Create Effective and Successful Project Teams

Gina — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:30:56 +0000

Creating an effective and successful project team – one that works well together to meet the project objectives – is a combination of a number of factors. Certainly, as a team leader, understanding the five stages of team development and how those stages impact the team is essential to you developing a high performing [...]

5 Things to do Today to Build a Better Relationship with Your Team

Gina — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:30:43 +0000

By building a better relationship with your team you’ll find that:

You can accomplish more in shorter periods of time The team functions as a true team rather than a group of individuals Conflicts are managed better among team members The team works together more effectively and efficiently The team gets “up to speed” [...]

A New Team Member Joins the Project Team

Gina — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 14:30:47 +0000

Some tips to get them feeling comfortable quickly…

When someone new joins the team – be sure to integrate them into the team as quickly as possible. Your goal as project manager is to ensure they feel a part of the team and can be productive – contributing to the project’s objectives.

Here are [...]

Teamwork in Sports and Business

Tom — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:30:33 +0000

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” Michael Jordan

For most of us, our first “team” experience occurred before we were ten years old. It may have been a school soccer team, little league baseball team or neighborhood “pick-up” game. We learned to play the game, and to cooperate with others. [...]

My project requires me to work with individuals in another country…

Gina — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:30:23 +0000

How am I supposed to do that?

Amy has been assigned to work with individuals from India, China, and Ireland on her project. She is the project lead for one component of a major project. She has never worked with individuals outside of the United States and is concerned about how successful the [...]

Growing Marketing Teams

Rob — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:30:28 +0000

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 [...]

A Virtual Global Team in Trouble: A Case Study – Part II: Now What?

Gina — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:30:26 +0000

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 Meeting

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A Virtual Global Team in Trouble: A Case Study – Part I

Gina — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:30:43 +0000

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 to [...]

Collaborate! It’s a team effort!

Gina — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:30:08 +0000

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 [...]

What Did You Like About It?

Jamie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:30:18 +0000

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 [...]

Kicking Off the Project Team

Gina — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:30:02 +0000

One of the most important things a team leader can do is find time to kick off the start of the project with the project team. I’m not talking about day 1 and the group is together ready to dig in on the project. Prior to the actual start of the project the team [...]

The Five Stages of Team Development – Every Team Goes Through Them! (Part II)

Gina — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:20:52 +0000

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 [...]

The Five Stages of Team Development – Every Team Goes Through Them! (Part I)

Gina — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:20:13 +0000

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 [...]