Gina Abudi » Team Building

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 [...]

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 [...]

Collaborate! It’s a team effort!

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

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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Stage 3: Norming

When the team moves into the “norming” stage, they are beginning [...]

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 [...]