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A Mini Case Study: What’s Wrong With This Team – Part II

Read Part I of the mini case study.

What may be some of the primary reasons for the team feeling as they are?

There are any number of issues that could be happening. The members may not understand what it means to be part of a team, may have had poor experiences on past […]

A Mini Case Study: What’s Wrong With This Team – Part I

From the minute the project was announced and the team members assigned, several of the members were overheard telling their colleagues that they didn’t understand why they needed to be involved in this initiative. They wanted to continue to work alone, as they have been doing for many years. One member was quoted with the […]

Human Resource Professionals…Are You Building Relationships Throughout the Organization?

While everyone needs to build relationships within their organization, it is especially essential that human resource professionals do so! Building relationships is key to success for human resource professionals – especially in engaging employees in any number of initiatives that are ongoing within the organization.

The benefits of doing so are plentiful and will enable […]

Is Consensus Happening?

When we take a “consensus approach” to solving problems and making decisions, we are collaborative, everyone involved in engaged, discussions are more fruitful and commitment is likely when a final decision is reached.

Your team is working toward consensus when the following is happening during discussions. Team members are….

sharing many ideas and supporting each […]

A Mini Case Study: Team Problems – Part 2

Read Part 1 of the mini case study.

The team does not seem to understand, nor value, teamwork or the benefit of being on a team. Likely, team building did not take place early on in the initiative. It is just as likely that the team did not spend time collaborating on how they will […]