Featured and Teamwork and Training and DevelopmentJul 15, 2019 Team Building: How to Get Real Results from Team Building Activities Key points Team building interventions have three essential characteristics which clarify the confusion around the term and help differentiate it from other interventions aimed at teams; Team building interventions improve team members’ feelings and team interactions, but don’t have a considerable effect on team performance; Effective team building activities are not only fun, but mustContinue Reading
Featured and TeamworkMay 14, 2018 Effective team communication? Focus on quality! Effective team communication has many benefits. If you are concerned that poor team communication may be costing your business money, keep reading. In this Evidence Summary, we outline some of the latest science on how you can improve communication within your team.Continue Reading
Featured and TeamworkOct 9, 2017 Five questions about psychological safety, answered. Psychological safety recently came storming into the mainstream when research by Google on high-performing teams hit the news. This Evidence Summary highlights the findings from 117 studies representing over 22,000 individuals and nearly 5,000 groups!Continue Reading
Featured and TeamworkMay 22, 2017 Effective virtual teams – The big picture Virtual teams use email and social media to communicate. It’s hard to think of any team that isn’t virtual to some extent. When your team are in different buildings, time-zones or cultures, traditional face-to-face management techniques may not work. So how can we improve the effectiveness of virtual teams?Continue Reading