The Chief Happiness Officer writes about The top 5 reasons why most team building events are a waste of time. He says they are overly competitive, often demeaning, and don't so much build team as build aggression (my word).
No kidding.
Here's a few related views based on my experience studying team development—so I could teach it [...]
Globe-trotting team coach and author Jean Tabaka will be my special guest in Dallas, December 11-13. You win with access to more expertise!
With over 25 years of experience in the software development industry, Jean's work has taken her throughout North America, England, Wales, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Australia, Malaysia, and India. She is the author [...]
Last week in the Southern California mountain resort town of Lake Arrowhead a small group of senior leaders came together to launch their trek toward building a great company. I was honored to support them. And they were thrilled with their experience and the results of their meeting. Here's what my client reported to me [...]
As promised, here is the pdf of our slides from Michael England's and my discovery session think tank at Agile 2007 last week in Washington DC. The Thursday afternoon session was titled Agile Ghettos or Thriving Communities: Are Agile Principles Suitable Only for Development Teams or Can They Guide Executive Practice Too?
Agile Ghettos or [...]
Today is day three of Agile2007 in Washington DC.
For engineers, project managers, and developers there are lots of interesting sessions about engineering and development things. I'm interested in the 80% of engineering that isn't engineering but might instead be called "humaneering" (I borrowed that word from my friend Jim Pepitone) or just plain "teamwork." [...]
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