Top Team Games By E-Mail
GNP, creators of Top Team 2000, are to launch a ground-breaking publication on the Internet, which they are calling an ‘idea-zine.’TEAM THEME, available by e-mail in instalments, is a toolkit of tips and techniques for running team-building events and away days. Each issue will focus on a different theme, providing a set of games from […]
Flight simulators in teamwork training
Bourne Group Ltd. puts the innovative use of flight simulators at the heart of their latest offering for teamwork training.The Bourne Group is offering teamwork training courses based on the use of flight simulators. Using the British Airways’ pilot training facilities at London Heathrow and the GE Capital Aviation Training Centre at Gatwick, teams are […]
Teaching team leaders Customer Focus Management skills
An interesting post from the TRDEV-L list:From: George Reavis Subject: long-term customer focus Regarding teams, relationships and service learning, I would like to offer members of this list an old idea brought back new again. A ‘best practice’ for building and maintaining long-term customer focus for teams. I have recently made available, through Blackboard, a […]
Two announcements of FREE seminars – London, December & January
From the TRDEV-L Digest, Tuesday 30 November:Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 10:38:33 -0500From: Sporting Bodymind Subject: Teamwork Seminars****************************************************LONDON – ENGLANDStaring Monday 6th December – Sporting Bodymind Ltd will be running a series of FREE half-day seminars for business executives – looking at ‘TEAMWORK for a changing world’ – with particular reference to MERGERS, ALLIANCES AND […]
‘Kaizen Strategies for Improving Team Performance’ edited by Michael Colenso
Kaizen Strategies for Improving Team Performance: How to accelerate team development and enhance team productivity. Edited by Michael Colenso. Financial Times Prentice-Hall, 1999. Hardback, 222 pages, £24.99. ISBN 0 273 63986 2Kaizen is described at the start of the book, the 4th in a series using the technique (a 5th ‘Kaizen Strategies for Successful Organizational […]
’22 Activities for Developing Team Leaders’ by Rod Storey
22 Training Events for Developing Team Leaders. by Rod Storey. Gower, 1999. A4 ringbinder, 278 pages, £175. ISBN 0 566 08185 7Although this collection of activities is apparently intended for Team Leaders, the majority of the activities are concerned with general leadership and management skills and could equally be applied in team leader development and […]
Monday blues “a myth”, research shows
It’s just not true that we all feel unhappy on Mondays, according to new research from the Institute of Work Psychology at Sheffield University. Dr Peter Totterdell, the author, has come up with many surprising results – not least that on days when everyone in the office seems to be in a bad mood, it […]
Where can I find the ‘Zin Obelisk’ or similar team development activities?
I’m trying to trace a team problem solving exercise with this name – can anybody out there point me in the right direction? David MeekResponses to Comments below please. I’m trying to trace a team problem solving exercise with this name – can anybody out there point me in the right direction? David MeekResponses to […]
‘Making Teams Work’ video from Gower
Making Teams Work Learning a la Carte Video seriesPeter Quarry interviews Dr Edward HubbardFrom Gower Publishing, 39 Milton Park, Oxon, OX14 4TD, U.K.Email: lorna.gordon@bookpoint.co.ukDate of publication 1999 Code Number: 9 999 99363XPrice: £120.00http://www.gowertraining.co.ukThe promotional material which accompanies this video describes it as having “no frills, simply good practical advice, condensed into 11-17 minutes.”This is one […]
Self-managing teams
From an article on the HRzone website:“Researchers found that a manager’s attitude about teams is even more important to creating self-managing teams than the first line supervisor’s attitude and that problem solving teams thrive on adversity.”To continue reading the article, click From an article on the HRzone website:”Researchers found that a manager’s attitude about teams […]
The truth about ‘teams’
A spotlight article in the current issue of the-shelf’s online magazine asks whether teams are really as effective and useful as we might believe. Read it online at: A spotlight article in the current issue of the-shelf’s online magazine asks whether teams are really as effective and useful as we might believe. Read it online […]
‘Managing Virtual Teams’ by Sarah Cook
Managing Virtual TeamsSarah CookEchelon Learning Ltd., 1999. A4 ringbinder, £179. ISBN1901600 04 1This is a resource pack by LearningMatters which runs the activity information/purchase facility on the Internet extending a collection of activities into a full resource for trainers. The pack consist of two elements; 30 activities that are concerned with the skills required in […]
Facilitator for team development event
SIFT plc, the leading developer of online virtual communities, seeks a highly skilled facilitator to design and deliver a 24 hour residential team development event for its staff. Its leading products include TrainingZone, AccountingWeb, BusinessZone, EUbusiness, TravelMole, LawZone and a range of web-based technology applications.In three years, SIFT has grown from a small core to […]
Anyone know ‘The Plane Game’ team activity?
Can anyone tell me the source for or supply me with instructions for “The Plane Game” a training game involving teams designing, testing and building paper planes. I used this game some years ago and would like to be able to use it with some colleagues however I have been unable to track down a […]
Measuring the hard stuff: teams and other hard-to-measure work
A detailed article and download by Jack Zigon, President, Zigon Performance Group on the subject.Overview:Twenty years experience measuring the “hard stuff” have yielded best practices which can save time and improve the quality of performance measures for teams and other hard-to-measure work. This article describes a process for creating performance measures for any kind of […]
Team Development – new ezine
The AusTrainer website has launched a new emailed newsletter (ezine) devoted to team building issues created by Andrew Corbett. Follow the link to subscribe.This ezine is designed to assist people to develop teams. The information will consist of analogies, processes, stories, strategies and tips for new through to experienced teams. The AusTrainer website has launched […]
