National Learning Institute

The secret to getting your team engaged

Does getting your team engaged mean asking them to sign a formal document, or have them all stand and sing the company song?

Hardly (although I have heard of organisations doing just that).  What it does mean is getting your team members on board by being attuned to their values and motives and aligning these with your team direction.  How...

Managing the performance of teams - two critical dimensions.

Often managers put a lot of effort into teamwork when perhaps it's not necessary.  Is there more to teamwork than meets the eye?John is confused.  He prides himself as being a fair and reasonably good manager.  This is not his first assignment as a manager, but it is certainly turning out to be his most challenging.  John had taken over...

Tour de Farce or Team de Force?

Do you manage a team or a group? The distinction is an important one, because there's no point in trying to develop a team ethos amongst a group of people who do no real need to work cooperatively together.

It's probably fair to say, that by now most followers and even casual observers of the recent Tour de France, expected the race to throw...

Gaining commitment or compliance from your team?

Some guidelines for team decision making...

Rob worked as a qualified, but junior physiotherapist in a busy hospital. He along with three of his colleagues were asked by their manager to discuss amongst themselves how they would like their rosters to be organised (i.e. who would do what shifts etc.) and put forward their proposal.

Rob and...