The Search for The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is a unique teambuilding exercise in the global...
Articles on Teamwork
The Problems with Outdoor Training – Some thoughts on team building
In a conversation a while back, I was asked if one of our team building games could be used in an...
Collaboration
My associates in Mumbai sent me a bunch of videos, and a week ago, Solomon Salvis mentioned that...
Nobody ever washes a rental car – Thoughts on engagement and ownership
"Nobody ever washes a rental car." I've been using this phrase for dozens of years, since it...
On Trial and Error, Blame Frames and Gotcha’s: Engagement? Innovation? Really?
Engagement and Innovation are NOT easy things to do, yet they can be accomplished if one remembers...
The Paradox of Resistance to Innovation – Risk and Choice
The global recession pushes more leaders and managers to think about failure and its prevention in...
PRIDE – Issue or Opportunity?
One of the illustrations I have used over the years to focus on organizational paradoxes is this...
The Elephant in the Room – Line Managers are the Trainers (All others fail)
More and more, I am convinced that the KEY training people in organizations do not reside in the...
Stress as a Motivator?
In the LinkedIn discussion that I mentioned in the previous post, the question arose as to whether...
Motivation? It is feedback, not extrinsic motivators, the drive performance
I think the biggest opportunity to improve performance is through good, positive, immediate...
Ideas, Innovation and Strategy Implementation – Getting Things Done More Better Faster
I have loved this quote since I first heard it 15 years ago at a conference: If we're not getting...
Motivating People, Motivating Teams
Extrinsic Reward Systems are Perpetuating Workplace Problems There! I said it as clearly as I can....
Selling Lost Dutchman – some discussion tips
We have a lot of users of The Search for The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine worldwide, and many people...
Speeding up Lost Dutchman – team building ideas
Over the years, I have come to deliver a detailed Introduction to our team building game, The...
Motivation, Collaboration, Engagement and Dis-Un-Empowerment*
* Dis-un-empowerment: The removal of those performance-influencing factors (real or believed) that...