Every year, Joan writes and illustrates a poem about the pressures on Santa Clause to improve and...
Articles on Teamwork
Teamwork, Collaboration and Engagement – A tool for motivation and leadership
The Search for The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine is a powerful tool for organizational development, an exercise you can purchase as a board game or something you can now run online, focused on teambuilding with remote teams.
Happy New Year – Simple Ideas for Reframing and Future-Focusing
Here are some thoughts around 2023 and team building and the general theme of Kindness. MY...
The Contagion of Desired Behaviors – Some thoughts on Collaboration and Leadership
Workplace behaviors can be contagious, which can be a highly useful thing as we try to change...
Spring Forward Monday – A Day for Involvement and Engagement – March 12, 2018
Okay, March 12 is a Monday.And you can choose to do a bit of Disruptive Engagement if you choose....
Collaboration. Team Building. Competition. Empowerment. Servant Leadership.
The Search for The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine is an interactive team building exercise designed to improve collaboration and organizational culture.
Servant Leadership – Two Great Quotes
My partner sent me two quotes by Max De Pree, who published one of the most excellent books on...
Is it teamwork that falls flat in most organizations?
My friend Brian Remer posted up a short article he entitled, "Two Team Elements for Instant...
Dr. Seuss on Disruptive Engagement
Even Dr. Seuss would understand the issues and opportunities around disruptive engagement and the...
Why I HATE Outdoor Teambuilding after 30 years
"Outdoor Teambuilding." For me, this phrase represents an oxymoron, two words that simply do not...
Many People Hate Offsite Teambuilding – A Learned Response
The Search for The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine has proven itself to be one of the best team building simulations in the world. It is now available in a virtual delivery suitable for remote work teams.
Managers – How Square Wheels can impact their workplaces
I got three fast notes from an HR director from an Indian company this morning. He and I had...
Disruptive Engagement, Supervisors, Empowerment and Performance Improvement
I listened to a great presentation yesterday by Mercer on managing engagement, the need to focus...
Feedback, Team Building, Ideas and Accountability
Debriefing Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine is where we continue to mine organizational development...
Simple Bad Teambuilding
My associate in Singapore posted up his comments in a LinkedIn group post and I got copied. The...