“Let’s start this meeting with some stories about peeing on yourself.”
Sometimes, sharing stories of embarrassment and failure with your work team can bond you all quicker. Continue Reading
Teams
You can’t just rush headlong into building a team
Anything worth doing does take time, y’all. Continue Reading
Why does work always need to be about tasks?
What about taking time to watch a documentary together and discuss it? Continue Reading
Motivational posters ain’t gonna get you growth
“Slap something on the wall and hope it resonates with others” is a nice little management strategy. (See also: the “core values” of most places.) But does it work? Good Lord no. Continue Reading
Effective team building 101
Less about buzzwords, and more about thinking through logical steps. Continue Reading
Team building ideas: Ask better questions
Trust falls are very 1998. It’s 2016 now. Let’s hit some new targets. Continue Reading
What should team development really look like?
It’s less about rushing to your next meeting and hiring consultants, and more about thinking through the process. Continue Reading
Five factors for effective work teams
Even though no one seems to understand their success with living, breathing people — instead attributing it to cash or hand or KPIs or margins or some other BS — Google has long been one of the ‘best places to… Continue Reading