Team Building

With effective communication strategies that ensure each team member is aware or informed if what is going on. A study by Siemens Enterprise Communications found that $26,041 is the cumulative cost per worker, per year, due to productivity losses resulting from communication barriers. The importance of efficient and effective team communication within …

Trust in the workplace is a top priority to a project manager.  Building trust in a team or a small unit you control helps propagate trust in the organization. Conversely, workplaces lacking trust are environments where an effective feedback culture cannot grow. You can’t always control the level of trust …

Thanksgiving is a time for reflection, and giving thanks for the good. We all know the story of the Pilgrims in 1621, who celebrated after their first harvest. This wasn’t a particular holiday, though – these Pilgrims were used to regular days of thanksgiving as a religious practice. This, in …

The kickoff meeting is one of the most crucial parts of the project. Get it wrong, and it will be an uphill battle to delivery. Get it right, and you’ll have smooth sailing. How do you plan the perfect kickoff meeting, and what do you want to avoid? Buy In …

A good project manager is more than a manager – they’re a leader. Besides being proficient at the technical skills of project management, project managers also need to grow their leadership skills in order to be effective. In order to manage a project team to finishing a project, it isn’t …

Every team has one, eventually. The disgruntled employee. The surly one. The guy with the bad attitude. The bad apple. How do you deal with the bad apple? He can turn your entire team into a toxic place if left unchecked! Here are three steps to take. Talk to him. …

Project managers know that building shared purpose across a team is integral for its success. When we talk about “shared purpose,” it simply means getting team members to be connected to the project’s mission and goals. To be an effective leader, you should be able to create a collective sense …

If you are a team leader of any kind, you know that momentum is more than a sports metaphor. It might be hard to define, and harder to quantify, but “getting the ball rolling” is the key to performance. You know creating team momentum is central to making sure tasks …