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10 Valentine’s Day Team Building Activities & Ideas For Work
Valentine’s Day is the sweetest holiday of the bunch. The energy created between sweethearts is second to none, but creating energy within your team is equally as important. Not sure what to do for employees on Valentine’s Day? Below we will highlight some fantastic Valentine’s Day team building activities that can also function as meeting energizers. They work with onsite staff as well as staff working remotely.
Teamwork and Communication – Effective Team Communication Tips
Communication affects teamwork in positive and negative ways. The quantity and quality of communication within a team and from leadership affects teamwork. When a team is not actively and effectively communicating, their work is at stake. It’s important for everyone to learn how to communicate effectively to improve teamwork. With many work environments still partially remote, communicating can become increasingly difficult. Although team members are in constant communication through messaging channels like Slack, Teams, and Google Chat, active communication does not always equal effective team communication. Over a screen, team members are not able to convey emotions and tones to the message recipient. This can lead to miscommunication and confusion, making it essential to teach team members to be mindful of their communication style.
15 Icebreakers & Get To Know You Team Building Activities
Get to Know Each Other as People, Not Just Professionals. We’re all so much more than our job titles. We have interests that may have drawn each of us to our roles and helped us excel within them. A common challenge at work is the lack of opportunity for employees to connect with their colleagues beyond just their job duties. This can lead to a limited sense of connection among the team. But there is a solution: get to know you team building activities. There are easy and fun team building icebreaker activities that can help you and your team bond and get to know each other as more than just co-workers.
Back To School | Daily Team Building While You Work
As summertime ticks away the stores have gone from seasonal sections of gardening and outdoor to school supplies. Aisles upon aisles filled with everything from erasers and rulers to backpacks and water bottles. There is palpable excitement amongst the youngest of school goers as the seasons change from summer to school.
The Psychology of Planning. Why Can’t I “Just Do It!”?
It’s a common problem, especially in today’s world with so many demands coming at us from so many directions — you know what needs to get done, you know how it needs to get done, but for some reason, you’re struggling to “just do it” already.
5 Ways To Beat Work From Home Fatigue
Even with it being a brand new year, the reality is that most teams are still working remotely.
5 Virtual Team Building Activities That Work
How can you build and maintain a viable professional and personal relationship online?
Rule Your Workplace Culture with an Iron Fist
A staggering 96% of people think that their workplace culture needs a change. This isn’t about laying down the law. This is about individual accountability and intention.
Who Took My Sandwich | Tips to Avoid Workplace Annoyances
There are little things that people do that can cause us to scream in our heads – “Oh My God, Oh My God, Oh My God, will you stop PLEASE!” – but the annoyances are usually so trivial that no one ever really shares their frustration out loud…at least not until it’s too late to sound rational. (more…)
4 Tips On How To Shake Off A Work Rut
What happens when you find yourself, and your employees in a work rut? Don’t worry, it’s pretty common. That’s why TeamBonding is here! When you don’t have anything new, inspiring, or challenging happening in the workplace, you may find you and your employees in a work rut. Let’s talk about these 4 tips for getting out of a rut at work!
It’s Summer | Why Not Work Outside
Now, wouldn’t you rather be outside on a gorgeous summer day than stuck inside the office? I think so! Here’s an idea: it’s summer, why not work outside? (more…)
5 Disney Movie Clips That Showcase Leadership Qualities
If you stop and think about it, Disney movies actually teach valuable lessons about the power of encouragement, teamwork and developing leadership skills.
Team Building Tip: Surprise me! But really, no.
It may seem like a good idea to surprise your team with a team building exercise, but this is generally a no-no. It is much easier to encourage participation, have fun, and enjoy an event when participants are not surprised. That being said, don’t tell them everything about the event, because it will ruin the fun.
For a winning team, agree to avoid the RUMOR MILL.
“A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor” -Unknown
Avoid Team Building Strategies that Don’t Work
CNBC has 11 great tips to help you make sure that your team building activities don’t have the unintended consequence of pulling your team of employees apart.
7 Team Building Tools that Foster Effective Teamwork
Whether your entire team typically works under the same roof or you’re spread out among remote offices (or coffee shops), you must work together to reach a common goal. From conference call meetings to e-mail agendas, it can be difficult to foster effective teamwork. Have no fear! We’re here to help. Start using the team building tools listed under each of the topics below and your team will begin working together like never before.
Team Vampires: Overcoming the Effects of Negativity in the Workplace
Halloween is just around the corner. My daughters are picking out their ghoulish costumes … one a princess and the other a dead bride (gulp). Seems as kids get older the scarier their costumes get, my princess is 5 and my bride is 10. By the time kids become adults they can get even scarier — some even become Vampires, and they wear their costume to work, everyday.
Olympic Day | Celebrating Your Team’s Gold Medal Performance
I can only imagine that there is something special about getting up on the podium and accepting a Gold Medal for your efforts on behalf of your country, especially Olympic gold. The pride associated with achieving top recognition and award for successfully reaching your stated goals, and of course surpassing the competition.
5 Elements of Cooperative Learning | Help Your Team Learn Considerably More
Results are very important to companies and team leaders, but how team members interact with each other to achieve results is often a neglected aspect of managing a team. (more…)
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