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Feedback and Rewards

Tips On Keeping Six Sigma Teams Motivated

Tony Jacowski asked: There are no excuses for slack and lack of excellence. Corporate life has become a race and all companies must aspire to win. Applying Six Sigma principles and practices is indispensable in order to optimize individual and team performance. The following tips will prove valuable in keeping Six Sigma teams motivated: Psychological […]

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Transformational Leadership

Team Building – Working Together For A Common Goal

Keith Londrie asked: Team building is what you make of it. You can work well with your co-workers or not. As you build a team in the work place, you will notice how this well oiled machine works. I remember early in my career when my best friend and I were dishwashers in a country […]

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Conflict Resolution

10 Steps to Use Workplace Conflict to Your Advantage

Lynne Eisaguirre asked: Is there such a thing as a good fight? The willingness to embrace conflict and turn a bad fight into a good one is a hallmark of a great leader. And if you want to learn, there are steps you can take to help turn negative conflicts into creative opportunities. 1) Don’t […]

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Leadership Styles

Why Coaching is the Way to Go in Team Management

Louis Bonaventura asked: When you hear the word “coach”, what comes first into your mind? Do you picture a basketball team with a man/woman shouting out directions? Or perhaps a football team with a man/woman pacing back and forth and calling out the names of the players? Coaching is no longer reserved to sports teams. […]

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Teamwork

Team Building: an Art of Human Nature

Maximum Hit asked: Working together as a team is a human art loved and appreciated by all. A successful company will have a stable structure only when its employees have good team building qualities. Team building events are organized to revitalize work relationships and appreciate one another for maximum productivity and profitable interactions among team […]

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Transformational Leadership

Team Building – A Common Goal

Cathy Warschaw asked: We’ve all heard the saying, “There’s no ‘I’ in Team.” Team building has been a goal of the workplace for many years because of the numerous benefits it brings. Team building is a great way to have fun and energize coworkers, build and strengthen coworker and employer relationships, and improve productivity in […]

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Teamwork

Team Building – A Common Goal

Cathy Warschaw asked: We’ve all heard the saying, “There’s no ‘I’ in Team.” Team building has been a goal of the workplace for many years because of the numerous benefits it brings. Team building is a great way to have fun and energize coworkers, build and strengthen coworker and employer relationships, and improve productivity in […]

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Defining Leadership

The Perpetual Touches of Leaders: Some Case Studies To Get You Thinking

Joel Chue asked: Leadership exists everywhere in every form imaginable. In almost every scenario or activity a leader is needed to come to the fore to take on the challenge of guiding the rest to achieve the common aim that everyone sets out to accomplish in the beginning. Be it in the corporate or real […]

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Transformational Leadership

Motivation in 5 Easy Steps!

Marcia Granger asked: To put things into context, the easiest would be to answer the question:  what is leadership?  In its most general sense, Leadership is as a process whereby one individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal. To be an effective leader, the individual (manager, professional, entrepreneur)  must influence his […]