8
sep
1

It’s Time To Rethink Your Team Performance Model

Posted by Corporate Team Building Games, Experiential Learning Activities, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Learning Style Assessment, Team Building Exercises, Teamwork GamesNo Comments

blog-teamsTeams have become the driving force in many organizations today. We’re relying on their collective intelligence to solve problems faster, come up with more innovative ideas and deliver higher quality results in less time. But as we all know from our own team experiences, it’s not as simple as just bringing people together.

While many of the traditional activities and behavioral models designed to enhance teamwork and collaboration “make us feel good,” as Margaret Neale, professor of organizational behavior at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, points out, “What they don’t do is improve team performance.”

In fact, according to a survey of 1,000 employees in the UK, they often “only succeed in leaving staff feeling more awkward about dealing with their colleagues.”

With knowledge workers, you can’t develop and maintain an exceptional, consistently high-performing team without focusing first on what drives the team’s behaviors and actions at the root level: thinking.

On September 10th, Herrmann International’s Product Development Director, Kevin Sensenig, will be sharing a new model of team performance that will help your organization focus in on the critical thinking factors that affect a team’s productivity, work processes and collaborative approach—those key issues that will make or break their success.

In a free interactive webinar for HRDQ-U, he’ll demonstrate practical tools and think-centered methods to help teams tap into their full brainpower. He’ll also discuss some of the strategies companies like Caesars Entertainment and Microsoft Game Studios are using to assemble the most effective teams for tackling tough business problems.

With a recent study showing that nearly seven in ten workers have been part of a dysfunctional team, it’s clear the traditional teambuilding models aren’t doing their job.

Join Kevin to learn a team performance model that’s designed specifically for delivering business results in today’s complex environment.

HRDQ Webinar: A New Model of Team Performance: Optimizing Team Brainpower for Maximum Results

September 10, 2014 at 2:00 PM EDT

Register Now for an hour of learning  that will transform the way you and your handle team performance and experience success.

 

Reposted with permission from http://www.hbdi.com/blog/

3
sep
1

How to be a Successful Virtual Leader

Posted by Corporate Team Building Games, Corporate Training Materials, Experiential Learning Activities, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Leadership Style Assessment, Team Building ExercisesNo Comments

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Last week, we hosted a free webinar, Leading from a Distance: Practical Tips for Successful Virtual Leadership, with Rick Lepsinger, President of OnPoint Consulting. Rick is a virtual team expert with more than 30 years experience and a proven track record as a human resource consultant and executive.

Over to 200 people listened to the webinar live. You may view the archived webinar here.

Here is what some of our participants had to say about the webinar:

“I loved the webinar!  It hit every struggle we have today right on the head. Many of your solutions and recommendations seem so ‘common sense’ but they are actually a rarity today.”

“Really a good webinar, thanks.  Great information backed up by statistics/research, and I liked the interactivity of using polls and asking for responses throughout.”

“This is one of the BEST webinars I have attended in a long time. It is clear concise and incorporates some interaction to keep us engaged.”

There were 3 main objectives of this webinar:

  1. Understand what you can do to improve the quality of your v-meetings.
  2. Develop strategies and actions to build and sustain trust in a virtual environment.
  3. Learn skills and techniques to effectively coach and manage accountability from a distance.

Using an interactive chat window, the audience was asked to reply to, “What is your greatest challenge when leading from a distance?”

The responses ranged from building rapport, managing conflict, engaging employees, building trust to having issues with technology.

To properly understand why leading a person or a team virtually has so many challenges, first you need to understand why.

Virtual work is different because:

  • Infrequent or no face-to-face contact
  • Difference in time zones
  • Significant reliance on technology

One of the largest obstacles is that many organizations simply recycle practices for co-located teams without really considering what makes virtual collaboration unique. Taking a closer look at the issues helped create the RAMP Model – which is a tool that outlines the four key dimensions for virtual success.ramp

  • Relationships
  • Accountability
  • Motivation
  • Purpose and Process

 

The proof is in the numbers. 800% increase in virtual workers during the past 5 years. Use of virtual meetings has increased at 80% of companies. Only 62% of people are somewhat satisfied with the v-meetings they attend. 73% report “getting everyone engaged” and “multi-tasking” are always or often challenges.

Many of you reading this now or that participated in the live Webinar are more than likely virtual workers!

Planning is key in virtual leadership.  Do not have meetings unless there is a reason.  If you just want to pass along information, find another way to do it.  Be prepared. Rotate meeting times to accommodate time zone differences.  Plan more frequent but shorter, 30-60 minute meetings.

Another issue is that some virtual teams choose certain technologies for communication that hurt rather than help them reach their objectives. Be aware of when to use what technology.  Match the technology to the task.

Building relationships requires building trust.

We show trustworthiness as an equation made up of Credibility, Reliability, Intimacy, and Self-orientation. This model comes from extensive research  and is a very useful model of trust in a virtual setting.TrustTo fully understand all of the concepts that are mentioned here (as well as many more!) you must watch it yourself. The webinar is just under an hour. It will benefit both you and your virtual teams.

Sign up to make sure you don’t miss the next free webinar!

 

20
aug
1

Free Webinar – Optimizing Team Brainpower for Maximum Results

Posted by Coaching Skills, Corporate Team Building Games, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Supervisory Skills, Team Building Exercises, Teamwork GamesNo Comments

14088-Team-Performance-KEVIN-Slider-MediumSome organizations are using a thinking-based strategy to assemble teams that are equipped to tackle tough business challenges. Does yours?

As the business environment grows more demanding, organizations are becoming dependent on the collective intelligence of teams to improve problem-solving skills, discover innovative solutions, and deliver higher quality results in less time. Yet all too often teams are unable to reach their potential, regardless of the talent and experience held by the individuals.

Join us on September 10th at 2:00 pm ET for a free webinar on this topic titled Optimizing Team Brainpower for Maximum Results: A New Model of Team Performance. Led by Herrmann International’s Kevin Sensenig, VP of Learning & Development, this interactive webinar will give you practical tools and think-centered methods for helping teams to tap into their full brainpower. He will use examples and exercises to guide you through an easy-to-apply model and he’ll share the specific strategies major organizations such as Caesars Entertainment and Microsoft Game Studios are using to assemble the most effective teams for tackling tough business problems.

Participants Will Learn:

  • A thinking-based model and tools to help teams work more efficiently, collaborate more effectively, and reap the benefit of diverse perspectives.
  • How to apply the latest research on thinking and team productivity to help teams achieve specific business objectives, whether the team is virtual or on-site, intact or cross-functional, or collaborating with external stakeholders.
  • How to assemble the most effective team, based on the mental demands of the assignment, project, or problem.

Who Should Attend:

  • Organization Development Professionals
  • Trainers
  • Human Resources Managers
  • Team Leaders
  • Consultants

Register now to save your seat, this one will fill up fast!

Kevin Sensenig is VP of Learning & Development for Herrmann International where he works closely with CEO Ann Herrmann. He brings 20+ years of experience in management, leadership, education and training for organizations. Prior to his current position he served as Global Vice President of Learning and Organization Development for Dale Carnegie®, where he led the global trainer network and as CEO & Managing Director for JR Rodgers & Associates, Inc., Dale Carnegie Systems®, supporting senior executives in growing their business and developing their people. His specializations include organization assessment, strategic facilitation regarding business planning and business succession, as well as business training and coaching.

19
aug
1

Free Webinar – Practical Tips for a Successful Virtual Leadership

Posted by Communication Styles, Corporate Team Building Games, Corporate Training Materials, Experiential Learning Activities, HR Training, Human Resource Training, Team Building ExercisesNo Comments

14088-Distance-Slider-LongAs innovations in technology continue to amaze and enable, more and more organizations are embracing the undeniable benefits of moving from a traditional workplace setting to a virtual one. The advantages of tapping into the global talent pool while offsetting expenses just make sense.

However, leading a geographically dispersed team is radically different from traditional face-to-face leadership and comes with a whole set of new challenges to overcome. How are you supposed to manage accountability, encourage collaboration and build trust with team members who are not in front of you?

Thankfully there is help. During a free webinar hosted by HRDQ-U on August 27th, Rick Lepsinger, President of OnPoint Consulting and virtual team expert, will be sharing his expertise to help you learn how to better manage from a distance.  Based on a groundbreaking study described in his book, Virtual Team Success (co-authored with Darleen DeRosa), Rick will provide practical and invaluable guidance to help you become a more effective virtual team leader.

Specifically Rick will cover:

  • The characteristics and behaviors that define high-performing virtual teams and virtual team leaders
  • Strategies to enhance trust when working virtually
  • How to apply tools to manage accountability from a distance
  • Skills and techniques to manage effective virtual meetings (v-meetings)

Please join us on Wednesday, August 27th at 2:00 pm EST as this event promises to provide relevant learning tools for developing professionals. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by.  Sign up today!

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