By dcrampton on March 30, 2009
Trust is the belief and confidence in the integrity, reliability and fairness of a person or organization. Trust is an essential human value and is the grease that keeps teams running smoothly when conflict arises. It is difficult to acquire, and if abused, harder to salvage. People become nervous and defensive with one another if [...]
Posted in Team Building
By dcrampton on March 23, 2009
I remember how I felt the day I climbed onto the ledge six feet above the concrete pavement and looked down at my colleagues. We were enrolled at a Project Adventure facilitator’s boot camp and I was getting ready to turn away from the group, cross my arms over my chest and free fall backward [...]
Posted in Training
By dcrampton on March 12, 2009
Teams, regardless of size and mission, often become snared in conflict when seeking solutions to problems. This is true in both the public and private sector, and it’s true whether teams are working at the community level or addressing national issues. The key to minimizing conflict and maximizing team building success is to pay attention [...]
Posted in Ask an Expert
By dcrampton on March 5, 2009
Corporate agility is one of the concepts executives are studying now to address consumer demand in post recession markets. But as the leaders of large hierarchies and internally competitive cultures learned in the late 1980′s and 90′s, throwing a team concept into non team cultures cause confusion. And, with the confusion comes lost productivity during [...]
Posted in Develop Your Skill
