I was interested in Bernhard Zimmerman‘s post about the storming phase of team development. It made me think of a team I know where the members were recently discussing the reasons for their not working together as well as they would like. The team has recently completed an important project and the members felt there [...]

Sometimes, clients tell me that their team members aren’t working together and they can’t work out what to do about it. One of the reasons is that the team members don’t see any reason to work together. It may in fact be that they don’t believe they really need to be a team. In their [...]

Well, between illness and attending a conference, I haven’t posted for over two weeks. It’s really easy to let things lapse, particularly when something unforeseen like illness takes you out of the picture. I was just thinking about how I could have better used my team to keep our blog up to date and how [...]

I met a group of forty-six people yesterday, the majority of whom currently lead teams. When I asked the group if there was anyone who believed their team is currently performing as effectively as it could be, no-one raised their hand. I can’t say I was all that surprised as it is difficult to maximise [...]

…not us this time, but thanks again for your votes. We had a great night at the ceremony! The very deserving winner in the business blog category was Kieran from www.icecreamireland.com, with his delicious recipes for ice cream and hot fudge sauce, amongst others. Congratulations again Kieran! The full list of winners hasn’t yet been [...]