I’ve noticed that many people I’ve been working with this week seem to be, well, somewhere else, for want of a better description.  The holiday period is looming fast and thoughts may be more on ‘what on earth will I get Auntie Betty this year’ than ‘how can I use the remaining time in December to [...]

Well, we are well and truly into the festive season, and teams everywhere are looking forward to their Christmas night out.  Or are they? Many people dread the team Christmas party – for some, the thought of spending hours socialising with the boss and watching their Ps and Qs whilst still trying to enjoy a [...]

One of the common mistakes made by teams is to start off with great ideas, create charters and ground rules, type them up and then never look at them again! I encourage the teams I work with to continuously self-assess, and that includes tracking against their performance as a team, not just around their tasks and [...]

I met someone this evening who asked me about my work with teams.  She said ‘it sounds great, but does it really work?’ To me, developing a team is just like developing any other relationship: it’s not always easy and you have to work at it.  Most of us work hard at our friendships, marriages [...]