Team Archives - Strategic Leadership

24 Aug

The question of the year: Are remote teams productive?

In Team

The question of the year: Are remote teams productive? We can't help ourselves. We all want to know the answers to these two questions: "Are people really working as much at home as they did in the office?" "Can you work from home and be and stay productive?" Despite wanting to give your teams the...

27 Jul

3 Essential Qualities of an Effective Team

In Team

Company Culture Shapes Employee Motivation

As a consultant, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard our clients say when we start working with them that they have world-calibre individuals on their team, but they are not operating as one team, and that’s a big missed opportunity. We all know how important teamwork...

09 Mar

How to Lead Remote Teams

In Leadership, Team

How to Lead Remote Teams by Mike Desjardins The very first thing you need to know is, don’t panic: leading remote teams isn’t as difficult as you might think – here are just some things you need to keep in mind. ViRTUS has run virtually, with remote team members...

25 Nov

The precise number of people to put on a team to maximise productivity

In Leadership, Team

This is the precise number of people to put on a team to maximise productivity - Tech exec and entrepreneur Mona Sabet explains the exact size of a group that can build and maintain empathy and shared purpose to bring out maximum performance. In 2012, I founded Hipower, a nonprofit...

28 May

Why Team Building Could be a Waste of Money

In Chris Atkinson, Strategic Leadership Authors, Team, Training

- The training market has seen a steady, continued growth in the area of team building. More and more companies are committing their three most precious assets - time, money and resources to these events. Why then, in these challenging times with so many cuts being made, are we...

14 Mar

Dan Pink: This is how to give better feedback in just 19 words

In Personal Development, Team

It certainly is important for everyone to develop skill in giving and receiving feedback. Set high expectations and encouraging people to set high expectations for themselves and those around them, equally powerful.This simple tip exemplifies the growth mindset. Psychological safety is really important for encouraging a growth mindset in...

27 Oct

5 Things You Can Do To Lead Workplace Wellbeing In Your Team

In Chris Atkinson, Team

In the pursuit of productivity targets and results, one of the things that often suffers is people’s work life balance. The irony being that this has a direct impact on the very same targets we are trying to achieve. Employee wellbeing is taken into account in business decisions only...

16 Oct

Celebration Grid – A Versatile Team Tool

In Team, Training

From an instructor’s perspective, I find the Celebration Grid by far the most fascinating tool in the toolkit. I first learnt about celebration grids as they came up during a keynote that Jurgen Appelo gave at the Mile High Agile convention in Denver, Colorado in 2016. In his talk, Appelo explained how he created the...