What would your Grandmother say?
Normally in my working life, the question of ‘Why do people do what they do?’ would come up when people were not doing the right thing. My standard answer for years was because they can; we let them, you let them, the team lets them, leaders let them or managers let them. Essentially, the consequences […]
Always Count the One Hundredth Sheep
In an entertaining reflection on team trademarks, retired facilitator Kraig Grime discusses why you should always count the hundredth sheep.
Australian Organisations’ Mission Statements Fail to Inspire their Staff
Nearly half of Australian employees don’t know their company’s mission statement and set of values, the findings from a new survey released today has revealed. The research, commissioned by Leading Teams, surveyed over 500 Australian workers examining their attitudes towards their business’ mission statement and values, its impact on workplace behaviour and the key factors […]
Delivering Meaning To Mission Statements
This article written by Kraig Grime first appeared on the Dynamic Business website. For a growing business, mission statements are important in creating a culture, improving employee decision making and establishing a clear competitive difference. However, a meaningful mission statement is notoriously difficult to get right. Too often they don’t really reflect the business or […]
Could Your Mission Statement Apply To Any Employer?
Leading Teams Director, Kraig Grime, was interviewed by HR Daily about a recent survey that Leading Teams conducted on mission statements and values. Nearly half of Australian employees don’t know their company’s mission statement or values, let alone find them inspirational, new research shows. Only one in five Australian employees think their company mission statement […]
Team Building Exercises: Making Them Effective
The hallmarks of a good team building exercise is one that is more than a single attempt to correct any perceived weakness in a team; it must also address the purpose for which it was intended. For example, at Leading Teams, activities with clients are not conducted simply for the sake of the activity; they […]
A Great Pleasure For A Great Bloke
Sometimes life presents you with some terrific memories and I will never forget the look on Ray McLean’s face during our recent celebration of his 20 years of contributing to leadership development. Yep, 20 years is not bad for someone once described as ‘an ex-school teacher peddling pop psychology’. That assessment is a big contradiction […]
The Beauty Of Structure, Role Clarity And Rigour Of Process
It’s not often that I get accused of being too structured, but people may be very surprised to discover that the art of facilitation whilst appearing loose and unstructured is in fact quite the opposite. Those that know our work are well aware of our desire for people to have genuine conversations around agreed purpose […]
Motivation: Surely It’s A Matter Of Choice
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom”. Viktor Frankl Creating an environment that encourages high performance should be a goal worth pursuing by every Manager and/or Leader. This is enhanced by having a pervading culture […]
The Genuine Conversation
Why do we make it harder than it needs to be? Recently I had the pleasure of hearing a group of Business Leaders give their end-of-program presentations to a select audience. The presentations cap off a year of facilitated personal learning, where participants are encouraged to explore a range of concepts and to develop themselves […]