Become A Better Leader

Creating Team Synergy - Quick Tip

Teams are important when one individual cannot
accomplish a task or project alone.

But, merely having people work together does not
make them a team.

Are you part of a team or just a group of people
doing "team work"?

A real team has synergy.

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Why should this matter?
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Synergy is when two or more people are working
together and the result is greater than the sum
of their individual capabilities.

What gives a team synergy is when each person
uses and shares his or her skills. Their skills
are the tools in their toolbox.

Each person's toolbox contains things that are
unique about that individual - assets as well as
shortcomings.

By taking an inventory of these strengths and
weaknesses, you can determine who is strong where
someone else may be weak. This helps everyone
discover different ways to work together.

"Create Team Synergy" is one of the 13 essential
tools in the Employee Success Toolkit. It will
help your group work as an effective and
cooperative team.

The Employee Success Toolkit is a professional
development course for employees in 13 easy-to-follow lessons.
It is a system guaranteed to improve attitude,
skills, and productivity.

See all the details and learn what the other 12
lessons are at:
http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

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The ultimate goal of any supervisor is to turn
ordinary workers into extraordinary employees.
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If you want...

- Your staff to come together in unity and work
together as a team

- Respect and have a better understanding of
co-workers with different backgrounds or cultures

- Employees who think and speak in a positive
manner, no matter what the circumstances are at
the time

You can do it -and much more- with the Employee
Success Toolkit.

See all the details and learn what the other 12
lessons are at:
http://www.confidencecenter.com/url/toolkit.htm

Book Review: Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers

Just because your team doesn't have the time or the budget to embark on a full-scale training program doesn't mean you have to abandon the idea of team-building exercises altogether.

Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers presents 50 fun, practical exercises to choose from, and you don't need any special facilities, expensive products, or previous training experience to get great results-in minutes! These great activities will help you:

• Build new teams and help teams assimilate new members
• Deal with change
• Recognize individual efforts and team accomplishments
• Find creative ways to work together and solve problems
• Increase and improve communication
• Leverage diversity and individual differences to meet team goals
• Keep competition healthy and productive

Whether you're a rookie manager or a veteran, you'll build great teams with these simple and engaging exercises!

Book Review: Games Trainers Play

Games Trainers Play

Looking to add spark and excitement to your training sessions AND achieve dramatically better results than you are now? Here's the book that shows you how.

This compact book is packed with over 100 different games, activities and exercises that have been field-tested and proven highly effective by some of America's most experienced and innovative trainers in teaching a variety of important business skills in ways that are challenging and fun for the participants. Included are:

• Games to develop leadership ability and build self-confidence
• Brain teasers that enhance problem-solving skills and boost creativity
• Exercises that teach people to be cooperative and enthusiastic team
• Games that dramatically improve communication skills - from speaking in public to knowing how to listen
• PLUS proven icebreakers guaranteed to grab -and hold- any group's attention

All these exercises can be administered in thirty minutes or less at little or no cost. If you're a professional trainer who wants to achieve results and have fun in the process, you won't find a better book in your field than this one!

About the Author: Edward E.Scannell has written or coauthored several books (especially with John W. Newstrom) and over a hundred articles in the fields of Human Resource Management, Communication, Creativity, Meeting Planning, Management and Teambuilding. His best-selling Games Trainers Play series are used by speakers, trainers, and meeting planners around the world.

Training Games that Make Learning Fun

Stamp out boring training sessions and meetings.

Do your employees fall asleep during your training sessions. Need some creative ideas? Here are some places to get them.

One of our subscribers to our newsletter, Employee Morale Tips, wanted some customer service training games for an upcoming training session, so I asked professional speakers and trainers to send in their ideas.

Here are some exciting ideas and sources of information to spice up your training sessions.