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A 2006 survey
conducted by the Ken Blanchard Companies showed over half responded that they
spend up to 30% of their day in a team and 34% said they spend half their
time working in a team. However, 42% indicated they received
little or no training on how to effectively start a team.
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In these times of
recession and cut backs, team-building may be more important than ever.�
Learning how to work on a team and do several different roles are necessary
skills many organizations will need their employees to possess.� Below
are links to 8 articles that may be helpful for team development at this
time.�
NOTE:� If clicking on the link does not
work in your email tool, please let us know so we can send you the direct
URLs.
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This
section is most often used for team activities or meeting icebreakers.�
But in these times of cost-cutting, we have to wonder if anyone was truly
interested in this feature anymore.� A resounding YES was sent to
Shirley when she looked at what pages get the most views on her website at�
www.ShirleyFineLee.com.��
After adding the new statistical feature that tells her what pages on the
web site are viewed the most and what keywords are used the most to find the
site.� She found the results for her most viewed page so far in 2009
was Free Team Building Activities.� The top search terms included one
of more of these words: team, activities, or icebreakers. Which explains why
that page was number 1 in views for the last 2 months. If you are interested
in these search terms as well, you may go directly to that web page with
this URL
http://www.shirleyfinelee.com/FreeTeam.htm.
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Besides her home
page, the next most popular page contained free forms for team-building and
meeting evaluations, plus how to get other forms.�� The URL for
that page is
http://www.shirleyfinelee.com/FreeForms.htm.
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Often when Shirley is
training people in meeting management techniques or facilitating a team
meeting, she occasionally gets asked for recommendations on computer tools
that can be used to make meeting management easier or more efficient.� As
both a reactive and proactive response to her customers, she plans to test a
few internet tools that are free or inexpensive.� The she will share
her results on the business productivity blog at
http://2bproductive.blogspot.com.�
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Below is a direct link to
the first post on the tools already tested.
Evaluating meeting tools that are free on the internet
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"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common
vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward
organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to
attain uncommon results." -
Andrew Carnegie
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Are Gaining Popularity in
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companies are looking for ways to reduce travel and training costs.�
One such way has been to offer learning seminars over the phone or internet.�
These seminars feature guest speakers or authors talking about valuable
business topics and answering questions.�
If
you are interested in having the Meeting Wizard speak at a tele-seminar or�
webinar for your company, please call 214-457-5736.
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