4 Tips for Encouraging Innovation

Looking to build an innovative team? It's not about bringing innovative new people into your workforce but rather empowering the people already in your organization, says a recent Harvard Business ...

Getting Teams to Work (When No One Wants To)

We love teams, but wherever we look, we see a sad truth: Most teams underperform. A large part of the reason relates to passion—often teams have members who simply have no interest in being there. ...

Getting in the Game

Insurers looking to build on their corporate culture have an abundance of team builder providers to choose from these days; it's all a matter of what looks good, works well, is cost-effective and ...

Eight Steps to Creating a Loyalist Team

Teams work or they fail to work. And often, the people on them can't give specific reasons for either outcome. When teams fail, they often dissolve into cliques riddled with blame or confusion. You ...

Trust, Connection Needed to Optimize Teams

For a team to operate at an optimal level, members must trust and respect each other and feel a sense of connection to the group, says Professor Kristin J. Behfar of the University of Virginia Darden ...