Archive for 'Teams'


Team synergy equals creativity

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on August 16, 2008 
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With more employees working in teams, it is critical to find ways to enable teams to be more creative in their work. A new article in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal explores how imagination, insight, and creative ideas develop, evolve, and spread from one team member to another, ultimately increasing the team’s ability to think creatively about a range of problems.

When collaboration fails

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on February 1, 2008 
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It is commonly assumed that participation and collaboration produce superior outcomes to those produced by isolation and insulation. That is, a democratic style of management results in better service delivery than an autocratic style. Well, a recent study in a hospital setting questions the generality of that assumption.

The affliction of presenteeism

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on July 31, 2007 
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If you’re visible, you’re accountable. In reality, this means we reward people who take a long time to get the job done, rather than those who do it most effectively. However, businesses need leaders rather than micro-managers – inspiring from a distance rather than giving hands-on direction

Working Together…When Apart

Posted by Ricki Sharpe on June 19, 2007 
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The rise of so-called virtual teams is hardly surprising, given the vast investments corporations are making in internal communications and networks. Technically, it’s no longer a challenge to work closely with colleagues in distant locations. In practical terms, however, plenty of hurdles remain. Why does one virtual team thrive while another stumbles? What differentiates the two?