Tagged: team building

Why I Create a Vision Board Every Year—and How It Creates Impact for Me and My Team

8 January, 2019

Written by Katty Douraghy for EO. Katty is an EO San Francisco member and president of Artisan Creative, a staffing and recruitment agency for digital, creative and marketing talent. She is also the MyEO Families of EO Champion.

Each January, I look forward to Artisan Creative’s first company-wide team meeting: The day we present our annual vision boards. It’s such a powerful experience―standing before colleagues and committing to priorities and intentions that will benefit every aspect of our professional and personal life. It holds us all accountable for becoming better versions of ourselves. First we visualize, then we strategize and achieve.

Categories: general

Tags: Artisan Creative eo san francisco katty douraghy new year new year's resolutions team building vision board visualization

The Secret to Growing a Great Team Around You

12 December, 2018

Written for EO by Gareth Williams, founder of YellowDog.

When you launch a business on your own, you don’t need to worry about anyone’s performance apart from your own. As your business grows, you recruit talent to work with you. You make key hires and start building your team. But that’s just the beginning.

How do you assess how your new team members are performing without relying solely on KPIs? How can you develop the right personal development plans for your people? How can you be confident that when you’re delegating responsibility, it is to the right person? How can you be sure that they are ready to rise to the challenge?

Categories: LEADERSHIP

Tags: 9 Box Talent Grid delegation Gareth Williams hiring performance start-up team building YellowDog

A Powerful Method to Building Employee Engagement

30 May, 2018

Written by Bonnie Slater. The original version of this article appeared on the blog of Boost, a New Zealand–based company that designs and builds web and mobile apps. EO member Nathan Donaldson is the founder and CEO of Boost.

As a leader, manager or coach, do you feel fully engaged with your team? Or perhaps, like many of us, you’ve fallen into a rut—having brief catch-ups when something’s gone wrong or completing performance reviews as part of your annual to-do list.

Here’s a solution for employee development and engagement that’s worked well for our organization: more frequent one-on-meetings. At Boost, each of us has a fortnightly meeting with one of our Agile coaches. Supporting and developing the people on your team is not only personally rewarding, but will lead to a stronger organization overall. Here’s how we approach one-on-ones, but you may find a way that suits your role and your company better.

Categories: general PEOPLE/STAFF

Tags: Boost employee development employee performance eo new zealand leadership Nathan Donaldson team building

How to Conquer the Team Building Stigma (And Why You Need To)

14 March, 2018

When you think team building, what springs to mind? Embarrassing games? Trust falls? Facilitators who break into songs and cheers? It’s almost embarrassing to think that company leaders believe these activities could promote teamwork.

If this is your idea of team building, let me apologize. I’ll be the first to admit that these exercises happen every day at well-intentioned business organizations. But you should realize that trust falls and company cheers don’t (and shouldn’t) make up a complete approach to team building.

Categories: Company Culture general Inspirational PEOPLE/STAFF

Tags: bonding Magnovo Rob Jackson Team team building

7 Benefits of Taking a Company Retreat

22 August, 2017

Company retreats come in all shapes and sizes. Whether you opt for luxury accommodations or woodsy lodgings, what’s most important is organizing a variety of activities and workshops that bring out the best in your team. Research retreat ideas and come up with an environment that will work for your organization. Consider consulting with a professional retreat planner. A well-constructed retreat can refresh, renew and even repair a team of coworkers. Think about the potential benefits of a company getaway, and then get started planning your own!

Categories: Company Culture general LEADERSHIP

Tags: employee engagement Larry Alton retreats team building

How to Strengthen Your Team by Getting Out of the Office

21 November, 2016

This article was originally published on EO’s Inc.com column.

More often than not, a stronger bond comes from taking the team to a new setting with different challenges–outside the office. We asked members of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s (EO) Boston and Nashville chapters to share what methods they’ve used to strengthen their teams outside of the office. Here’s what they said:

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