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Resolving Conflicts on the Team: The fact that conflicts among team members occur from time to time isn't unusual. The fact that team members may struggle to positively resolve conflicts that arise - that isn't unusual either. Finding out with team members how best to deal with conflict situations begins when one recognizes positive team...; Tags: Team management, AllBusiness.com, team; White papers
Remember What You Learned in Grade School?: Many of us had that teacher in grade school that instituted a behavioral management system rooted in positive reinforcement in a last-ditch effort to tame the wild and unfocused masses of 7-year-old boys and girls unleashed upon them by stressed parents each morning. The carrot was simple, yet oddly abstract:...; Tags: Professional development, Team management, Jeff Palfini, team member, team; Blog posts 2007-11-11
Forget What You Learned in Grade School: Five Teamwork Myths: Forget What You Learned in Grade School: Five Teamwork MythsCollege 2.0, overcompensating?Having just graduated with a degree in computer science, I learned a different set of 5 myths, they are:1) Teams are always bad2) Reaching consensus is always a waste of time3) "I" is the only team you can count...; Tags: Team management, Ego, team, teamwork, team member; Discussion threads 2007-08-09
What to Do When Your Team Acts Their Age: "What we have hee-yuh...is a fail-yuh to commun'cate." Question: Do you recognize this quote from a) that fine talkie Cool Hand Luke, with that young whippersnapper Paul Newman, b) the beginning of In Living Color's runaway hit "Cult of Personality" from the days of my youth, or...; Tags: Team management, Jeff Palfini, team, team member; Blog posts 2007-10-30
Firing Shouldn't Be as Painful as We Make It: One of the toughest aspects of managing a team is having to let a team member go, especially a long-standing one. When you have spent the time training someone, gotten used to their personality foibles and signed their birthday card with clever little witticisms a few times, it becomes tougher...; Tags: Team management, Jeff Palfini, Honesty, firing, team, team member, job; Blog posts 2007-10-12

Leading Teams Across Continents: Until relatively recently, teams had regular face-to-face contact. Now, with globalization and advances in communication technology, it is both possible and efficient to form dispersed international teams whose members can take advantage of their respective localities, time zones, and economic circumstances.Being a member of a dispersed team is a very...; Tags: Team management, BNET Editorial, virtual team, team, continent, globalization, leadership, technique, telecommunications, Web, job, environment, video; Articles 2007-10-05
Creating Cross-Functional Teams: Most business projects require a wide variety of skills to complete the tasks involved. If you’re managing such a project, it’s almost axiomatic that you will be directing a group of individuals from different backgrounds: They may be members of your own organization, from other units of your company, or...; Tags: Team management, BNET Editorial, team, team-building, recruiting, women, project management, information technology, accounting, telecommunications, monitor, leader, analysis, performance, environment, job, phone, computer; Articles 2007-10-04
Leave the Seven Dwarfs Back at the Cottage: A colleague pointed me to an interesting and quirky article about managing personalities at meetings. The article lays out psychologist Dr. Sharon Livingston's case that the group members a leader might encounter at a meeting fall into seven general categories, which she discovered bear an uncanny resemblance to the personalities...; Tags: Team management, Jeff Palfini, team, Sleepy, team member, Livingston; Blog posts 2007-09-10
When Communication Really Matters: The fuel that keeps an effective team running on all cylinders is clear and timely communication. From the moment a challenge is conceived to the day of delivery on a task, a high-performing team relies on the efficient sharing of information. However, there are certain points in the process...; Tags: Team management, Jeff Palfini, team, team member; Blog posts 2007-09-06
Kick-Starting Your Team: The true test of a team is how it weathers the hard times: failure to complete a task, lackluster performance, times when upper management isn't living up to its promises. The team leadership must take responsibility for making sure the team is ready to face adversity. Here are some ways...; Tags: Team management, Jeff Palfini, team; Blog posts 2007-08-28
Enabling the Informal Organization: With today's widespread accessibility of information and wall-to-wall communication, the idea of leveraging informal organizations has become much more popular in the board room, as well as such realms as political campaigning and independent music distribution.Grassroots and word-of-mouth efforts on social networking sites like myspace have allowed both politicians and...; Tags: Team management, Jeff Palfini, team, informal organization, team member, IM, collaboration; Blog posts 2007-08-20
Lessons From the Ivory Tower: In the world of academia and academic publishing, giving and sharing credit are hallmarks of the trade -- and the driving force behind innovation. It is this very tangible recognition of their work that is the coal for the creative engines (or perhaps I should say ethanol for the hybrid...; Tags: Team management, Jeff Palfini, team, team member; Blog posts 2007-08-10
Clarify project work assignments with the help of this checklist: If you ask project team members what they're responsible for completing in the next two weeks and their answers aren't what you expect, it might be time to examine how clear and thorough your instructions are. One of the basic responsibilities of the project manager is to...; Tags: Team management, TechRepublic Inc., project manager, team; Tools & templates 2006-02-07
Use this action item log to keep project team meetings on task: This form is designed to help managers keep track of tasks and the team members who are responsible for completing them. How many times has this happened to you? You attend a meeting where members of a project team have enthusiastically volunteered to complete a variety of...; Tags: Team management, TechRepublic Inc., team, project management; Tools & templates 2006-02-10
Transitioning From Propeller-Head To A Department-Head: A person with a technical background will visit two stages while transitioning into management. The first stop is typically project management, the natural progression for a person who has spent considerable time as a successful project team member. A successful experience in project management may eventually lead to the next...; Tags: Team management, weLEAD Inc., team, project management, motivation, leader, benefit; White papers 2003-01-01
Best Practices of Empowering Leaders: The article asserts that working with some of the best leaders in many different industries over the years has shown that leaders who successfully empower their team members have some things in common. These common activities that are visible by their team members and others are clearly the best...; Tags: Team management, eFrog Pond Inc., team, leader, best practice, industry; White papers 2003-01-01
Why Some Teams Never Measure Up: A team consists of different individuals with complimentary skills who work together towards a common goal. For a team to be successful, it is imperative that there is perfect coordination and communication among the team members. In addition, each team member should have commitment towards the common goal. However, sometimes...; Tags: Team management, team; White papers 2003-01-01
15 Rules for Effective Teams: The article advises to know the destination. Every successful team must establish its goals and objective before they can begin to provide valuable service to the internal or external customer. Teams stay together by moving in the same direction. When one joins a team already in existence, one should not...; Tags: Team management, eFrog Pond Inc., team, training, technique, job; White papers 2003-01-01
Selecting the Selection Committee: The makeup of the team, the role of each team member, and the qualities to look for in a team member should all is considered. The successful selection of a recruiting software solution is not a trivial matter. It is a substantial task that should be approached with seriousness and...; Tags: Team management, HR.com, team, recruiting, customer service; White papers 2001-10-26
How To Be A Better Team Contributor: More and more often, employees are expected to contribute to the performance and success of their work teams. While it sounds great on paper, it isn't all that easy to work in a team, since often team members are different in style, attitude, commitment and work ethic. If you are...; Tags: Team management, team, teamwork, performance; White papers 2000-01-01