Tullio Siragusa

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Design Thinking for Collaboration: A COOs’ Guide to Cross-Functional Teams Innovation. As a COO, you can apply this approach to increase collaboration within your company by following these steps: Encourage cross-functional teams: Design Thinking requires collaboration between different teams and departments.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

They help teams build three key components that drive effective collaboration: shared language, understanding, and accountability. The authors explore that disconnect and present a more effective, alternative way for leaders to foster shared understanding, language, and accountability in their organizations: working agreements.

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Destination Innovation

APRIL 8, 2022

’ Furthermore they found that ‘workers who never collaborate with others—the so-called lone wolves—fare particularly poorly when they are promoted into managerial roles. We then show that firms can improve managerial quality by promoting fewer top sales performers on the margin.’ We need to be on our guard against it.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Improved Focus : With day-to-day distractions left behind, your team can concentrate fully on strategic issues and high-level thinking. Enhanced Collaboration : Offsites encourage open communication and teamwork, fostering a spirit of cooperation that can lead to innovative solutions.

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The Human Factor

AUGUST 5, 2019

Even though your team will no doubt be very busy in the office, it’s still a really good idea to try to organize a day for team building every few months. Team building and away days give your team the chance to work together on slightly different tasks and activities that they would usually collaborate on.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

By identifying signs of low morale and understanding its impact on productivity, you can begin the journey of transforming a potentially toxic workplace culture into a high-performing, collaborative team. Consider organizing regular team outings, workshops, or team-building exercises that focus on collaboration rather than competition.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I was the “interviewee” for an “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence about how to plan team building exercises that create impact for work teams. As described in the article, I’ve been on the good and bad side of various team building exercises during my career.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Through a blend of strategic planning sessions, team-building activities, and reflective exercises, a well-designed offsite can unlock new perspectives, ignite creativity, and lay the groundwork for transformative growth. Preparing for Success The foundation of a productive executive team offsite lies in meticulous preparation.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Low Employee Morale : If your team seems disengaged or lacks enthusiasm, it can be a sign of a negative atmosphere. Lack of Team Spirit : When collaboration and camaraderie are missing, the workplace can become isolated and divided. Understanding the pivotal role you play in building a positive work culture is essential.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Importance of Building a Positive Work Culture Fostering a positive work culture is not just beneficial; it’s a strategic imperative for any organization aiming to thrive. By cultivating an environment that promotes well-being, collaboration, and growth, you pave the way for enhanced performance and innovation.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Setting the Stage for Success In the ever-evolving business landscape, executive team offsites have become a cornerstone for strategic planning and decision-making. By stepping away from the daily operations, you and your leadership team can focus on long-term goals, team building, and innovative thinking.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Competition Type Outcome Zero-sum competition Encourages cutthroat behavior and internal conflict Hyper-competitiveness Creates stress and burnout Lack of cooperative goals Undermines team unity and collaboration Promoting healthy competition involves setting cooperative goals and recognizing team achievements.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

To create high-performance leadership teams through psychological safety & experiential intelligence, it is critical to cultivate an environment where team members feel secure to express their ideas without fear of negative consequences.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

This can help maintain energy levels and encourage informal collaboration. Facilitating Effective Sessions When you’re tasked with designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning, the core of your success lies in facilitating sessions that are not only effective but also engaging.

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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Design Exercises 100

eZassi

APRIL 18, 2017

Open innovation requires a culture of collaboration to thrive. From Traditional to Collaboration. Their job, department, or branch is something to be protected from others, both internally and externally, which is at odds with a collaboration mindset. Shifting a company’s culture is difficult. Align Impacted Services.

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IdeaScale

MAY 1, 2018

The first workflow that we’re going to examine is an innovation funnel that has successfully been used for product improvement ideas for product development collaboration : Ideation (Uses the Ideate Stage) : In this stage, idea authors offer product improvement ideas.

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CMOE

AUGUST 6, 2021

Low-functioning teams, on the other hand, are unstable, disorganized, and do the bare minimum. These teams are often managed by leaders who fail to inspire their employees to devote more of themselves to the team. Building high-functioning teams takes time and requires the right leadership skills and strategies.

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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Companies are aware that human qualities like focus, empathy, collaboration, and resilience are critical to being able to thrive in times of uncertainty and disruption. Leaders now realize that employee well-being isn’t just something that’s nice to have — it’s an essential strategy for success.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the day-to-day operations and fostering a focused environment, your leadership team can craft innovative strategies and strengthen collaboration. Engagement : Increases engagement and ownership among team members by involving them in the strategic process.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Influence Persuading and building consensus among team members. To cultivate social skills, leaders can participate in team-building activities and communication workshops. These skills contribute to the creation of a positive work environment, fostering collaboration, and ultimately driving organizational success.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Trust is also fostered by recognizing and respecting the personal boundaries and work-life balance of your team members. Use team-building activities to strengthen relationships and understanding among colleagues. These can range from professional development workshops to informal social events.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

By creating exercises that help engage your team to the same touchpoint, creative thinking exercises provide a platform for team members to connect. This connection is very important and provides increased potential for their visual collaboration exercises down the road. Enhanced Problem Solving. Brainwriting.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Team building: Fostering a collaborative environment to preempt potential conflicts. Social skills, on the other hand, pertain to a leader’s proficiency in managing relationships and building networks. They have the capacity to create a positive workplace culture that encourages collaboration and innovation.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2020

We experimented with some of the first online collaboration tools. We designed team-building processes that we ran using technology like teleconferences and screen sharing. Here are some tips and tricks I’ve learned and used to help teams hit their stride working remotely.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 18, 2020

We experimented with some of the first online collaboration tools. We designed team-building processes that we ran using technology like teleconferences and screen sharing. Here are some tips and tricks I’ve learned and used to help teams hit their stride working remotely.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 23, 2024

Stevie Ray McHugh, Co-Founder of Idea Champions , is a seasoned expert in strategic planning, balanced scorecards, team building, lean manufacturing, and innovation.

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Innovation Excellence

JUNE 22, 2022

Closing the Virtual and Cultural Gap GUEST POST from Douglas Ferguson Learning to connect a culturally diverse virtual workforce is an essential part of managing cross cultural remote teams. Faced with the challenge of virtual team building, remote team managers … Continue reading →

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

With their wealth of experience and authoritative insights, they can offer fresh perspectives that challenge the status quo and encourage teams to strive for higher standards of performance and collaboration. Keynote speeches serve as a shared experience that can unify a team around new concepts and ideals.

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Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

GUEST POST from Douglas Ferguson Diversity of thought and diversity of perspective is crucial to innovative solutions within teams. Building a work culture around diversity and inclusion is proven to provide performance rates that outshine the competition. “If If everybody is thinking alike, … Continue reading →

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Collaboration to solve problems is all about culture, incentives, team building, leadership, and more. Design of the session should include introvert-friendly tools (see #9). There is a great deal to say about the 10 Commandments listed above. I could write a book on problem framing, #2, alone.

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Brainstorming Idea Generation Guidelines Study 111

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Leaders who exhibit emotional intelligence are typically more successful in creating an environment that encourages productive work and collaboration. Moreover, emotional intelligence helps leaders to build and sustain a workplace culture that aligns with the organization’s values and goals.

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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Training Exercises 100

Leapfrogging

JUNE 3, 2020

How do you digitize a robust, collaborative business strategy process for an executive team, for example? Or create a way to help an executive team build their key performance indicator dashboard?

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IdeaScale

APRIL 30, 2019

The term has since evolved to encompass other types of intensive collaboration events. Using IdeaScale software as a collaboration platform, the first stage was a three-day workshop in which the team developed and shared ideas and ultimately selected four top ideas for further investigation.

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eZassi

MAY 27, 2022

How do the major companies’ research and development teams build and manage a portfolio of innovative products while ensuring long-term market success and consistent brand loyalty? Innovation Portfolio Management Integrates Strategy, Ideation, and Collaboration Across Resources.

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Tullio Siragusa

JANUARY 29, 2024

The Social Dimension of Well-being The social aspect of well-being in leadership involves building positive relationships, fostering a sense of belonging, and creating a supportive network within the organization.

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Leadership Case Study Exercises Culture 62

Qmarkets

AUGUST 26, 2020

12, 2020 – Qmarkets is pleased to announce the formalization of a partnership with Hidden Innovators , a SaaS-based product dedicated to improving team performance through the promotion of creative diversity and research-based methodologies. Tel Aviv , Aug.

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CMOE

JULY 31, 2019

Second, we are now learning that teams can be trained to incorporate high-EQ practices into their daily activities and the ways they interact with others. This post will explain the reasons why emotional intelligence is important for team performance, building stronger teams, and collaboration between teams.

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