You are likely to be familiar with the term "one bad apple spoils the barrel". The meaning here is that the rot in the bad apple will spread to all the other apples in the barrel, thus destroying the barrel of apples. What happens when we apply this logic to people in a team? What is the "rot in the apple" behaviour that is not in keeping with the team environment? It
It's no secret that there is a battle to attract the best people. Organisations invest heavily in talent attraction programs, culture PR, extras and more to hire the star players. But is this the best tactic for developing a high performing team? The answer is, that it depends. We are complex beings as individuals, and when we start to put groups of complex beings together in the form of teams, well, it
The key to a high performing business is not about an individual person. Businesses that perform well are built on a foundation of high functioning teams. This won’t be a surprise to many. The understanding of the role of the team in successful organisations has spawned an entire industry of “Team Building”. Traditional team building has tended to revolve around team activities and off-site days. These are designed with the intention of
