teamwork

Bio and Interests: Andrew Carey

Andrew Carey — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:22:31 -0500

Triarchy Press publishes great little books about organisations, managers, leaders, innovation in business, systems thinking... I'm one of a team of four that works here and I love it.

Bio and Interests: Jim Gramata

Jim Gramata — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:58:12 -0400

Deleuze says there are no linear paths [of life or of thought] only a rhizomatic path “where traits [and thoughts] are not necessarily linked to traits of the same nature.” My course of life, like my interdisciplinary thought processes, draws upon the multiple experiences and talents I have developed across all disciplines o

Leadership Lessons from... Mt. Everest

Michael Waddell — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:29:59 -0400

Michael Useem is an avid mountaineer, a university professor and a successful author. So it is only natural that he uses mountain climbing as a metaphor to teach leadership development.

According to Useem, Mt. Everest is among the most demanding of nature’s 'classrooms'. Success requires that those who aspire to such a heights put aside their personal interests for that of the team they are climbing with. The leadership demonstrated by the individual guiding the team to the summit makes the difference between success and failure.

Everyone Shampoos

Rochelle Mucha — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:35:48 -0400

There was a time when a ‘beauty salon’ was a noisy, bustling, relatively small space packed with women in curlers, adorned by large metallic hair dryers and lots of chatter. Not anymore. Today, salons are designed to create an experience. Smooth jazz replaces verbal din. Mirrors and chairs are tastefully placed to heighten the senses.

Leadership

ROI or NOT.

seamus fitzpatrick — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:07 -0400

I recently received a response to a note I sent to a colleague of mine who works for a Fortune 50 company now. He heads up their research. I worked with him at Harris Interactive (http://www.harrisinteractive.com) where he designed a Media Measurement tool, which was able to determine Return on Investment based upon media spending down to the T.

ROI.... Everybody says they want it, but few get it

seamus fitzpatrick — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:51:55 -0400

Seamus Fitzpatrick The Truth

seamus fitzpatrick — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:55:10 -0400

What successful people, companies, teams and family's share in common.

Why You Should Have Your Next Business Meeting in Second Life

Kermit Pattison — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:15:08 -0400

Second Life, the virtual reality site, is reaching out to a new audience: businesses. SL is seeing an uptick in traffic for business meetings, conference calls and classes -- and that's welcome news for a site that has long struggled to retain users.

How much of your traffic is business and education users?

Team Building Using Cooking as the Catalyst

Marshall O'Brien — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:22:51 -0400

Customized People Focused Team Building Using Cooking as the Catalyst.

The Texas Rangers' Young GM

Jeff Pearlman — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:35:13 -0400

In the average Major League clubhouse, where thick-armed, barrel-chested men curse and fart with equal aplomb, there is little room for conventional dorkiness. The majority of ballplayers are, after all, the guys who ruled high school, who cruised the hallways with caps backward and skipped class without punishment, who were anointed prom king by 9 p.m. and getting laid two hours later. They are not Jon Daniels.

Your Employees are Your Brand

Sandy Gluckman — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:56:44 -0400

Have you ever sat in the reception area of a company and let yourself absorb the culture of that company? Have you ever watched how the members of the company behave and checked to see whether this behavior is living evidence of the company’s brand? It was a chilly Monday morning and I arrived 15 minutes early for my meeting with the CEO so I decided to use the time to see if what the company said about its brand was brought to life by the way the employees behaved. After all, employees are the custodians of a company's brand.

Audiobrain Meets NBC: Creating Music for the Beijing Olympics

Lucas Conley — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:06:53 -0400

"People think I'm crazy," admits Audrey Arbeeny. The blond, ponytailed New Yorker has stepped away from a blissful slugging session with a punching bag at the Flatiron branch of the New York Health & Racquet Club to hold her cell phone near the gym's speakers. Using a service on her phone, she's trying to identify the song playing. What knocked her out was the pulsing guitars of "Stop and Stare" by alternative rockers OneRepublic. "I collect songs at the gym, off the car radio, from TV programs," she says, "whenever I feel the track could augment an Olympic moment."

Are You Using the 'Whole' of Each Employee?

Sandy Gluckman — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:57:05 -0400

By Sandy Gluckman PhD Author of ‘Who’s in the Driver’s Seat; Using Spirit to Lead Successfully’

Corporate Ego is a Costly Liability

Sandy Gluckman — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:54:00 -0400

What's Your SocialStyle?

Heath Row — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:18:24 -0400

A week or so ago, I took a series of leadership and management training courses where I work. One of the tools we used was the Tracom Group's Social Style Self-Perception Questionnaire. It's all of 30 questions -- you have to select one of two options that detail how you see yourself interacting with the people in your life.

The Amazing Race

Robert Levine — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:27:45 -0400

The Engineer

David Warren Lee
Chairman, Project Director, and Systems Engineer
Society For Sustainable Mobility
Malibu, California

David Warren, 30, works as an engineering product manager for a defense contractor by day, but in his free time leads the Society for Sustainable Mobility's Open Source Green Vehicle Project. The goal is a seven-passenger SUV that will get 100 mpg, sell for about $30,000, and, he says, have the performance of a Porsche Cayenne.

Need Help? Be Specific.

Karl Bimshas — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:54:08 -0400

When I was working at a Fortune 500 company, my division was internally merging with a culturally different organization. It was essentially the Gen X crowd versus the Baby Boomer generation. One side would list major accomplishments as; their wedding day, the birth of a child, or a trip abroad they had saved up for. The other; President's Club, numbers they hit, problems they solved. Two different worlds - united in the fact that we all very much disliked our new boss.

Google

Chuck Salter — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:35:21 -0500

It's too good to be true. That's what Andy Rubin was thinking back in 2005. He'd worked for more than a decade at various tech outfits, including a stint at Apple, and now Google was interested in acquiring Android, his latest venture. When he dug around to see if the Internet giant would be a good fit, Rubin met with what he assumed was the usual Silicon Valley spin: lots of talk about boundless freedom, perfect perks, a culture that prizes spectacular failure more than middling success. Right.

Bio and Interests: Аndrey Zhukov

Аndrey Zhukov — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:24:17 -0500

Office Handbook Archive

Fast Company staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:40:52 -0500

You think you have it bad where you work? Check out this office handbook. Below is the complete listing of our monthly feature that takes a satirical look at office rules and how they affect workers' lives. And if your job has strict guidelines that are anything like these, then I wouldn't be laughing.

The 5th Annual Fast 50

Fast Company staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:34:31 -0500

The 5th Annual Fast 50

48. Office Space

Douglas Ball

For Herman Miller

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The 5th Annual Fast 50

Fast Company staff — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:34:19 -0500

The 5th Annual Fast 50

8. Digital Sleuthing

Elizabeth Charnock

Cataphora

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Work Together, Stay in Place

Fast Company — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:44:03 -0500

The most important part of work is teamwork. Product-development teams scattered around the world collaborating on an exciting innovation. Marketing teams coordinating the release of an ad campaign across North America, Europe, and Asia. Logistics teams moving parts and products from suppliers to the assembly line to customers.

Negotiation 201: Refine Your Skills

Cecilia Rothenberger — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:44:02 -0500

In person, Susan Podziba is everything you would expect from a good, tough-as-nails negotiator. Calm, refined, and completely unflappable, she speaks slowly and deliberately, and makes you feel that she is really listening when you speak. That's her job.

Creative-Class Struggle

Adam Hanft — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:43:27 -0500