Team Building Tips

Leadership can be such a nebulous subject. There are many ways to define it and describe it but after all is said and done leadership is not a position but a mindset, a philosophy and a set of attitudes.

Sometimes teams are moving along nicely when suddenly they come to a screeching halt. In those situations you'll need to get things moving again. Here's how to do it.

Michael Scott from The Office, Mr. Spacely from The Jetsons, Larry Tate from Bewitched. These are just a few of the "make-believe" bad bosses from pop culture. In reality, though, we've all known our share of bad bosses as well. In fact I think I've known more than my share. But from most of my previous supervisors, I've been able to find some positive managerial traits in each of them in order to "construct" the quintessential manager.

Using teams to solve problems and manage processes has become common. Although some teams deliver amazing results, many bog down in a quagmire of unresolved issues.