Teamworking is vital for employers. Employees work more effectively when they feel part of a team, so creating an environment of camaraderie can have great benefits. Line managers should encourage employees to work as part of a team, to improve staff motivation.
Some training events bring teams closer together than others - literally. Natalie Cooper sampled circus skills, a treasure hunt, and even played in an orchestra in Personnel Today's latest road-test.
I’ve just become manager of a team of nine. They all have their own particular strengths, but I feel everyone...
The TUC has today launched a ‘secret santa’ generator to help keep the Christmas spirit alive at work.
Employers organising...
Eight out of 10 managers believe most of their work meetings are unnecessary or unproductive, according to a survey by...
Rowing across the Atlantic pushed Olympic gold medal-winning rower James Cracknell to draw on reserves of mental strength he never...
Eight out of 10 UK workers believe most of their work meetings are unnecessary or unproductive, costing businesses thousands of...
Employees from six companies are joining forces on the football pitch with young men from homeless hostels as part of a...
In the second of our series of ‘road-tests’, Personnel Today and five of our brave readers risked life and limb on a GoApe
treetop obstacle course. Rob Willock reports.
Innovation is the name of the team-building game. No surprise then, that today's varieties include human sheepdog trials and The Da Vinci Code. It's a far cry from raft-building.
As the World Cup reaches the knockout stages, the debate on what makes a good team has reached fever pitch. And there is a lot HR managers can learn from applying football analogies to the business world.
Creating a world-class football squad involves more than just throwing talented players together. But when it comes to building a team, many businesses could take a lesson from our national game, discovers Helen Kelly.
How do you manage the not unlikely event that staff will want to watch the football World Cup on TV?
£3,000 fine follows hot on the heels of firewalking calamity at motivational event.
There are a few games you would not wish on your worst enemy
The nation chewed its collective fingernails watching England win the recent Ashes series. But how did the players prevent the gremlins of self doubt setting in?
