Team building activities help build a purposeful team culture within your organization. One of the reasons companies have offsite team meetings is to, not only share and gather information, but also to improve their team culture by giving people “face time”. If you’re planning an offsite meeting, here are some things to keep in mind.

Need some Team Motivation? It’s common knowledge that people learn faster and produce more when they are having fun. So why should work be any different? There are several ways to add fun to any project.

There are three attitudes that need to be present in each team member to make the team a peak performer. Those three are confidence, humility, and commitment. When these three are present in each member of a team then the groundwork is set for an efficient, effective team. Of course a team can be effective [...]

A Funny Keynote Speaker’s Take on Transformational Leadership Steele Steadiman James Burns introduced the concepts of transformational leadership. According to Burns, “Transformational leadership occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of motivation and morality.” Later, researcher Bernard M. Bass [...]

“The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.” —    George Jessel Can you quickly name 10 people as fast as I can that demonstrate this quote? To make it a little more difficult leave politicians off the list.

As a Keynote speaker, living in Orlando, I travel a lot.  The most dreaded part of any trip is the stupid security check.  You know TSA stands for Too Slow Airtravel.  How funny is a system that keeps changing after a dangerous incident?  The failed “shoe bomber” has caused us all to have to go [...]

“We lead from the essence of who we are as a person.” Lillas Brown Leadership development is, after all, personal development.

How to Deal With Difficult Players Learning how to deal with a difficult player is one of the most frustrating things you have to do as a basketball coach or leader of any team. Throughout my coaching career I have had my share of difficult players and there is no “cookie cutter solution” to dealing [...]

How to Create a Winning Season by Understanding What Is Most Important I love coaching the game of basketball because it provides opportunities to experience lessons that are not only important to creating a winning season but to creating wins in your personal life as well as business. I have had the opportunity of coaching [...]

Characteristics of a Good Team High level of interdependence among members Leader has good people skills and is committed to team approach Each member is willing to contribute A relaxed climate for communication Members develop a mutual trust The group and individuals are prepared to take risks Group is clear about goals and establishes targets [...]