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- Categories: Experiential learning
This blog article showcases 2 experiential models that you can use to design impactful learning programs. From KOLB's learning cycle to what it take to score high for your program evaluation.
- Categories: Growth and culture, Retention and Engagement
GROW model is a defined approach toward coaching. Do consider the TGROW model, and in this article, we are sharing what we have done and we have designed good questions that you can use as a coach too.
- Categories: Experiential learning, Growth and culture
Here is an energizer we have used to engage teams and participants. It has the elements of purposeful fun, movement and getting folks engaged before you start your training sessions. We have the instructions and a video clip you can use to run this on your own.
- Categories: Experiential learning, Growth and culture
This blog article provides you with the understanding of using Gagne 9 events to structure your learning design and contents. Here we share, how you can use Gagne event 1, to gain reception with carefully designed energizers. We also share with you 1 activity that you can use.
- Categories: DISC profiling tool, People analytics
We worked with the management team comprising of Heads of departments, Vice Principals and the school Principal for Horizon Primary school, using DISC personality profiling systems.
- Categories: DISC profiling tool, People analytics
Understanding the 4 communication styles using the DISC personality systems is shared by Ebnu Etheris. We have placed a resource, DISC communication card that you can use as well. This includes our narrative on program for Silkair.
- Categories: Growth and culture
Here is an article that was written to explore why there is a need to go out of your comfort zones. Learning, development and growth happens when we leave our comforts zones to try tasks that are hard. Read this article that was published in a HR magazine.
- Categories: Strategy, Work plan retreats
UEMS, contacted us to conduct their Strategy planning session. This strategy planning session involved the senior management team and their middle managers. We delivered this session in the rustic island of Bintan. They even wrote an article featuring us Teamworkbound in their newsletter.
- Categories: Experiential learning, Growth and culture
Institute of Adult Learning in their Magazine features Teamworkbound, for developing Blended learning sessions. Online lessons that are engaging and impactful
- Categories: DISC profiling tool, People analytics
Working with the D centric boss, using DISC personality system. Here we share with you the tips on how you can manage and work with them.
- Categories: Belbin Team Roles, People analytics, Strategy
Burouge Petroleum contracted us to conduct a strategy planning session using Belbin in Singapore. On this blog we share with how the 9 Belbin Roles are also clustered into 3 behavioural groups. We captured what the senior managers shared as we wrapped this session in video clip too. Do read more on our blog.
- Categories: Experiential learning, Growth and culture, Work plan retreats
Having spent more than 10 years driving organisation and corporate performance, we share with you the use of Experiential learning programs that we have conducted for MNC's such as Panasonic and government agencies.
- Categories: Experiential learning
Here is a quick youtube tutorial on incorporating Kahoot in your training programs. Using tech to facilitate training sessions. From icebreakers to team building using Kahoot can happen in face to face sessions too.
- Categories: Growth and culture
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- Categories: Growth and culture
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- Categories: Growth and culture
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- Categories: Growth and culture
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- Categories: DISC profiling tool, People analytics
Last week, we started our in person training programs. For Singapore Tourism Board, we conducted a half day training session that involved DISC personality traits and Team building. 35 participants in all attended this program. We provide one of the most comprehensive DISC training program in Singapore.
- Categories: Strategy
Detailed here are the visual images that we have used in our training programs. Its a testimony to the robust facilitation work that we have been doing with companies based here in Singapore.
- Categories: DISC profiling tool, People analytics
Post Covid, we conducted a face to face DISC program for Singapore Tourism Board. Getting the teams to know their personality traits.
- Categories: Belbin Team Roles, People analytics
This is a program that we conducted for Burouge Team based in Singapore. This blog showcases the flow we took in delivering the Belbin Team Roles.
- Categories: Belbin Team Roles, People analytics
We design and conduct our programs in a unique way using experiential learning. This article showcases the approach we took in delivering Belbin program in Singapore for a department with Burouge, a petrochemical company.
- Categories: Growth and culture, Retention and Engagement
A glimpse into motivation 2.0 and how organisations such as Patagonia and Google apply them.
- Categories: Growth and culture, Retention and Engagement, Strategy
Giving feedback is critical towards developing and engaging your staff. Here we share with you one approach that you can adopt.
- Categories: Dan Pink Drive, Growth and culture
Dan Pink's book on "Drive" details that the building block towards engagement starts with Purpose. This article explores the "purpose" and its role.
- Categories: Growth and culture
Ever wished to "talk" like the folks in Tedx talk? This article gives you some tips on how you can become one.
- Categories: Strategy
In this post we sharing strategy planning charts that we used in our training programs. Visuals impact 75% of our sensory neurons, engaging and impactful.
- Categories: Case study, Growth and culture, Strategy
COVID 2020 and its impact in Singapore, on travel. My trip down to Beach road that stood as a hub for regional travel, was like a ghost town in the midst of the pandemic.
- Categories: Case study, Growth and culture
Here is a case study on what you can do to avoid "group think" in your organisation. This case study feature Bridgewater, and what they do to build a vibrant culture.
- Categories: Case study, Growth and culture
Adam Grant cites Bridgewater as one organisation, that recruits and develops employees to avoid "group think". We share their approach in this blog article.
- Categories: Case study, Growth and culture
In a visual we share with you why non-conformist are such a rare breed. Needed in organisation to avoid "group think". We share examples cited in the book in this article.
- Categories: Growth and culture
David Goggins, inspires me. The approach towards getting out of the rut and how you take responsibility for yourself is shared. Accountability starts with you.
- Categories: Case study, Growth and culture
Valuar air was the start airlines that I was involved in. Over 2 years, the airlines that started with lofty vision had its wings clipped. Here's a perspective on what led to failure on part of the founders.
- Categories: Experiential learning, Growth and culture
Active book dialogue is an experiential learning technique that you can use to engage participants. We share the approach here. Leave us a comment or two and share with your experience using this.
- Categories: Strategy
Harvard business Review cites that 80% of the organisations fail in executing their strategy. Here we share the approach we have taken in helping companies craft their strategies.
- Categories: Experiential learning, Growth and culture
Rarely we get to see a Team that personifies high standards. Working out a solution that is complex and taking the standards up one notch higher. One of the most functional teams we have worked with, Genome Institute of Singapore.
- Categories: Growth and culture, OD tool kit, Strategy
Building teams starts with "Trust". We use Patrick Lencioni's 5 dysfunctions tests, as an OD toolkit to help team address their pain points. Our programs transcends team building, its organisational development.
- Categories: Growth and culture
This is an article on Seth Godin book "Purple cow". To find solutions we may just need to look at the problems differently.
- Categories: Strategy, Work plan retreats
In this blog article we are sharing with you the visual map we used in our strategy planning program.
- Categories: DISC profiling tool, People analytics
Ever had a moment your Team is struggling to understand your Leader. Using DISC is one way to unlock how you can better communicate with your team. Here is a technique that you can adopt at work.
- Categories: Strategy
When companies set their vision and mission statements, many a times they are able to articulate what they offer and how their services are extended to you. Very rarely, you will ever get to read why they are doing what they do.
- Categories: Belbin Team Roles
Teamworkbound was invited by Cert India, to share our approach in conducting Belbin Team roles program. This interactive webinar was conducted for India Based Belbin Certified Facilitators.
- Categories: Dan Pink Drive, Growth and culture
Motivation 2.0 did thrive over the years. Folks were motivated with cash rewards to be productive. Dan H. Pink, in his book “Drive” debunks this false narrative. Extrinsic is not always the best motivator.
- Categories: DISC profiling tool, People analytics
We worked with the instructor pilots and the management pilots from Silkair, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. DISC program, millennials and you. This is a DISC card that we created for them.
- Categories: Experiential learning, Growth and culture
We work with Panasonic to deliver their middle managers leadership program using high elements. We use the high elements as a tool and metaphor to get participants out of their comfort zones.
- Categories: Experiential learning, Growth and culture
This flip book is our overview on what you can do to engage the Gen Ys in the classroom. We developed this booklet for Ngee Ann polytechnic.
- Categories: Strategy
In our strategy planning sessions, we use loads of visual canvas maps to chart critical milestones, conversations shared on “post its” and views of the people you need to work with. Here are some visual canvas maps we use.
- Categories: Growth and culture
Welcome to generation Y. Young Techies who are now in the workforce and they will be attending your training programs in droves. The Gen Y now are heading teams and departments, here is short overview, on how to manage them.
- Categories: Dan Pink Drive, Growth and culture
Carrots and sticks do not work. The old adage of motivational theories encourage them, the use of rewards to get more of the behaviour you want. Pavlov shared how he got more of the behaviour he wanted using rewards.
- Categories: Dan Pink Drive, Growth and culture
51% of employees are not happy at work. 2015 white paper on the North American workforce shared, after compensation, employees do look at development, purpose and autonomy, as critical factors to remain in organisations.
- Categories: Growth and culture, Retention and Engagement
Unfortunately we will find toxic managers in this day and age. Sharing our experience of having to work with one in our training program. The way they behaved and what you can do to manage them.
- Categories: Strategy
We share with you how you can ensure you can make your corporate retreats involving your senior manager engaging and relevant. From amazing races, cooking challenges and now you have the escape room. Were all this worth it?
- Categories: DISC profiling tool, People analytics
DISC 3 graphs are fundamentally DISC personality traits systems towards understanding yourself, at work, your private self and amalgamated of you seen in the work place. We are sharing with you how you can interpret of of these graphs you get to see in the DISC report.
- Categories: Experiential learning, Growth and culture
For the Getting senior executives Involved the Team building program will provide opportunities for all managers to come together. Usually the demands of the corporate rat race, e-mails and conflicting challenges between departments’ results in misunderstandings that may not wholly represent the individuals they are working with.
- Categories: Belbin Team Roles, Experiential learning, People analytics
The 9 Belbin Team roles and what do they mean is defined here. If you are keen to use a people analytic tool, Belbin has been by far the most robust and detailed.
- Categories: Experiential learning, Uncategorized
Experiential learning program, and the instruction on how you can use Key punch as an activity in your training program. For vision, mission and values, this activity is one that you can use effectively.