Blogs About "teamwork"

What comes to your mind when you think of the words team or teamwork?  For many people in the corporate world, these two words are part of their daily existence at work.  They’re part of a department or a project team.  There are motivational posters plastered across their company walls touting the team concept.  And as in sports, teams can help make organizations powerful and achieve objectives.  However, there is also...

Note: the interview tips below are relevant not just for business school, but when you are looking for any team-based position.

Welcome to the MBA admissions waiting game. And it’s interview season! The rules for interviewing for a spot in the next business school class are really no different from the rules for interviewing for a coveted job. I reckon that most of you reading this have passed that test several times...

 "...All of the women entrepreneurs I’ve studied embrace teamwork and absolutely depend on it to run their organizations. But more importantly, they know that in order to ignite the creative spark that gets teams to produce value, they must build a culture and value system that treats the individual with respect. 

This means not blindly applying rules to all in...

Sailboat racing has a bit of both magic and mayhem to it.  On the one hand, there is the fun of being outdoors, refreshed and listening to the boat ‘swoosh’ through waters while crew trims the sails– pointing the bow just so, at a certain angle off the wind– to keep moving along.  A brilliant sunny day with low humidity, some puffy white clouds and steady breeze will always add to...