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Teams are a Form of Group, Yet Groups Several Work like Teams

2012-01-17T21:33:00.000-08:00

Teams are a Form of Group, Yet Groups Several Work like Teams In my 30 years of working with people to help them become better at working on teams I have discovered that not all people are "TEAM" players. Also what many people label TEAMS are not teams. Many years ago I created a keynote speech that eventually became a 1/2 day to a full day workshop to the basis for 3 day retreats and part

Groups, Teams, GroupThink and Teamwork

2012-01-17T21:16:00.000-08:00

Groups, Teams, GroupThink and Teamwork Some of my premises when I speak, train or teach about teamwork in organizations. Over the 30 years since 1980 when I was hired to do my first workshop and my first keynote speeches about leading, communicating, teaming and creative thinking, whether as individual topics, combined or integrated I have develop my understandings of TEAMWORK. Introverts

My History with STYLE INSTRUMENTS

2012-01-17T11:02:00.001-08:00

The following is a overview of my history with STYLE INSTRUMENTS since 1976 I first became aware of Sperry and Bogan's SPLIT-BRAIN work with 9 epileptic patients in 1976. Then when I began my doctoral program I became aware of many different thinking styles, communication styles, leading styles, and many other STYLES models from a to z. In 1980 I first met New Herrmann and some of the

Michael Gazzaniga original member of famous SPLIT BRAIN RESEARCH speaks

2012-01-17T10:55:00.001-08:00

Michael Gazzaniga original member of famous SPLIT BRAIN RESEARCH speaks http://bigthink.com/michaelgazzanigaBIG THINK like TED Talks has hundreds of saved interviews (most 3 to 5 min in length to suit today's people with short attention times or too many interests) Michael S. Gazzaniga | Cognitive Neuroscientist | Big Think bigthink.com Michael S. Gazzaniga is a professor of

LEARNING STYLES DO NOT EXIST

2012-01-17T10:54:00.000-08:00

LEARNING STYLES DO NOT EXIST another in a series of my responses to a friend about the SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY OR VALIDITY Whole Brain Theories and the studies claiming such. ....about two years ago I first came across a professor, one of many, who discredits the "scientific proof" behind LEARNING & TEACHING styles and the over-simplified use of what I discovered and thought I had proven

Do you use personality tests at your workplace?

2012-01-17T10:52:00.000-08:00

Do you use personality tests at your workplace? The following is one of a series of responses I sent a friend in the UK about the factualness of WHOLE-BRAIN, research and the validity of much of the research often used to support the claims of many STYLE INSTRUMENTS used around the world (1970s to today). Dear.... I ran a networked company called THE DISC SYSTEM from 1985 to 1987 that was

Time Management in 2012

2012-01-13T05:40:00.001-08:00

Time Trap by MacKenzie is one of the best books I have ever seen. maybe the following will be helpful to your colleague... I can teach the basics of Time Management in 90sec, 90 minutes 3 or 4 hours, 6 to 8 hours. The principles typically are the same. The tools and methods change. Th changes depend upon who is teaching it and who needs to use it and when it is being taught. Literally there

Organizing comes in different styles

2012-01-11T15:43:00.000-08:00

Organizing comes in different styles The following are thoughts about organizing for people who seldom are organized. Lee Silber and I met through a chat group (in ancient times of social media in 2002 or 2003. We emailed several times before we met a the 2004 Winterfest when I was team leading the 4 day Tools & Techniques program with creativity friend Jonathan Vehar and Lee was a

A Lesson from GOOGLE, actually from Schwab Investments and many others

2012-01-11T04:54:00.000-08:00

This is a response to Kevin Eikenberry's A Lesson from Goolge that he read in a Business publication or on a blog I started teaching workshops in 1980. Over the next 32 years I often taught sessions or gave speeches about MEETINGS....Truly how to run them. Does anyone READ anything that is older than the latest tweet, facebook message or less than 30 days since publication any more?

Organizing comes in different styles

2012-01-11T04:20:00.001-08:00