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Learn How to Execute Successful Wellness Programs with This Webinar Series

Team Building Activity Tips — Sun, 16 May 2010 21:29:32 +0000

Mather LifeWays, a nonprofit dedicated to enhancing the lives of older adults, is near and dear to me. Near, because their head office is in the same building as Winning Workplaces’ offices. And dear, because the very first article I wrote for our IDEAS newsletter was on the wellness-themed employee engagement programs the organization offers its employees in both Illinois and Arizona.

I got an email from Mather yesterday promoting a series of five webinars they’ll be hosting once per month from June through October (you can view the email as a web page here). The topics that will be covered in each one-hour session include creating a workplace culture of wellness, and creating "multi-dimensional" employee experiences for greater ROI. (As I have written about before, ROI for wellness programs typically means lower absenteeism and turnover and also decreased medical insurance premiums – all of which are highly desirable by companies in today’s economy.)

You can attend the sessions individually, and Mather is also offering a group discount if you register to attend them all. One nice benefit is that it looks like health educators, HR professionals, nurses, and nursing home admins who attend the webinars will receive continuing education credits.

We’re not making any money by telling you about these upcoming webinars – we just care about workplace wellness because the companies in our network do: 58% of our 2010 Top Small Company Workplace award applicants offer a health and wellness program for their employees, and an even greater share of our finalists (77%) do.

Related: This recent post shares 16 common staff engagement activities around wellness as used by our 2010 award finalists.

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Five Practices for Making Virtual Meetings Successful

Team Building Activity Tips — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:26:11 +0000

I’ve been telecommuting for Winning Workplaces, which is based in the Chicago area, from a home office in Los Angeles since last August. Until a few months ago, we connected for staff meetings every two weeks or so via phone. Since then, we’ve used Skype and it’s been great in terms of communications team building.

We actually held a staff meeting today – here’s a screen capture I took of it:

Because everyone’s time is more valuable in a down economy, and because growing organizations must increasingly manage well over distances, it’s extremely important that virtual meetings deliver ROI. But what goes into making them successful?

Based on my own experience, I have five general/employee engagement practices to share:

Double check your Skype or other software connection before the meeting starts. This includes testing your webcam, as well as settings in Skype (or other programs) such as microphone and computer speaker connection/volume, webcam view of your office or workstation (you may need to zoom in or out with your webcam), and Internet connectivity level.
Dress appropriately. This might go without saying in an office setting, but it’s a more important consideration for folks like me who, in working from home, dress more casually during other times.
The meeting leader should make a point to check in with the one or more people who are connected virtually if they have not been given a chance to speak up. This can happen if the group in the room together gets going on a tangent and the discussion quickly veers in a different direction. Sometimes audio quality issues coupled with this can hurt productivity if they lose the chance to contribute at an appropriate point.
The leader should also be clear at the end of the meeting about next steps for virtually connected employees. The tendency can sometimes be to do this for people on site, and then simply say goodbye to those connected via Skype, et al.
As with other tools and processes, don’t assume that the virtual meeting solution you have in place now is necessarily the best one moving forward. The meeting leader or another senior person in the company should check in with the appropriate team members twice a year, at a minimum, to assess whether the solution you currently use is delivering maximum effectiveness for all parties. You may find this leads you to evaluate new communications tools that will save your business money.

Related: One of our most popular posts is this one, which shares three benefits of virtual team building.

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Corporate Team Building – key to running a successful business

Team Building Activity Tips — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:15:49 +0000

Running a successful company in 2010 as the credit crunch took hold, many companies do not pay increases and bonuses in previous years, a motivating factor for employees with a contribution to business success. Companies are now looking for a way in the absence of financial stability are the benefits of pay for motivating techniques to produce work with the commitment and the will of the workers as a team and help drive the continued success of companies. Corporate Team Building A possible key to success, companies are looking to do this is to organize team-building events. Although initially this sounds like an expensive proposition and may be the creation of one, the resentment of the staff, many activities in the UK, deals that are offered. This is particularly the case, as in the general perception that companies have unnecessary expenses if the potential benefit compared with the minimal cost can be reduced and productivity and thereby created a team spirit. The event management companies can agree bargains Many event management companies offering these services has been able to negotiate deals with suppliers of large package in the absence of a burgeoning market. Has an increase in the number of reservations for the Christmas holidays in January, while an activity for team building and general construction activities on the computer in an attempt to begin to start 2010 with a reported positive note. The most popular activities that the cocktail to be a good way to bring everyone and resume activity at a Christmas party on the basis of the ability to build a package that includes food and a bar area, with low costs per capita. Alternatively, there are great deals available double-blind activities like go-kart racing and clay pigeon shooting, raft building, climbing to the top of the tree, a battlefield or a night on greyhound racing, all of which are organized with food at a minimal cost per capita can. For more events based on the contact information 0161 341 0052

Martin Rochehttp: / / www. functional events. co. ukFunktion Events

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Team Building: How To Create A Dynamic And Successful Work Environment

Team Building Activity Tips — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:25:49 +0000

Team-building activities are important if they are officials who can effectively and efficiently work together toward a common goal, such as. At first, these activities seem stupid, or you may be wondering how you can contribute something for your business. But the fact that the team building activities designed to be challenging and communication equipment and trainieren.Zum example is a group of team-building activity called artesian wells. In this game, each team must maneuver a virus from a specific area and a new, within certain limits. Teams must plan ahead, communicate clearly and work together successfully sein.Team building events can be organized within a few days or may take place on a date. Team building activities are divided into other corporate events such as meetings, conferences and training courses, workshops and seminars as a way of heating things and get the ball to be integrated into the roles. Even some kinds of meeting the primary project team activities can be used to start the troubleshooting process equipment and incorporate new ideas in construction activities meeting helfen.Team through games and contests to help generate new ideas and implementing decisions that take place in order to do the job, and everything gut.Bei choose the choice of a team of construction activities, a game or event that is fun for all involved to help their new employees to learn new skills or perfect set, and especially an improvement in Ergebnisse.Es other team exercises, and which differ from the usual options, but should be considered, especially as an option when his team more a team-building experience necessary, but a healing experience team, so to speak. Sometimes a group of employees is not just work well together, and focuses on the lives of others. In these cases, the activities that a person would normally do after work might be appropriate, such as yoga, relaxation classes scheduled lunch, or a group of bowling final Sitzung.Am while checking the specific needs of your company and choose Get a team building activity that will be well with your staff to achieve the desired result.

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