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Our organizations need strong collaboration and teamwork more than ever before. But too often, we are not ready to do that because our inner teams first need to be understood and optimized.

10 Simple Steps to Build an Exceptional and Efficient Team

by Christopher Massimine • July 3, 2023 • 0 Comments

Building an exceptional work team requires a clear vision, diverse talent, effective communication, collaboration and continuous improvement. Let’s look at the facets and get to work!

Seven Ways to Guarantee Your Team Will Be Highly Engaged

by Gordon Tredgold • July 6, 2021 • 0 Comments

Far too many businesses aren’t willing to dedicate adequate resources to developing highly engaged teams.

Jonny Wilkinson Q&A – ‘What is it you want from your team?’

by Sophie Wheeldon • May 13, 2021 • 0 Comments

Originally written by Sophie Wheeldon on Small Business
EXCLUSIVE: Rugby icon Jonny Wilkinson is responsible for probably the most exciting moment in the history of rugby, when he dropkicked the winning goal in the last minute of extra time in the final of the 2003 World Cup – handing England a dramatic victory over Australia.
These days Jonny Wilkinson has reinvented himself as a TV sports pundit, covering the Six Nations Championship and Rugby World Cup for ITV, as well as being a motivational speaker.
And he also runs his own small business, founding fermented health drink brand No.1 Living in 2018 to share his passion for what Jonny Wilkinson calls “living foods”, which offers a range of tinned Kombucha drinks, health shots and bottled kefir water.
Here Jonny Wilkinson tells Sophie Wheeldon about lessons he’s learnt about mental resilience, how to be a team leader and why it’s important to stay present.
How do you build mental resilience and stay mentally fit?
The idea of resilience belongs to a certain fixed identity that says, ‘this is who I am, these are my dreams. These things are right, and these things are wrong. This is success, and this is failure’.
If something knocks

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Jonny Wilkinson Q&A – ‘What is it you want from your team?’

by Sophie Wheeldon • May 12, 2021 • 0 Comments

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Reorienting: From the Individual to the Collective

by Alon Braun • January 14, 2021 • 0 Comments

Developing a solid team is a vital step in the entrepreneur’s journey.

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6 helpful tips for fleshing out a high performing team

by Matthew Cushen • December 9, 2020 • 0 Comments

Originally written by Matthew Cushen on Small Business
Last time I wrote an article about what makes an irresistible team for investors. If you’ve impressed investors enough and successfully raised some cash, the pressure now really starts.
Investors will be expecting you to accelerate your growth and demonstrate some proof points before your next round of funding. So you may be thinking about how to gather more talent around you.
These questions might help you make decisions about talent and team building.
#1 – What are we good at, where are we stinky and what are the gaps?
Discipline yourself (i.e. find some uninterrupted time and be objective) to write down:

Where the real value for the business is generated, where is the value for (potential) customers and what will create a higher valuation with investors at the time of your next round
Other activities that must get done to keep the lights on
Talents that the founders and those already in the business have, and which talents they lack
Where can you develop skills versus where you have no choice but to hire?

This should flush out what valuable skills and talents are missing from the team. A third party, such as an investor director, advisor or friend can

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Apprentice winner Mark Wright on how to build the right team

by Mark Wright • October 24, 2019 • 0 Comments

Originally written by Mark Wright on Small Business
When launching a new business, every start-up entrepreneur experiences the same challenging journey, fulfilling multiple job roles at one time, until income and cash flow dictate you can employ support staff.
Where some entrepreneurs deem this an exciting step, others find the responsibility of employing staff as daunting. The difference between these two mindsets, however, is fundamental to business growth.
Those who understand that a”‘one-man-band” cannot physically grow at scale are those more likely to achieve success; yet, finding, retaining and knowing how to build the right team is a common challenge experienced by business owners globally.
At my company Climb Online, we boast an award-winning company culture with impressive staff retention rates. However, this hasn’t been developed by the luck of the draw, but rather an effective strategy focused on cultivating a passionate and driven team of “intrapreneurs” united in achieving success.
>See also: 7 hiring strategy dos and don’ts for high-growth SMEs
Share the vision
All entrepreneurs experience the challenge of finding loyal, high-performing staff who are passionate about the future success of their business.
Instead of focusing on the personality traits of those who walk in [and out] of the door, focus on uniting your employees in

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Want to Build a Great Team? Never Be the Smartest Person in the Room.

by David Meltzer • September 5, 2019 • 0 Comments

Ray Anderson, Vice President for University Athletics and Athletic Director at Arizona State University, talks about his strategy for building a winning team.