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Effective Team Meetings

Meetings are ubiquitous in modern organisations. In 2025, the average professional attends at least 11 meetings per week, and executives report spending as much as 23 hours per week in meetings. While meetings can align teams, build relationships, and drive decisions, poorly run meetings waste resources and frustrate participants. Surveys reveal that around 35% of meetings are considered a waste of time and 67% of executives deem meetings failures. The economic impact is staggering: ineffective meetings cost businesses US $399 billion annually in the United States and £58 billion in the United Kingdom. Given these costs, effective team meetings are essential for organisational success.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 29 September, 2025 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_1, sb_ad_12, sb_ad_13, sb_ad_14, sb_ad_15, sb_ad_16, sb_ad_17, sb_ad_18, sb_ad_4, teambuilding, Teamwork | Read more →

Advantages and Disadvantages of Teamwork

Teamwork is a pervasive feature of modern organizations. According to organisational psychologists, a team is more than a group of people—it is a small, interdependent unit with a common goal and complementary roles. Teams provide the backbone for product development, service delivery, innovation projects and strategic planning.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 29 September, 2025 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_1, sb_ad_12, sb_ad_13, sb_ad_14, sb_ad_15, sb_ad_16, sb_ad_17, sb_ad_18, sb_ad_4, teambuilding, Teamwork | Read more →

Cultivating a Teamwork Mindset

In an era of accelerating change and digital disruption, long-term business success depends on more than individual talent. It requires a teamwork mindset—a shared way of thinking where employees view their efforts as interdependent, embrace collective responsibility and continually adapt to challenges together. The teamwork mentality differs from superficial team building because it embeds a collaborative spirit into how people perceive problems, share information and make decisions.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 28 September, 2025 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_1, sb_ad_12, sb_ad_13, sb_ad_14, sb_ad_15, sb_ad_16, sb_ad_17, sb_ad_18, sb_ad_4, teambuilding, Teamwork | Read more →

Building a Strong Teamwork Culture

Recent research shows that an effective teamwork culture correlates with higher performance, greater innovation, improved well‑being and better organizational agility. For business leaders and human resources professionals, cultivating such a culture is not optional but essential in a volatile and complex business environment. This report synthesizes academic research and practical insights into a comprehensive guide for building and sustaining a high‑performing teamwork culture.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 28 September, 2025 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_1, sb_ad_12, sb_ad_13, sb_ad_14, sb_ad_15, sb_ad_16, sb_ad_17, sb_ad_18, sb_ad_4, teambuilding, Teamwork | Read more →

Group Activities: A Comprehensive Guide for Business Leaders and HR Professionals

group activities are more than just recreational events—they are strategic tools for fostering collaboration, enhancing employee well‑being, and improving organizational performance. Whether called team building games for work, fun team building activities, or simply team bonding activities, these intentional experiences are designed to bring people together around shared goals, values and tasks.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 28 September, 2025 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_1, sb_ad_12, sb_ad_13, sb_ad_14, sb_ad_15, sb_ad_16, sb_ad_17, sb_ad_18, sb_ad_4, teambuilding, Teamwork | Read more →

Foster Teamwork: Evidence-Based Strategies

Fostering teamwork requires deliberate strategies that blend psychological safety, shared purpose and trust with clear goals, inclusive communication and recognition. This report synthesizes peer‑reviewed research and contemporary statistics to help business leaders and HR professionals create high‑performing, collaborative teams.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 28 September, 2025 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_1, sb_ad_12, sb_ad_13, sb_ad_14, sb_ad_15, sb_ad_16, sb_ad_17, sb_ad_18, sb_ad_4, teambuilding, Teamwork | Read more →

Comprehensive Guide to Communication Team Building Activities

Communication team building activities provide interactive ways for teams to practice skills, strengthen relationships and develop trust. This comprehensive guide synthesizes research from psychology, management science and education to explain the principles behind communication team building activities and provide a catalogue of games and exercises for leaders and human‑resources professionals.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 28 September, 2025 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_1, sb_ad_12, sb_ad_13, sb_ad_14, sb_ad_15, sb_ad_16, sb_ad_17, sb_ad_18, sb_ad_4, teambuilding, Teamwork | Read more →

Collaboration vs. Teamwork: Understanding the Distinctions and Harnessing Their Power

This article provides a deep dive into the collaboration vs. teamwork debate by drawing on recent academic research and industry statistics, clarifying definitions, highlighting benefits and differences, and offering practical strategies for when and how to leverage each approach. It also integrates evidence on group dynamics, shared mental models and psychological safety to help organizations create environments where both collaboration and teamwork can flourish.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 28 September, 2025 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_1, sb_ad_12, sb_ad_13, sb_ad_14, sb_ad_15, sb_ad_16, sb_ad_17, sb_ad_18, sb_ad_4, teambuilding, Teamwork | Read more →

Understanding the Abilene Paradox: Why Our Decisions Often Lead Us Astray

In the realm of group decision-making, few concepts are as paradoxically counterintuitive – yet as common – as the Abilene Paradox. This phenomenon describes situations where groups collectively decide on actions that none of the individuals actually want, simply because each person wrongly believes everyone else is enthusiastic about the idea[1]. In other words, it’s a failure to manage agreement: people go along with a proposal to avoid rocking the boat, only to discover later that everyone privately opposed the plan. The result is often frustration, wasted effort, and outcomes that leave all parties bewildered at how they ended up on a road nobody wanted to travel.

Posted by Mark Murphy on 26 September, 2025 no_cat, no_recent, sb_ad_1, sb_ad_12, sb_ad_13, sb_ad_14, sb_ad_15, sb_ad_16, sb_ad_17, sb_ad_18, sb_ad_4, teambuilding, Teamwork | Read more →

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