Entries by Darren Brady

How Can Leadership Create And Encourage Teamwork

Teamwork is a commonly used word that is thrown around in personal and professional settings daily, but what does it actually represent? There is a high chance you are either part of a team currently or have been a team member at some point in the past. Does being in a team automatically mean there is teamwork happening? […]

Effective Strategies for High Performance Teams

If the last decade of business research has taught us anything, it’s that if you want to know how to increase productivity, raise job satisfaction, and create a healthy working environment you need to learn about creating and managing a team. Effective, high performance teams are the one thing that almost all top companies have […]

The Emerging Trend of Collaboration in the Workplace

One of the more significant innovations in how we do business is unfolding around us with little to no fanfare. Perhaps it’s because this innovation has little to do with technology, software, or anything megabyte related. Rather, this innovation is all about how we collaborate in the workplace and how businesses are using this emerging trend […]

4 Signs Of A Healthy Workplace

Whether it’s a company picnic or an adrenaline-fueled trek that has employees zip lining above tree-speckled hills, exciting relationships are established among individuals in an organisation during team building events designed to create cohesion, drive motivation and increase productivity. Team building brings workers together in a casual, carefree environment and that fosters a feeling of […]

5 Symptoms of a Toxic Organisation

In a time where organisations are struggling against a sluggish economy, investing in employees with a focus on team building is even more critical to sustain a profitable and healthy business. Not every organisation can afford to offer a playground-like environment for its employees (Google) or an on-site culinary team that caters to the ravishing […]

Team Building to Create Happy Employees

It’s not often that employees of a multi-billion dollar company will broadcast their workplace satisfaction by creating a YouTube video on happiness. It happened last year when flight staff from Virgin America created a video to Pharrell Williams’ song, “Happy.” Richard Branson is doing something right to have his staff pay homage to his style […]

Travel Managers Charity Team Event

Travel Managers contacted us looking for a charity based team event to be conducted at their annual conference in Adelaide. They wanted to create and donate some artwork to the little heroes foundation to go in the new $4 million dollar robotic rehabilitation centre and research unit for seriously ill children at the Womens and Childrens […]

Are Introverted Leaders Better?

Over the years we seem to have developed this culture and belief that extroverts make better leaders?  Susan Cain presented a keynote speech on “The Power Introverts” which puts forth a pretty intriguing and thought provoking case as to how we see and value introverts within a team or organisation especially when it comes to […]