The Big Book Of Team Motivating Games Spirit Building Problem Solving And Communication Games For Every Group

Author : Mary Scannell
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780071636889
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Team-Motivating Games: Spirit-Building, Problem-Solving and Communication Games for Every Group written by Mary Scannell and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-10-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teamwork can be fun! Games that improve team cooperation, communication, and spirit Did you know that games can: Raise sagging morale Liven up boring staff meetings Increase interaction among staff members Promote a culture of harmony and cooperation Create an atmosphere of fun for your team Keeping your team motivated and challenged, especially during tough economic times, can be difficult. But this collection of high-energy, play-anywhere games, from bestselling authors and trainers Ed and Mary Scannell, provides you with all the fun, inspiring material you need to build team spirit, communication, and trust among coworkers-day in and day out. Games Can Be Played In or Out of the Office Requiring few or no props, The Big Book of Team-Motivating Games is the latest installment in the successful Big Book series, which has been changing the way teams think for decades-providing hours of fun that fight boredom and burnout, boost performance, soothe tensions, and create a sense of community and trust.

Author : Mary Scannell
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071775129
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Book of Virtual Teambuilding Games: Quick, Effective Activities to Build Communication, Trust and Collaboration from Anywhere! written by Mary Scannell and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get remote team members to interact as if they’re in the same room! Whether you’re videoconferencing with team members across the world or e-mailing a colleague sitting ten feet away, the truth is evident: technology has permanently altered the way we communicate. The virtual workplace can facilitate quicker decision making and reduced overhead. But the lack of face-to-face interaction can also impede trust, innovation, and creativity among team members. The Big Book of Virtual Team-Building Games is packed with games and activities for developing productive virtual teams across all digital platforms, including e-mail, mobile devices, web-based conferencing tools, and social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Skype. The Big Book of Virtual Team-Building Games helps you: Build a greater sense of community and reduce conflict Increase levels of engagement Get the most out of more-introverted team members Boost team members’ productivity Make sure that the only thing separating your people is distance. The Big Book of Virtual Team-Building Games is just the tool you need to develop trusting relationships, foster clear communication, and use technology to enhance the team’s connections.

Author : Mary Scannell
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071781072
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Book of Low-Cost Training Games: Quick, Effective Activities that Explore Communication, Goal Setting, Character Development, Teambuilding, and written by Mary Scannell and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make training a game that everyone can win! Featuring activities and exercises designed for groups of any size, The Big Book of Low-Cost Training Games proves that training can still deliver outstanding results, even when you’re watching the bottom line. Whether you’re a trainer or facilitator, a group leader or manager, you’ll find the games in this book are excellent tools for building trust, exploring character, fostering collaboration, and demonstrating more effective communication techniques. Better still, with minimal props like index cards and markers, these activities are not just cost-effective but are also simple to set up and can be done virtually anywhere. From painless icebreakers to group challenges to meaningful community-building projects, The Big Book of Low-Cost Training Games is your winning game plan for maximizing group engagement and getting the most ROI from your training budget.

Author : Mary Scannell
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071743669
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Conflict Resolution Games: Quick, Effective Activities to Improve Communication, Trust and Collaboration written by Mary Scannell and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make workplace conflict resolution a game that EVERYBODY wins! Recent studies show that typical managers devote more than a quarter of their time to resolving coworker disputes. The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games offers a wealth of activities and exercises for groups of any size that let you manage your business (instead of managing personalities). Part of the acclaimed, bestselling Big Books series, this guide offers step-by-step directions and customizable tools that empower you to heal rifts arising from ineffective communication, cultural/personality clashes, and other specific problem areas—before they affect your organization's bottom line. Let The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games help you to: Build trust Foster morale Improve processes Overcome diversity issues And more Dozens of physical and verbal activities help create a safe environment for teams to explore several common forms of conflict—and their resolution. Inexpensive, easy-to-implement, and proved effective at Fortune 500 corporations and mom-and-pop businesses alike, the exercises in The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games delivers everything you need to make your workplace more efficient, effective, and engaged.

Author : Brian Miller
Publisher : AMACOM
ISBN 13 : 0814427693
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers written by Brian Miller and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2003-11-07 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eliminate the need for time or resources on formal training and get your teams up and running themselves--with only minutes of prep. Between workplace personnel being more culturally diverse than ever before, a generation of employees being raised attached to technology while avoiding human interaction, and an increasing culture of competitiveness that is constantly raising tensions between cubicles, it has become absolutely essential for managers to focus more on camaraderie and building team spirit. Now in its second edition, Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers addresses the problems that drag down group productivity and helps teams: Collaborate successfully Cope with change Solve problems together Communicate better despite cultural and generational differences Boost creativit Leverage diversity Nurture healthy competition Each of the 50 team-building activities in this invaluable resource takes only minutes to prep and uses only everyday office items to get its point across. In just 15 minutes a day, the results will be immediate: sullen teams find sparkle, nervous teams gain confidence, teams of strangers get to know one another. There are even activities to help the virtual team! No one will be left out, and all with leave the activity feeling better about their team and their individual role within it.

Author : Mary Scannell
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071793178
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Book of Brainstorming Games: Quick, Effective Activities that Encourage Out-of-the-Box Thinking, Improve Collaboration, and Spark Great Ideas! written by Mary Scannell and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2012-05-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spark the next great business idea by igniting your team’s passion and creativity Innovating breakthrough products, services, solutions, and marketing ideas are some of the most important challenges you face as a manager. Don’t wrack your brain trying to catch that “eureka” moment alone; unleash your team’s creative power with The Big Book of Brainstorming Games. This book is packed with physical and verbal exercises to help you organize and run a brainstorming session that engages all personality types. Get those creative juices flowing with expert guidance and dozens of enjoyable group activities to help you: Frame challenges to give team members structure and context Master the proven “Four Rules of Brainstorming” for amazing results Create an environment of trust that encourages and inspires valuable contributions from people from all backgrounds and at all levels The best ideas can come from anywhere! The Big Book of Brainstorming Games gives you the tools and knowledge to build a solid, structured foundation for free-form interaction and fearless conceptualizing. Now you can get everyone in on the game and make great things happen!

Author : Edward E. Scannell
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 13 : 9780070465138
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Team Building Games: Trust-Building Activities, Team Spirit Exercises, and Other Fun Things to Do written by Edward E. Scannell and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 1997-12-22 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that games can be a terrifically effective way to build team spirit, communication, and trust among people who work together day in and day out? Now you can spark morale in any work group by choosing from 70 stimulating games and activities specifically designed for the manager who's looking to raise sagging morale in a department, liven up boring staff meetings, enable team members to collaborate smoothly and effectively, and much more!

Author : Ralf Dörner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319406124
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Serious Games written by Ralf Dörner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook provides an introduction to the fundamentals of serious games, which differ considerably from computer games that are meant for pure entertainment. Undergraduate and graduate students from various disciplines who want to learn about serious games are one target group of this book. Prospective developers of serious games are another, as they can use the book for self-study in order to learn about the distinctive features of serious game design and development. And ultimately, the book also addresses prospective users of serious game technologies by providing them with a solid basis for judging the advantages and limitations of serious games in different application areas such as game-based learning, training and simulation or games for health. To cater to this heterogeneous readership and wide range of interests, every effort was made to make the book flexible to use. All readers are expected to study Chapter 1, as it provides the necessary basics and terminology that will be used in all subsequent chapters. The eleven chapters that follow cover the creation of serious games (design, authoring processes and tools, content production), the runtime context of serious games (game engines, adaptation mechanisms, game balancing, game mastering, multi-player serious games), the effects of serious games and their evaluation (player experience, assessment techniques, performance indicators), and serious games in practice (economic aspects, cost-benefit analysis, serious game distribution). To familiarize the readers with best practice in this field, the final chapter presents more than 30 selected examples of serious games illustrating their characteristics and showcasing their practical use. Lecturers can select chapters in a sequence that is most suitable for their specific course or seminar. The book includes specific suggestions for courses such as “Introduction to Serious Games”, “Entertainment Technology”, “Serious Game Design”, “Game-based Learning”, and “Applications of Serious Games”.

Author : Colin Combe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199642990
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Management written by Colin Combe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brand new textbook equips the next generation of managers with the skills to succeed in a global business environment. Skillsets help students improve both their academic work and their employability, a truly international range of case studies broadens their horizons, and practitioner insights show them how skills are used in the real world.

Author : Natalie W. Nixon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1628924950
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategic Design Thinking written by Natalie W. Nixon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who can design? For too long, that question has highlighted the supposed division between right-brain dominant “creative types” and left-brain dominant “analytical types." Such a division is not practical for preparing students to become innovative contributors to the complex world of design. Strategic Design Thinking guides readers to cultivate hybrid thinking, whether their background is design, finance, or any discipline in between. This book is an introduction to an integrative approach using the lens of design thinking as a way to see the world. The focus is on process instead of solution, and on connecting disparate ideas instead of getting bogged down by silos of specialization. Through this book, students will be introduced to design management, strategic design, service design, and experience design.