One of the most effective ways to improve your team dynamics is to dialogue as often as possible. Books, DVDs and even magazine articles are a great way to get your teams talking. And you might learn a thing or two about yourself in the process! Once a month, pick a relevant business book and purchase them for your team. Give them a deadline to read the book and then plan a team meeting where all you do is discuss the book. You could create a set of questions about your company for the team to reflect on while reading the book to make it more meaningful to your business needs.
Here are more tips for starting an office book club:
* Pick books that expand people's views of the workplace. I know one company who sponsors a diversity book club where they look at various aspects of diversity each month.
* Have employees suggest books to read and encourage one person to act as a facilitator during your book club meeting.
* Require that people spend time at work to actually read the book.
* When possible, invite the book's author to your site or appear via conference call to discuss his or her work.
Author(s): Jim Jenkins
Source(s): Cost-Effective Team Building Exercises (CEO Refresher)
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