Gerry McMahon is an acknowledged national expert in People Management. He has over 35 years’ experience - as a workplace investigator (on bullying/harassment/ disciplinary/dismissal/grievance issues), trainer, negotiator, facilitator, mediator, arbitrator and team builder - across a wide range of employment sectors. He is the M.D. of the H.R. training and advisory company Productive Personnel Ltd.
Gerry has also had an extensive range of books and articles published and been a columnist with the Industrial Relations News, Irish Times, Sunday Business Post, and Irish Independent and expert commentator on H.R./Employee Relations for R.T.E. and TV3/Virgin. He has also served on numerous Legal Island and C.I.P.D. judging panels and is a Council member of the Irish Association for Industrial Relations.
Contact: Tel. 087-2471415; E-Mail: ppl1gerry@gmail.com
First things first: do teams work? Yes - it is well established via research that team working:
- Enhances employee attitudes (e.g. engagement, motivation) and behaviour (e.g. absenteeism, turnover).
- Enables greater financial performance - which may be the most convincing argument for making an investment in team-based working in profit-making organisations.
- Effects increased organisational efficiency, productivity and quality.
In summary, effective teamwork ensures results that surpass the sum of individual efforts. Creating high-performance teams is all about getting the right people, getting them motivated and getting them to focus on the right things. Some years ago extensive and detailed research by the Irish Business and Employers’ Confederation (IBEC) found that the impetus for teamwork is largely linked to the need to
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