I’ve been to many sporting events and observed common procedures for games, but watching these children play soccer was interesting. Little leagues develop more than just growing children and their interests; they build a foundation for team development. The little league organization provides a chance for children to develop athleticism and surround themselves among their peers. While sports teams at higher level (high school, college, professional) focus more on winning, little leagues seem to focus more at fostering team development by giving youth opportunity to participate in teams.

Team development influences. Children are easily influenced. When parents put their children in little leagues or other organizations where it involves being with their peers, they are educating them to become good team members. Perhaps it is evident that parents put their children into sports when they are young. By time they are older and in their prospective sports, they will have experience.

If you reflect back upon your own childhood, were you ever on a little league team? Can you recall your team’s name, or remember color of your jerseys or all of your teammates’ names? You probably cannot recall those little things and it’s irrelevant now. What might have been a lasting lesson of your little league stint would be experiences you have gained of importance of team development.

For more information about CMOE’s Team Development inside organizations, contact one of their Regional Managers at (801) 569-3444.

There is no substitute for respect, and it has to be given to all temporary employees from moment they walk in door. Too many times an employer will see a temp walk in and immediately dump temp off to someone else, who then dumps temp at a spot where there is someone else to train them - then temp finds themselves alone doing a job they're not going to care about by lunchtime. Does anyone remember employee name? Did anyone even smile or shake hand of this one?

Is this soft approach? Who has time for an employee who won't be here tomorrow? After all, job is only for two weeks, pay is lousy, employee looks like they don't have what it takes to climb ladder here, and we have no time for this.

But, there'll have to be time tomorrow. Temporary services will have to be called. A new employee will have be in to take place of one that's about to leave.