Rowley Associates

Want to know how to create a high performance team – start slapping heads and touching one-another. Now before you all get HR violations a word of caution. The research that promoted this finding counted the number of ‘celebratory contacts’ such as fist bumps and head slaps that occurred during the 2008-2009 NBA season.  They concluded that teams who touched more cooperated more, which made them play better throughout the season. What can we take from this finding? The occasional head slap or high five after sitting through a grueling 5 hour Power Point session might make all the difference to your year end number.