Podcast Season 1 - Team Building Around The World

Catalyst Global CEO Guy Baker In the early 1980s Catalyst Global CEO Guy Baker started a small team building company in the UK at the time corporate team building exercises were tired, hackneyed events seemingly all from a limited imagination of a small cadre of alpha males.

TeamBonding’s Founder & COO David Goldstein Rich Rininsland chats with David Goldstein, the Founder and C.O.O., Creator of Opportunities of TeamBonding about his origins in the entertainment industry, his favorite moments in team building, and how the industry is changing as we speak.

Rich chats with Helena Chavarría, the Director of Camino Travel and Premio DMC about her creative journey.  Helena is the creative and innovative spirit of both companies. Listen to what it took for Helena to start her own company in lovely Costa Rica.

Get a different perspective in this podcast = from TeamBonding’s Director of Facilitator Training Paul Giroux. With over 15 years of experience facilitating hundreds of programs per year, Paul has become one of our most sought-after Facilitators and we have the references to prove it. Listen to this podcast to hear his story of how using game shows can build team leadership.

In this podcast, Gabriel talks about how he brought the concept of Team Building to his home country of Mexico.

In this podcast, Fabio Tognetti from Italy speaks to Rich about his training courses, and how he entered the great world of team building. Fabio is an Emotional Trainer, Speaker, and Founder and Mentor of UNREAL with 20+ years of experience delivering corporate events across the world in Italian and English to set their employees up for success.

In this podcast, Rich talks with Oran Masterson, the Director and Creator of Opportunities at Orangeworks in Ireland who shares his exciting history of teaching team building through outdoor adventures!

TeamBonding’s Facilitator Training Manager Stuart Downie joins this podcast and shares with Rich his favorite team building games and techniques. Stuart is a British Adventurer and accomplished Director who is just as happy presenting team building and leadership programs as he is leading a mountain expedition in the Highlands of Scotland or skippering a sailboat across the North Sea.

Listen to Rich speak with Rupert as he shares his exciting stories including the record attempted (and set) for the largest ensemble of body percussionists in the world. His team shattered the record by having almost 160% more people than the previous record perform body percussion for a continuous six minutes!

From Dubai to Mexico, Cecilia Lopez joins the show to speak to Rich about her love of creative team building. After 4 years of experience organizing corporate events in the Middle East, Cecilia together with her husband Gabriel Quijano became co-owner of Catalyst Mexico. In her current team building position of Creativity Director, she encourages creativity, passion, and team spirit.

Listen to David as he joins the show to share stories and insights from his deep involvement in the evolution of the Team Building Industry in South East Asia over the last 25 years. David Powell is the Managing Director of Asia Ability Creative Team Building based in Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. He has successfully designed and conducted numerous training workshops including leadership skills, leadership development, team leading, team development, conflict management, and many others.

Karl Burrows the founder of Haka Works and a New Zealander of Maori and European descent, and currently in London with his wife and 3 children.