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Successful Team Building Tip: Learning to Let Go… Yes, You Have To
Team Building facilitators are event and team building experts. You are a business expert. Those are not the same thing. You have built a successful career, managed and supported successful teams through successful business endeavors and basked in the glory of some substantial…success. A lot of your success stems from knowledge and experience that you have developed over time. That’s why you’re so important to your team and to your company. (more…)
Increase Productivity in the Workplace Through Leadership
Fun has a place in everything, but pay attention to how you add it.
Green Lunches | 3 Green Team Building Ideas That Work
#3 Green lunches build strong teams. Did you bring lunch to elementary school in your Spiderman or Tweety Bird lunch bag? Well, for a lot of us, that is probably the last time we were very “green” about eating lunch.
Team Building Plan Tip: Always Respect the Mojo
For the best experience possible, you have to let the mojo flow. It’s a perfect storm… the facilitator has your team working together to build bikes, move a marble across the room or solve the latest CSI case, they’re having a blast and bonding… exactly like you wanted them to. And then… it all comes crashing down because of an interruption that wasn’t part of your team building plan. (more…)
Team Building Details Tip | The Little Things are the Big Things
A successful event isn’t just about picking the right event and venue, it’s about the little things too. There are a few more team building details that goes into it. If your team is fired up and ready to win the scavenger hunt, game show or make the best chili, the last thing you want is for all that enthusiasm to come to a screeching halt because your planning didn’t allow enough time for setup.
Team Building Details Tip: Don’t Fall Victim to The Slump!
The post-lunch slump makes you think “nap time”. What do you think it does to your team? You can’t fight biology… regardless of how involved your team is in the event, there is going to be a mid-afternoon enthusiasm “challenge”. Preparing for this is the best way to keep up the momentum and stop your team from sneaking off to find the nearest couch. (more…)
Team Building Tip: Competitive v.s. Collaborative
Don’t make them compete if they like to collaborate. Picking the right Team Building style for your event will help your team be more receptive.
Team Building Tip: Set Expectations on Focused Fun
Make sure your team understands the difference between a meaningful event that is fun and just not having to “work”. A quality Team Building event and facilitator will ensure your staff enjoys themselves; after all… that’s the best, most effective type of Team Building. However, if they see the event as just a break from work where they can gab on their cell phones and come and go as they please, the event won’t have the lasting impact you’re hoping for. (more…)
Team Building Tip: Don’t Scare the Venue Staff
Set the expectations of the event for the venue staff, so they don’t panic at all the activity and potential noise. Some Team Building events can get pretty crazy (by design, because that makes them more fun… and more effective!) But don’t scare the venue staff when they see your team running around being crazy. (more…)
Fun Team Building Tip: Get the Party Started
Getting off to a rough start can kill your fun team building event before things get going… and delays are a rough start. It’s a huge bummer when you are excited about starting a fun team building event, but there is a delay because the entire group isn’t there yet. So you end up waiting… (more…)
Be a Space Hog & Don’t Feel Bad | Team Building Programs Tip
When team building programs lack adequate space for activities it can really put a damper on the fun. Team building programs can be difficult to plan. Many things can put a storm cloud over the process, and not having enough space is one of those things. Do you want your team to be involved, enthusiastic, having fun and bonding with their co-workers… or complaining about not having enough space? (more…)
Throwback Thursday | Team Building Lessons from College
Remember the good old days of college? Bonding with friends over late nights filled with coffee, work and stressful deadlines?
Team Building Tip: Get the Gold Stars Ready for Successful Team Building
The gold stars you got as a 5-year old weren’t a fluke… they work… for any age. People respond to prizes and you don’t have to break your budget to offer them for successful team building. Besides, you need to keep the prizes small (but meaningful) to keep your team’s attention focused on the inherent enjoyment and satisfaction received from team building. (more…)
Building a Team: Storming
Sometimes building a team can feel like being on Survivor Island, with everyone fighting to make sure their strategy will win out in the end.
Building a Team | Forming
Unless you’re stranded alone on a deserted island, chances are good that you are part of a team on a regular basis.
What makes your team successful?
Does a lucky shamrock make your team successful? Or is it strong, successful team leadership characteristics?
Building Powerful Team Retreats Part 2 | Components of a Training Program
Part 2 of a two part series on building team retreats. Read part 1 here.
Building Powerful Team Retreats Part 1 | Design & Delivery
This is the first of a two part series on building effective team retreats.
Graduation Day | Why Projects Should Have an End Date
There is nothing more demoralizing for a team then working on a project or job that has no distinct beginning, middle, or end. Humans like to know where they are going, how their progress is coming, and when they get there. Your business projects should be no different.
Daylight Savings | Building Team Energy
I don’t know about you, but the first day back at work after pushing the clock ahead an hour hurts. It hurts a bit more to get out of bed, and it hurts to get through the day without a seventh cup of coffee (I’m well caffeinated).
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