Team Building Resources

Brendan’s fatal flaw was making commitments and not nurturing them, the same is true of effective teams. Make commitments with forethought and manage them through to completion.

I’m very cognizant of the fact that the follow post sounds blatently self serving as a team building activities provider, that said the facts are clear.  When times are tough you need your top performing employees more than ever.  It can be a tough decision to make an investment in outside services when you are [...]

Keeping teams motivated is a never ending journey, this is the first installment in an ongoing series of quick ideas to recognize team members and keep them motivated.

Do you have a top employee that you would like to reward in an unconventional way?  Odds are office/file clean up is not high on the list of activities [...]

Being an english football fan will make this even funnier but, but even if your not, its funny all the same, perhaps you can use this video as an intro to a team meeting to set the stage and add some humour:
You Tube – Smitty giving some team advice
Enjoy.
Lynn
Team Enthusiast

Playing the “pretty female” and not much else did not contribute to the team and resulted in an early exit from Survivor for Sydney, reflections on key areas to be aware in the workplace to be the most effective team member.

Review of the key characteristics of successful teams and a summary of the elements you should look for in a team building exercise to optimize the team learning.

Discussing why Spencer was voted off when he appeared to be fitting in and a contributing member of the team – he underperformed relative to the team’s expectations when it mattered most.

Discussing why Sandy was voted off, was it because she was just plain annoying? What can we learn to help our own teams work better together?

I work with corporate teams allowing them to have some fun but also learn what makes teams successful, which all begins with awareness; individuals being self aware and then being aware of others skills and traits and utilizing that to make the connections possible to achieve superior results as a team versus individuals. There are [...]

Effective team building is a delicate balance between learning and fun, and if done correctly, the individuals taking part in the activity are only aware of the fun on the day but become aware of the learning benefits as they return to the work environment with a new perspective.  
The primary objective of any team [...]