Team Building Resources

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.

Having spent many years where I spent almost 90% of my day in meetings and struggling to find time to actually do any of the tasks I managed to pick up while at the meetings, I found Seth Godin’s posting “Getting serious about your meeting problem” a great list of ideas to try to make [...]

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 [...]

Simply put the definition of team building that I like to use:
Team building is the process of enabling the team to improve.
I will expand on the why and how as there are many objectives that team building could be utilized to achieve and how to achieve those results, but core to all of them is [...]

 
Toronto is rich in team building alternatives but before embarking on evaluating alternatives first evaluate your objectives and also be prepared with the following questions to ensure you select the best team building alternative for you:
1.    Can you give me some advice on a specific problem I am having with my team?
·         This will allow you [...]