While my company’s team building programs are a great catalyst for change we’re honest about something very important. A one-day team building program won’t change your corporate culture for the long run. To make a change last you need to integrate songs and activities that teach team building into your ongoing business culture. Songs And Activities Here’s a good summary of differences between facilitated team building and activities you can…
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Team Building Activities That Focus on Corporate Social Responsibility
Most companies know that giving back to the community is more than just a responsibility, it’s a chance to show that the company and its employees genuinely care about being part of a community. It’s great when you can plan corporate social responsibility team building activities that are really fun. It’s impactful when people are enthused about the activities they’re participating in. Corporate Social Responsibility Ideas Build-a-Bike If you’ve ever…
My Team Building Nightmare
This is kind of embarrassing but that’s never stopped me from telling a story before! I had a team building nightmare. In my dream, before I woke up in a cold sweat, one of my competitors was chasing me up a mountain trail accompanied by three goons wielding huge knives. It was quite real and woke me up with a start. The embarrassing part is that I’m actually dreaming about…
5 Ingredients For Building A Team
Unlike my mom who often keeps her recipe ingredients secret, I’m willing to share my 5 ingredients for building a team. These are certainly not the only 5, but they form a good basis for building a team in a natural way that should resonate easily with your group. Building a team with goals and objectives It may seem obvious that it’s easier to achieve your objectives when you know…
Los Angeles Team Building
We often have requests for Los Angeles team building and we have a long list of west coast clients. While we travel worldwide for our music team building programs, Southern California is definitely in our frequent rotation. Every locale has a personality that influences the programming and the particular energy we bring to our events in those areas. Los Angeles team building is loose and laid back, yet still purposeful…
Value Your Value
It’s good to connect with people who value our value. To connect with colleagues, friends, or past clients. Sometimes, it’s important to look back and appreciate the work we’ve done, and not be future stressed. Like you, I spend much of my time in future mode; it’s all about what’s next – the next potential client, the proposal, the sale, the delivery of services. The brief celebration of a job…
5 Best Corporate Team Building Activities
A client called last week and asked me to a list of best corporate team building activities to follow up on the music team building we did for his company last year. I love repeat customers, but I also sincerely understand the desire to do something different. The most important thing for me is long term relationships and seeing my clients succeed in their goals. The Pragmatic Dreamer Many people…
Team Building, Millennials and Engagement
Millennials need engagement. They need to feel involved and they need to feel ownership. Team building is a vital component to achieving all of this. I was reminded of this today while meeting with my business manager, Rob Taylor. Rob mentioned how different his young associates are than the veterans, or Gen X’rs. Millennials have an expectation of finding satisfaction in their work. They view this as a vital part…
The Empty Nest
Until recently, I didn’t know what the phrase empty nest meant as it relates to humans. I always thought it was some conversation about birds…seriously! But with my youngest child headed to college in a heart beat, I’m now quite tuned into the phrase. For me, it means the end of a gradual evolution away from coaching early morning soccer games, being able to help with math homework, or sneaking…
Team Building Motivation and Values
I have team building clients who don’t know where they’re going, they’re not sure how to get there, but they know they want to be there. They’ve been told that they should do some team building and so they contact me. One of my first questions to that client will be about goals. What is their team building motivation? Take a look at the picture on this great blog. What…
The Team Builder’s Team
Phew and sigh, I’ve been busy – busy facilitating team building through song, co-presenting at the ASTD International Conference and busy planning for the next event. I’m grateful for the growth our corporate event programs have seen the past couple of years but lately I’ve been missing something. What’s been missing can be described in a word; actually a bunch of words like strategic, relaxed, creative, organizational and inspired. I…