Alcoa included a Build-A-Bike ® team building event in their annual Best Practices conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this week. They wanted to give the participants a fun, energetic team building experience that included an element of philanthropy. Alcoa is the...
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A.M. Castle & Co. Build-A-Bike near Chicago, Illinois
A.M. Castle & Co. included a Build-A-Bike ® team building event in their recent conference near Chicago, Illinois. A.M. Castle & Co. is the foremost provider of specialty products, services, and supply chain solutions. They are recognized as a leading...
Mars Chocolate Rescue Bear in Newark, New Jersey
Mars Chocolate recently included a Rescue Bear ® charitable team building event in their annual meeting of Human Resources personnel near Newark, New Jersey. Mars Chocolate is the famous maker of M&Ms, Snickers, and many other well known, delicious treats....
Common Team Challenges: Lack of Trust
'Trust' is one of those buzz words that can mean many things, depending on the context. The definition of trust used by Patrick Lencioni in his book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is the notion that you have confidence that your co-workers have your best interests at...
Carestream Health Ace Race in Orlando, Florida
Carestream Health recently included an Ace Race ® team building workshop in their conference in Orlando, Florida. This healthcare company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and has sales reps scattered all over the US and Canada. They gathered in Orlando's...
NOAA Creating a Team Culture in Norfolk, Virginia
A group from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) gathered recently to participate in a Creating a Team Culture workshop in Norfolk, Virginia. The group of 10 co-workers gathered at the Nauticus Museum near their offices to spend most of the day...