Vyaire Medical hosted several days of leadership workshops in Chicago, Illinois. They decided that a Build-A-Bike ® activity was the perfect way to get their group out of chairs and into some fun team building activities. They were a hardworking group of 22 supply...
It seemed like an ordinary cocktail party but then suddenly there was a fight. A woman was breaking apart cigars but the company CEO had the last one. He rushed from the room. The room quieted again as the crowd from Everyday Health laughed and joked. They stood in...
I recently had the pleasure to facilitate some bike team building in Chicago, Illinois for a smart group of people from Castrol, a part of BP. This group wanted the focus of their holiday event to be about giving to others. Castrol found The Leaders Institute ®...
Avison Young’s emerging leaders (called “Young Guns”) met in Toronto for a week of team building and development. Char Fortune, Director of Learning and Professional Development, chose to start with a Build-A-Bike ® team activity. The event started with a...
American Food Group recently had one of our instructors deliver a fun Build-A-Bike ® team building activity in Minneapolis, MN. American Foods Group, the 5th largest beef processing company in the US ( they process and deliver 6.5 million beef products!) decided...
World Fuel Services met in a gorgeous wood paneled room at Chicago’s luxurious Four Seasons hotel for a small but heartfelt Build-A-Bike ® event. Fifteen executives from World Fuel Services met to compete in three teams. World Fuel Services is a Fortune 100...
United Conveyor, a 95 year old a family-owned business decided to offer a (Build-A-Bike ®) bike team building during the second day of their yearly Chicago leadership conference. The goal of the conference was to help teams to “work better collaboratively and...
Did you know that you can buy trust? Oxytocin is a human pheromone that, when released, increases feelings of trust. The producers of Liquid Trust (you can find it on Amazon) claim that spraying their product on board room tables or documents can give you an extra...
Want to improve your ability to influence and persuade others? Most people tend to approach persuasion with one or two favored tactics. But really great influencers consider the situation and the people they have to persuade. Then they combine influencing techniques...
Wow, the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), created an incredible Christmas Build-A-Bike ® in St Louis, MO. In addition to the 18 bikes they were building and giving to local families, the YPO decided to adopt all the families and provide them with gift cards,...
Want to create a happy and more productive workplace? Leaders who send clear messages to their team create a happy and more productive workplace. Psychologists measure a person's ability to deal with situations like conflict in the workplace, having a difficult...
The engineers at Knowles Corporation, in a Chicago, IL suburb, took the mathematical challenges at a recent Build-A-Bike ® team building event very, very seriously. When John brought his clue sheet to the judges it was covered in diagrams and math formulas. John had...