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7 Surprising Reasons that Team Building is a Fantastic Investment
Corporate leaders understand that every once in a while, we need to take a break and let our teams have a little fun together. We know that these activities refresh and inspire coworkers to work together. However, there are a number of surprising reasons that team...
Complacent: 7 Surprising Ways Your Past Successes Limit Future Success
The word complacent may just be the biggest enemy of success. In fact, I've noticed that, if you look at history as well as the current business climate, you'll find that past successes almost always limit future successes. That is, unless you are constantly looking...
New Team Building Activities
We have recently released a number of new team building activities that have added a lot of fun and energy to recent meetings. A few weeks ago, I had all of The Leader's Institute ® instructors fly in to our corporate office in Dallas/Ft Worth, TX. We had an absolute...
SurgCenter Donates $10,000 to Make-A-Wish in Kid’s Quest Team Scavenger Hunt in Clearwater, Florida
SurgCenter Donates $10,000 to Make-A-Wish Very fun Kid's Quest team scavenger hunt held for SurgCenter ® in Clearwater, Florida this week. We were at the Sand Pearl hotel right on the beach. As a result, we were able to explore the resort and have a lot of fun. This...
Hill Rom Healthcare Philanthropic Meeting Benefiting Hospital Charity
Last week, Hill Rom conducted an annual meeting for the executives in Chicago, IL. Hill-Rom is a healthcare company that is best known for 85 years of "bringing the home to hospitals". The company specializes in mobility equipment, wound care, and patient monitoring...
USAA Camaraderie Quest at the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas
We had an absolute blast last Friday working with a group of 100 people from USAA in San Antonio, TX. The group participated in a custom Camaraderie Quest team treasure hunt on the River Walk in San Antonio. Their competitive juices were really flowing throughout the...
Effective use of committees can help when you have limited staff!
The comedian Milton Berle once said, “A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.” Although there have been times that I agree with Mr. Berle, that has not been the case in several of my workplace endeavors. Below are some of the tips that helped me in...
CTS Corporation Build-A-Bike in Oak Brook, IL
Sixty engineers from around the world came together for their yearly meeting. The ballroom was set with giant tic-tac-toe boards, pac man stations, and a massive inflatable skee ball booth. But the main attraction of the evening was a Build-A-Bike ® team building...
Vyaire Medical Build-A-Bike Activity in Chicago, IL
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...
Paper Plate Team Building Exercise
Paper Plate Team Building Exercise: The following is a fun team building icebreaker or team exercise to get a group of people to problem solve and work together. Set up 64 numbered paper plates in the following pattern on the floor. (You can use more or fewer numbered...
How to Organize a Team Building Activity
Whether you are a manager, executive, or small business owner, you want to have a cohesive team. But what exactly is team building, and how do you organize a team building activity. The answers two those two questions are not as simple as you might think, though. Team...
Experiential Learning is Team Building
People don't learn by hearing. They learn by doing. Experiential Learning is the process where participants learn information, and then they immediately put that information into practice. The best type of experiential learning occurs when the participants are active...