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...
Behavioral Change Team Building
Sometime, when company leaders are looking for a "team building" activity, they are actually looking for a form of behavioral change. Team building, as a term, is confusing, because it can mean anything from a dinner out, to a charity activity, to real training and...