The Leaders Institute® earned an Honorable Mention in Ragan’s 2026 Corporate Social Responsibility Awards. The recognition came in the CSR or ESG Event (Virtual or In-Person) category. The Leaders Institute® is an Arlington, Texas, team-building and leadership training company. We created the Build-A-Bike® charity team-building event in 2005.
Ragan Communications is the publisher of PR Daily. Its awards programs recognize communications, PR, and CSR work at companies and nonprofits. Ragan celebrated the 2026 CSR Awards finalists at a luncheon at the Yale Club in New York City on September 30, 2026.
Ragan honored this year’s finalists at a luncheon at the Yale Club in New York City on September 30, 2026. Amy Maybury, our Chief Revenue Officer, and Rebecca Rivas, our master trainer in New York City, accepted the recognition for The Leaders Institute®.
2026 Corporate Social Responsibility Award at a Glance
| Award program | Ragan’s 2026 Corporate Social Responsibility Awards |
|---|---|
| Category | CSR or ESG Event (Virtual or In Person) |
| Recognition | Honorable Mention |
| Category winner | Cisco Systems, Inc. |
| Other Honorable Mentions | Children’s Health, Fenix Outdoor, and Meetings & Incentives Worldwide |
| Source | Ragan’s 2026 CSR Awards winners page |
How a Team Building Event Becomes a CSR Event
Most team building ends when the event ends. Our charity events end with a donation to the local community. In a Build-A-Bike® event, teams solve a series of challenges to earn bike parts. Then they build the bikes and donate them to kids in the host city.
Our entry featured these three events.
- Liberty Bank’s 200th anniversary in Hartford, Connecticut. 800 employees built 200 bikes for the Boys & Girls Club of Hartford.
- The Dallas Stars 2025 Playoffs Block Party. More than 800 fans built 200 bikes for kids in the Dallas Independent School District.
- Barron Collier Companies in Naples, Florida. Eighty employees built a mini golf course out of non-perishable food for an Ace Race® event. The food went to Grace Place for Children and Families.
The Numbers Behind the Recognition
We have run more than 7,000 team events since 2005. Through those events, our clients have donated more than $10 million in bikes to kids. Right now, we donate about $1 million in bikes every 14 months.
This is our second award of 2026. Corporate Vision also named us Best Corporate Team Building Specialists 2026.
Thank you to Ragan Communications for the recognition. To plan a charity event for your own team, visit our team-building activities page.