07th March 2006
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Think back over all the team building sessions that you have attended over the years. There is a very good chance that at each and every one of them the facilitators organised your group into teams. Any that weren't we...
09th February 2006
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More and more people are booking "all inclusive" holidays. These are the ones that have all meals and (usually locally produced) drinks included in the base price of the holiday. Providing the food is appetising and (fo...
25th January 2006
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When was the last time that you heard the phrase "variety is the spice of life"? In what context was it used? Was it applied to experiences? Well - it can be. Was it applied to teams? Well - it should be! And team bui...
19th January 2006
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"Complete waste of time". "Just like the last time". "We never seem to learn from these". Sound familiar? Someone is talking about a team building session. Or are they?
I'd argue not. I'd argue that they are comment...
11th January 2006
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Organising a team building session for, say, 25 people is relatively straight forward. You have enough people to be able to choose from a wide range of activities without having so many that logistics becomes a problem....
07th January 2006
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When a prospective new client calls us up and expresses an interest in team building, we ask a simple question - what do you want to achieve out of it? You might be surprised at how many people don't have an answer. Aft...
05th January 2006
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What does the phrase "team building" mean to you? Quad-biking? Abseiling? Propping up the bar with your work colleagues? Allow me to disagree.
Let's look at the word "build" and see where that leads us. The Concise O...
24th December 2005
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"We are going to build a team". Replace the word "team" with the word "house" - or any other noun that can be built and will take more than just a few minutes - and most sensible people will want to adopt a structured a...
