Alan Hunt

name Alan is Managing Director of Sandstone, a leading UK team building company. He enjpys creating innovative activities that combine fun with genuine team development. In his spare time, he does voluntary work for the RNIB. http://www.sandstone.co.uk

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Team Building - Collaborative vs. Competitive

07th March 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandstone Limited 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... Read >
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Team Building the All Inclusive Way

09th February 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandstone Limited 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... Read >
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Team Building - Making the Whole Greater than the Sum of the Parts

25th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandstone Limited 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... Read >
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Team Building with a Large Group

11th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandstone Limited 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.... Read >
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Team Building Exercises - Choosing the Right One

07th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandstone Limited 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... Read >
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Team Building - from Fun Event to Genuine Team Improvements

05th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Sandstone Limited 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... Read >
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Team Building - 7 Steps to Success

24th December 2005
Copyright 2005 Sandstone Limited "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... Read >