“The business world is in the midst of a sea change,” says David W. Ballard, PsyD, MBA, head of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program. “Successful organizations have learned that high performance and sustainable results require attention… Read More
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Team Building Builds Strong Relationships
American poet Mattie Stepanek once said, “Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” The average American adult employed full time works 47 hours per week, according to a Gallup poll, and four in… Read More
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Leaders Are Not Born; They Are Made on the Challenge Course
There is a common saying that goes “Leaders are born, not made.” You’re probably heard it before, but we are hear to tell you that this just simply isn’t the case. There is no special genetic code that makes a… Read More
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The Many Benefits of Indoor Team Building
We know that team building works (when facilitated by qualified professionals). That much is certain. Team building has a “positive moderate effect across all team outcomes,” write researchers Deborah Diazgranados, Cameron Klein, Eduardo Salas, Huy Le, C. Burke, Rebecca Lyons,… Read More
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The Science behind Team Building
Team building is one of the most commonly applied group development interventions in organizations today, according to the scientific study “Does Team Building Work?”1 But what everyone wants to know is why? Why is team building so popular? And, most… Read More
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Developing a Rubric For Evaluating Team Building Companies
“Groups don’t become teams because that is what someone calls them.” – Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith1 Have you ever considered team building? It’s a scientifically proven way to improve your team’s performance in a fun, yet effective way. Learn… Read More
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The Five Stages of Team Development: What Stage Is Your Group In?
In 1965, Bruce W. Tuckman, a well-respected psychologist from Princeton University, developed his four stages of team growth, known as “Tuckman’s Stages.”1 These stepping stones in team development – Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing – are all necessary in order… Read More
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The 5 Building Blocks of Relationships
Relationships are the building blocks for good business. However, like Rome, relationships are not built in a day. They take time and effort to construct – step by step, brick by brick. But where do you start? What makes a… Read More
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The Therapeutic Nature of Challenge Courses & Team Building Activities
Challenge courses, also referred to as ropes courses, have been in use since the early 1940s.1 These courses can be characterized as either low or high ropes courses. Low challenge courses are activities “generally focus on group problem solving and… Read More
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Case Study: An International Law Firm has Fun and Improves Productivity via Team Building
“Team developmental interventions are key mechanisms that may be used to facilitate team effectiveness.” – Raymond Noe, author of Employee Training and Development.1 In 2001, a major international law firm based out of London, England sought to supplement their own… Read More