Good is the Enemy of Great
Voltaire said it first, and while many people have said it in various ways, it all means the same thing. When we try to be good at too many things, we end up being great at none of them. Consider this scenario. Mary is the manager of a medium-sized division in her company. She is [...]
Add Fun Team Building Events to Any Meeting
Ask your team how they would describe most meetings around the office, and most likely (even if you are a really good leaders) you will still hear words like… LONG and BORING… It’s not your fault. We live in such a busy world that we often have to try to fit a bunch of information [...]
Japanese Team Building Proverbs
Team Building Quotes: Below is a list of Japanese proverbs related to Team Building and People Skills. Some are funny. Some are wise. All will make you think a little… One kind word can warm three winter months. The reverse side also has a reverse side. When the character of a man is not clear [...]
New Camaraderie Quest Team Scavenger Hunt Video
We have recently posted a new video on YouTube for the Camaraderie Quest High-Tech Team Scavenger Hunt. The Camaraderie Quest is a really fun team building event that can be conducted outdoors in any downtown area or historical area, at theme parks, or any other outdoor venue that has interesting building, historical venues, or art. [...]
Women in the Workplace-How we present ourselves in the workplace
Walk the Talk: How we present ourselves in the workplace Women in leadership are still something of a rarity today. There have been a couple of articles recently in the Wall Street Journal looking at women in the workforce and analyzing our collective progress. While there are no concrete conclusions about why it’s happening, the [...]
Juggling the Five Balls in the Game of Life
Leadership Tips/Team Building Tips: Set Your Priorities Author James Patterson once said that in the game of life, there are five balls that must constantly be kept in the air – work, family, friends, health, and integrity. He said that work is a rubber ball – it can be dropped and it will bounce back. [...]
Classroom Training does not equal Boring Training
“Classroom Training” does not equal “Boring Training”! It is an unfortunate truth that there are a lot of “Leadership Training” or “Team Building” workshops or seminars out there that are… well… boring. It has become common to hear groans of distress and expressions of angst from people who have had, shall we say, “less-than-stellar” experience [...]
New Ace Race Golf Team Building Video
We just completed a new video of our new and increasingly popular team building event, the Ace Race Golf Team Building activity. We have had an awful lot of fun delivering this particular team event over the last few months, and folks who have attended have given us fantastic feedback. take a look at the [...]
Gain Cooperation: Encourage and Facilitate Two-Way Conversation
Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes, in the nature of the case, different points of view. -Robert Hutchins Oprah Winfrey was the most successful daytime TV star of all time and is still one of the most influential people in America. When she promoted a book on her television [...]
