Team Building Articles

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Matthew Phipps @ Wednesday, 8th October 2008 @ 5:09 PM

From The Marina Village to The Holiday Inn in downtown San Diego there are thousands of Christmas or Holiday parties taking place every year in this beautiful county. The majority of the Christmas parties are for companies and corporations that are wanting to reward their employee's in the holiday season, by having a nice get together with co-workers and spouses for some fine dining and dancing. Having a Christmas party is easy, fun and most of all it is rewarding for everyone inv... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Sunday, 21st September 2008 @ 10:31 AM

If there is one constant in business it is that everything changes. Your business success is based upon a total team effort. The District of Columbia is a hub of business and commerce and therefore the team building in DC you choose to strengthen your team is essential to your bottom line. Team building is the same as family building. You need to gather your team together and project the vision of a successful business to each and every member of the team. This vision is one of a total e... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Friday, 5th September 2008 @ 9:14 AM

If you work in Washington DC or if you are leading a corporate team building retreat and you want to find somewhere fun to go where there are lots of team building opportunities, you should follow these tips to find fun team building exercises in DC. Having a great sense of teamwork is so important for businesses. After all most people spend more time with their co-workers during the week than they do with their families. So having a strong sense of teamwork is essential, and there are l... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Pamela Hollister @ Tuesday, 2nd September 2008 @ 10:55 AM

Thinking types make Decisions in a logical and analytical way. Before they commit to and support a Decision, everything about the subject has to be perfectly clear. They prefer to be objective and are somewhat detached, which tends to earn them the label of being impersonal. Thinkers weigh the pros and cons and take a step back to analyze the situation, logically and impersonally, asking themselves if this makes sense and what are the ramifications of the decision. Thinkers objectify the dec... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Jackie Khor @ Tuesday, 19th August 2008 @ 8:07 PM

Another fact I would like to share was that the honking of the geese we hear as they migrate is actually them encouraging each other to continue on. Okay, perhaps that could arguably be considered an opinion, but so what?! It made me think of how we can emulate the compassionate and wise behaviour of the geese. It also reminded me of something I have always felt and that is being in the company of like-minded people elicits a sense of strength, purpose, and community. So what can... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Shaun Parker @ Monday, 4th August 2008 @ 10:59 AM

If you wish to play an office prank on your colleagues then just try walking into the office and mentioning in passing that there is a company team building event planned soon. The looks of horror will cascade around the office as your colleagues picture the trust falls and group chanting in a secluded field somewhere around Dorset. Although his is an exaggeration, many employees are subjected each year to company team building events which include various hellish pursuits such as role pl... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Thursday, 24th July 2008 @ 6:49 PM

Many Los Angeles Companies today seem to be enamored with team building activities, games or tasks designed with the idea that throwing a mismatched group of employees into a situation outside of the normal workplace environment will somehow result in improving their ability to work. A lot of employees moan and grouch about the worthless waste of time that is Los Angeles team building, but despite skeptics and bad attitudes among some staff, there is a great deal of evidence to suggest that Los ... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 @ 7:09 PM

Every Los Angeles office wants the same thing for the individual departments within the office; to transcend the individual competition stage and work as a cohesive team. They want every department to be an energetic group of diverse individuals who are committed to achieving common objectives, who work well together, enjoy doing so and who produce high quality results. Of course, when you throw this diverse group of people together how likely is that to happen on its own? Not very. C... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Pamela Hollister @ Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 @ 6:23 PM

Communication is central to our life - we communicate with others every day, throughout the day. Understanding, appreciating and accommodating personality differences in communication style can bring major success to our effectiveness as a friend, spouse, employee, supervisor, trainer, leader and team member. People have different preferences in the way they take in and evaluate information and their orientation to the world around them. As we develop our awareness, understanding and appreciat... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Musa Aykac @ Thursday, 3rd July 2008 @ 2:24 AM

We all know that if you get a gift you will probably be happy for the rest of the day. Whether it is your birthday or any other occasion any human being will be happy with a surprise. So should this great attitude and aspect be taken into the workplace? The simple answer is yes. If there was a gift exchange set up in your office on a monthly basis, then the workers would have something to look forward to, instead of the same old routine day in day out. So what do you decide to get your colleague... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Tuesday, 1st July 2008 @ 8:16 PM

Studies and research have shown that the higher an employee's moral, the harder they'll work for their company and the better they'll treat the company's clients. In a very real way, the satisfaction of your employees has a correlation to the satisfaction of your clients, not to mention their level of productivity. Thus, one way to ensure that productivity stays up and clients are treated well is to maintain a high level of employee satisfaction. A trip to Los Angeles ... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Saturday, 28th June 2008 @ 7:30 AM

Chicago is one of the largest and richest cities in the world. The job market is so diverse that the city has earned a reputation for a very balanced economy. In addition to being varied, those companies are also plentiful. In fact, Chicago is home to the second largest central business district in the United States. With businesses playing such an important role in the city's economy, it shouldn't be surprising that many employers are willing to invest in Chicago team building... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Thursday, 5th June 2008 @ 8:37 AM

New York is the largest city in the United States, and as such it naturally has assumed the status of corporate capital of America, if not the world. Additionally, New York is one of the most often visited cities in the country due to its huge variety of sites and attractions. Even though there are countless landmarks and famous sites in New York, most tourists are still intent on using guidebooks to help themselves along. The problem is that most of these guide books only explain how to get fro... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Sunday, 25th May 2008 @ 10:46 PM

Teams are valuable because of their ability divide and conquer large tasks in an efficient and creative way. Everyone wants their teams to be strong and unified, but they need to be diverse too. In the best teams, team members are able to understand each other and work together without losing their sense of individual worth. After all, unity doesn't mean that differences need to be homogenized out of existence. Rather, it means the team has learned how to capitalize on group dynamics and ... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Friday, 9th May 2008 @ 3:56 AM

Life starts as we are born into teams, called families. At this point, the task of learning to "get along" begins. Then the task continues as we keep working in teams during school and careers. Why is "getting along" such a universal hardship. Perhaps it is because we are all so different and the way we think and express ourselves varies from person to person. Although some people do simply click when they come together, in most cases different personalities clash a little wh... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Ricardo d Argence @ Saturday, 19th April 2008 @ 7:33 AM

Finding ways to motivate employees to do their best and beyond is rewarding for both the employee and the business. A successful manager turns reasonable requests asked of their employees into incentives for a job well done. Motivated employees are your greatest line in defense in attaining quality job performance and meeting future goals. Motivation is a key ingredient to any success. A skillful manager provides a winning strategy by setting up targets for the employees to achie... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Thursday, 10th April 2008 @ 6:05 PM

There are many different companies, organizations, schools and other groups that could benefit from fun team building activities in Washington, D.C. Team Building Benefits Team building can help the people in your company, college or family work together and have fun during the process. As they work together in a fun environment, people learn how to communicate with each other and capitalize on individual strengths in a team setting. These skills can then be transferred to school, ... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Ricardo d Argence @ Wednesday, 19th March 2008 @ 10:34 PM

Team building has been around as a corporate training technique for decades, but recently it's fallen into disuse. Why? Because many of the techniques of team building seem more like play than work, perhaps. Or because managers decided that the team building they'd already done was enough to make the group cohesive and maximize their productivity. However, team building is a continuing process. As the military has found in decades of trial and error, when you have units o... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Gail Solish @ Tuesday, 18th March 2008 @ 7:52 PM

Changing habits is hard work. It has been said that it requires 21 times of doing something in order to make it a habit. Here are some ways to figure out how to turn unhelpful habits into positives. 1. Never Feeling Good Enough - Are you constantly evaluating everything you do and generally finding fault. Do you have an internal voice which critiques you on everything, seeing only the negatives, not the positives? This voice is often described as a "gremlin." When you are feeling ... more...

Business » Communication » Team Building | By Art Gib @ Thursday, 13th March 2008 @ 8:52 PM

Although not really well known to the laymen, the term "Hawthorne effect" has resounded in the social science world since the late 20s in America. The Hawthorne effect is basically known as a study of how high worker morale equals better work output. The morale is based a great deal on the social interactions between workers -- more so than the actual type and quality of work that is being done. This will be a small touch on what some of the study found as well as some team buildi... more...