Teams Get a Clue

Teams Get a Clue

National Treasure and its sequel were big hits. The Amazing Race took Reality TV watchers on weekly adventures around the world. The DaVinci Code thrilled audiences with Tom Hanks’ clue-solving prowess. All of this adds up to the desire of teams to experience...
You Take the Cake

You Take the Cake

Team building programs are becoming more and more creative…and are requiring and building heightened levels of creativity. Consider the Teambuilding, Inc. activity, You Take the Cake!, in which participants are tasked with turning ordinary sheet cakes and loads of...
Team building steps out of the woods and into the zoo

Team building steps out of the woods and into the zoo

Team building programs of the 90’s took place in fields and forests. Remember ropes courses, both low and high, that allowed people to engage in a series of team activities and face self-imposed limitations while dangling from cables? The next decade ushered in...
Forced Ranking Diminishes Team Building

Forced Ranking Diminishes Team Building

I never liked forced ranking systems to “measure” employee performance and thin out the ranks. For those of you not familiar with this kind of employee measurement or rating system, basically the group leader, manager, or whoever makes a list of his or her people,...