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5 Ways Your Brain is Hijacking Your Ability to Lead

5 Ways Your Brain is Hijacking Your Ability to Lead While leading a recent teambuilding program, I found myself feeling a little muddled, foggy, and confused. My first question to myself was, “What did I have for lunch? Did I eat some gluten by mistake?” (I’m sensitive to wheat).…

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Great TED Talk: “The Joyful Perplexing World of Puzzle Hunts”

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Great TED Talk: “The Joyful Perplexing World of Puzzle Hunts” As a teambuilding scavenger hunt creator, my job is to keep teams of 4-6 people stimulated, challenged and engaged for approximately half a day. Imagine, however, if you were on a team of 60, and your hunt lasted not…

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Five Reasons Teammates Don’t Ask for Help – and Three Ways to Overcome It

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Five Reasons Teammates Don’t Ask for Help – and Three Ways to Overcome It By Dave Blum During a recent teambuilding scavenger hunt I was leading, a participant rushed up to me – exasperated – and exclaimed “I just don’t understand this clue!” (see below) “ So,…

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New Podcast Appearance

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Excited to be featured on Nancy Becher’s “When Pigs Fly podcast”:

https://www.spreaker.com/user/globalvoiceradio/ep-036-treasure-hunt-to-trust-with-dave- …

Learn the 5 components of trust and much more!

7 Ways to Minimize Competition in Teambuilding (While Maxing the FUN)

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7 Ways to Minimize Competition in Teambuilding (While Maxing the FUN) How many times have you heard a teambuilding participant say, “Yay, I can’t wait to compete. You other teams, watch out; you are all going DOWN!” Sounds fun, right? Not necessarily. Focusing on an “us-vs.-them”…

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Team Bonding, Team Building, Team Development — What’s the Difference?

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Team Bonding, Team Building, Team Development — What’s the Difference? Do you know that Team bonding, Team building, and Team development are not the same thing? Michelle Cummings does. She’s the Founder and President of Training Wheels, a “Creative Resource for Building Teams”. In this great article…

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Dr. Clue Appearance on Jonathan Senior’s “Funky Thinkers” podcast

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Check out my appearance on the Jonathan Senior’s Funky Thinker podcast. We talk about teambuilding, Elvis Costello, Gene Wilder, Elvis Costello and much more:

https://funkythinkers.com/dave-blum-team-building-that-is-actually-fun/

7 Ways to Mess Up a Teambuilding Scavenger Hunt

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7 Ways to Mess Up a Teambuilding Scavenger Hunt So you want to put on a scavenger hunt, huh? Well of course you do! Why wouldn’t you?!! Done right, a scavenger hunt is a superior way to build community, camaraderie and rapport in a fun, non-formal environment.…

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10 Ways to Mess up a Teambuilding Program

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10 Ways to Mess up a Teambuilding Program 1) Make the teams randomly. How many times has a client told you, “Oh, just have people number off—the team makeup doesn’t matter”, only to have the same old clique be randomly placed onto the same team? This is very common! …

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7 Public Speaking Tips for Team Leaders (and Why This Matters)

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7 Public Speaking Tips for Team Leaders (and Why This Matters) I believe we all can agree that when it comes to teams and teamwork, communication is everything. For the team leader, however, different situations require different kinds of communication. In every- day work life, the key…

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Michele Calope

BMS

JobTrain was seeking a new and exciting method of fundraising for our nonprofit, as well as exposing more individuals and organizations to the work that we do. We needed to find a new and unique way to engage new supporters to JobTrain, in particular a younger demographic. Hosting this team building event seemed like a great way to address both goals. Dr. Clue’s enthusiasm over the event matched well with the enthusiasm we were hoping to derive from the active younger demographic.

Dr. Clue was able to work with our organization, and its specific needs, to tailor a fun community-building event for our guests. He goes above and beyond to ensure that: 1) He fully understands your wants and 2) He fulfills them in a professional, friendly and approachable manner. Dr. Clue took time and care in understanding the unique mission and goals of our event and organization. It was a “thought partner” in refining the details of the event.

All of our guests were fully engaged in the event and had a fantastic time. The variety of clues, clue styles and difficulty level allowed for all participants to be included and feel accomplished. Our Dr. Clue facilitator was very engaging and inspiring, especially in his closing activity with the whole group!

Our guests enjoyed an amazing morning of teambuilding with their own peers, got a chance to meet other community members and made connections with other organizations at this multi-company event. This Treasure Hunt model allowed guests to release their inner child while solving puzzles like a modern Indiana Jones….what’s not to love?! Everyone enjoyed the challenge, the thinking and working together, the fun environment and the uniqueness of the event.

Dr. Clue’s Treasure Hunt allowed new organizations, and the individuals who work at those organizations, to become more familiar with JobTrain’s goals, work and community. We are excited about the new connects that were forged, and are looking forward to another Treasure Hunt, soon! Dr. Clue gave us a window into the possibilities of creating an event centered around on team building and uniting community activities. We are looking to build on this year’s event and grow for next year!

Kunal Kirti

Dr. Reddy’s Lab

Great learning the elements of team building with fun activity and enjoying the surroundings. You get to know the strength of individuals in a different setting, especially outside of work.

Mark Barnes

Trelleborg

I loved piecing together the clues and searching the historic town. Learned a lot more about the people around me.

Heather Morrison

Carolinas Healthcare

What I loved about the treasure hunt was the tour of Charlotte and seeing new places.

Wonderful experience and great team building.

Hugh Hunter

BioMarin

Dear Dave,

Dropping you a quick note to let you know how well-received The Dr. Clue Hunt at Universal Studios was. As you know, we have a team comprised of varied ages, personality types and physical statures. And, as advertised, the Hunt was a good fit for All. The comments I heard from our delegates were as such: “fun; just the right lengt;, challenging but not impossible; a great way to get to know your fellow associates. “

People definitely enjoyed this – and it helped further our “teaming”. As advised, The Hunt required a true team effort and utilizing every member’s skill set to solve the puzzles.

Thanks again! I would not hesitate to utilize your Dr. Clue services in the future when opportunity arises, as well as recommend to others.

George Kuniholm

BioMarin

Excellent Program; Fun, outdoors, plus learning.

Rachel Fortier

Procure4

We had a fantastic time on the scavenger hunt. It was a big hit with our team and by far one of the best team building events we’ve had.

Thank you so much for the enjoyable day!

Pauline Gehnrich

Peninsula Regional Medical Center

Our department (the Education Dept.) here at the Medical Center was VERY pleased with the event. They say it was the BEST teambuilding activity they have every done. And that is saying a lot – since this is what we do (doing workshops/activities, etc) – they can be rather critical.

Stephanie Loughran

Sun-Netscape Alliance

Awesome! We really had a blast and it was an incredible team building event. It really brings out everyone’s specific talents.