7 Reasons a Scavenger Hunt is a Better Teambuilding than an Escape Room Before jumping into a comparison of Scavenger Hunts vs. Escape Rooms, let me clarify what teambuilding is. In the Off-Site-Event world, you generally find three different types of programs: Team Bonding, Team Building and…
Details5 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).…
DetailsGreat 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…
DetailsFive 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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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”…
DetailsTeam 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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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.…
Details10 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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