Trust and Teambuilding–Who has your back?
Monday, April 27, 2009 by Dave Blum I watch a lot of sci-fi, and inevitably there’s a scene where the hero, preparing to rush into a laser fight, turns to his right-hand man (or woman, or droid) and says, “You cover me”. Think Han Solo and Chewbacca. This seems, to me, to be a great example of trust — […]
Trust and Teambuilding–Who has your back?
Monday, April 27, 2009 by Dave Blum I watch a lot of sci-fi, and inevitably there’s a scene where the hero, preparing to rush into a laser fight, turns to his right-hand man (or woman, or droid) and says, “You cover me”. Think Han Solo and Chewbacca. This seems, to me, to be a great example of trust — […]
Trust, Team Building, and Survivor…
Friday, April 24, 2009 by Dave Blum Team building is happening all over the world; you’ve got your corporate team building Atlanta, your corporate team building Dallas, your corporate team building Boston, your corporate team building Los Angeles…So why not team building: Tocantins, Brazil? Because that’s where the TV show, Survivor, is holding its current […]
Team building and Trust — A Five-Step Model
Thursday, April 23, 2009 by Dave Blum A few days ago, I mentioned a splendid little book by Hyler Bracey, Ph.D., called “Building Trust–How to Get It! How to Keep It!”. What I like about the book is that Bracey spells out the five elements of building trust in a *very* easy-to-understand, easy-to-remember model, with […]
Workplace Learning and Information
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 by Dave Blum I attended an interesting lecture yesterday evening by Pat Leonard, Executive VP for the American Management Association. The title of the speech was “The Power of Information in Employee Development”. Sounds a little dry, huh? In fact, Ms. Leonard’s content was rather timely, especially in her description of the […]
Teambuilding Ideas: Giving Feedback, Expressing Appreciation
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 by Dave Blum Expressing appreciation is absolutely vital in team leadership, and yet, how often do we managers actually do it with our team members? In his excellent little book, “Building Trust”, Hyler Bracey describes a common leadership myth: “I have to be competent, confident, firm and tough to get people to […]
New Dr. Clue Party & Social Hunts
Monday, April 20, 2009 by Dave Blum I’m excited to announce that my company, Dr. Clue, has opened a brand new party and social division. Although our specialty remains corporate team building activities (in the form of scavenger hunts), we decided that it would be a shame to exclude all the people who have been […]
Teambuilding and Emotions: Express Yourself
Friday, April 17, 2009 by Dave Blum Why is it that Corporate America is so afraid of feelings? Whenever I ask a potential client what they’re looking for in their team building exercises, they tend to answer the same way: “Well, what we DON’T want is one of those touchy-feely, New Age encounter groups where […]
Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover
Wednesday, April 15, 2009 by Dave Blum I try to keep these blogs on topic (treasure hunt ideas, scavenger hunt lists, team building exercises, etc.), but ocassionally something different comes along that I just have to share. That being said, you simply MUST check out this YouTube video. It’s from an English TV show called “Britain’s Got […]
One Last Bit About Game Theory, Team building and Collaboration
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 by Dave Blum Before I move on to a different subject (such as team building ideas, treasure hunt clues, scavenger hunt lists, etc.), I just wanted to wrap up my discussion of game theory with a brief description of the famous “Prisoner’s Dilemma”. The Prisoner’s Dilemma can be described as a […]