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New Team Building Event

Written by on January 17, 2011 · 3 Comments

Way back in 1997 Fresh Tracks created the Chocolate Challenge it brought team building indoors and replaced military style tasks with a sensory experience that was both enormous fun and conveyed important messages about business and teamwork.

Team Building events past and present

The Chocolate Challenge & Team Machine are events we have created in the past but what will this years be?

Every few years we develop more events, like The Team Machine, and we are currently creating another completely original team building exercise that responds to the needs of the present time. Read more »

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The X Factor of teams

Written by on December 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

As we approach the year end it’s good to reflect on our achievements. It’s even more gratifying to reflect on the achievements of others, particularly those we’ve helped along the way.

Some time ago we were asked to create a team exercise for X Factor runners up JLS. As the video above shows their performance was outstanding and it’s no coincidence that a year later JLS are have become one of the most successful teams in their field.

Our normal candidates for our team building activities are work teams and during 2010 we’ve seen teams from industries including oil, wine and management consulting all raise their game having adopted some of the same principles that pop stars JLS exemplify: Read more »

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Tailored Team Building Exercises on Tap

Written by on December 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

August 2011 will mark Fresh Tracks’ 20th anniversary. During the past two decades we’ve designed, developed and delivered hundreds of experiential team building exercises.

Water team building activity

Along the way we’ve created some classics that we use again and again but we still get excited when a client gives us a brief to create something totally new.

For many years we’ve worked with a water company, monitoring their staff engagement and delivering an annual company conference. Part of the brief this year was to create a 30 minute team exercise for the conference that would entertain, involve and educate over 100 people. Read more »

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The Big Picture – Communicating Corporate Values

Written by on October 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Finding genuinely effective ways to communicate change in a business can be a challenge. Emails get deleted, newsletters get recycled and live presentations are easily forgotten.

the IMAX cinema

Team building at the largest cinema screen in the UK

With this conundrum in mind Foster’s Group approached Fresh Tracks to come up with a team activity that would bring to life the launch of their new company identity – Treasury Wine Estates. The strategic decision to separate the Foster’s beer and wine business marked a major change not just in name but also in culture, as the company transforms from a general drinks business to a wine specialist.

As with any change there was a degree of cynicism ahead of the conference, especially toward some of the new values and language being used.

Fresh Tracks responded by creating a challenge Read more »

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Funny Business – 5 ways to play at work and get more done

Written by on September 27, 2010 · 1 Comment

Can having fun at work boost productivity? Professor Babis Mainemelis from London Business School thinks so, his study with Sarah Ronson found that: “Play at work improves employees’ motivational and cognitive processes and diversionary play fosters creativity.”

innocent smoothies office
innocent are a very successful company and they enjoy promoting a fun and creative workplace 

See the film: innocent success is an inspirational and thought-provoking film that highlights the factors behind innocent’s achievements. This is a chance to go behind-the-scenes of this award-winning workplace and multi-million pound business, and learn some of their secrets to get the very best out of people.

Click here for a link to this film

And the Institute for Social Research found that companies with high employee engagement saw a 13.2% improvement in net income growth over a one year period.

Innocent smoothies grew their business from nothing to £100 million in just eight years with grass flooring, table football and an indoor picnic area, see how here.

So here are 5 fun ideas to get your team working smarter: Read more »

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Our Latest Workshop: 20 Ways to Build a Better Team

Written by on September 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Fresh Tracks have been in the business of building better teams for over 19 years and in that time there are certain messages – about the range of skills that are required for a great team to succeed, and the importance of communication and trust – that are often repeated.

Make sure you work as a team

We are sure that constant communication will make it into the top 20 list somewhere

However we all know there is a huge amount of collective wisdom out there and that we could all learn a lot by listening to each other’s experiences of creating and working with great teams.

So after the success of our last workshop, Creating Captivating Conferences, the next Fresh Tracks workshop will be about building better teams with examples drawn from our own expertise as well as from participants’ own experiences. Read more »

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New Resources: learn from over 19 years of experience

Written by on September 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand” Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC).

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We have condensed over 19 years of experience into these books, exercises and DVD

In a world of iPods, iPads and 3D TV, it is perhaps surprising that technology has yet to find a more memorable and effective way to put across a message than the simple act of doing.

For over 19 years Fresh Tracks have been coming up with practical activities that improve understanding. We appreciate that it’s not always possible to take a team out for a day and so we’ve developed a selection of resources that can be used in team meetings and training sessions. Read more »

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What a laugh – Our new laughter workout

Written by on September 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Much like exercise, laugh hard enough and your muscles will begin to ache. Similar to physical exertion, when we laugh the elation we feel combats the effects of stress, our body relaxes and endorphins (natural painkillers) are released into the blood stream.

A laughter workshop from Fresh Tracks

'According to my research, laughter is the best medicine, giggling is good for mild infections, chuckling works for monor cuts and briuses, and sniggering only makes things worse.'

Last week Fresh Tracks ran our first Laughter Workout at a conference for a team from the BBC. This 45 minute energiser led by our expert Amanda Bate had some participants crying with laughter. Although different people respond in different ways everyone felt able to participate and even the most reserved delegate came away having felt a natural high. Read more »

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New Team Building Event: The Bigger Picture

Written by on August 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Try our newest team building event and create a giant piece of sand art that represents your team’s strengths and character.

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Work with your team and see the bigger picture

The day starts with a facilitated discussion about the nature of teams and what kind of team the group is. After a session encouraging creativity and different approaches to art, the team is asked to begin designing a piece of art that can be scaled up to a finished product of around 100m long. Read more »

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Event Planning – Life affirming or soul destroying?

Written by on August 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Organising an event, conference or team building day can be a fun and creative process that gives you the opportunity to develop new ideas and rise to new challenges. Or it can be a time-consuming task that drains the life-force from you, adding furrows to your brow. Occasionally it can be a bit of both.

If involved in training and events a “Keep Calm and Carry On” attitude will stand you in good stead

If involved in training and events a “Keep Calm and Carry On” attitude will stand you in good stead

To make it more of the former and less of the latter, the key is to have an approach that will cover three key elements: Content – what is it that people will be doing/listening to?; Delivery – who is responsible for running the activity or programme on the day?; and finally, Venue – where will it take place? Read more »

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