Facilitating Adventurous Conversations
If you are serious about the performance of your team, it is time to help them get the sleep they need. .
Trust is the glue that holds a team together and it is the most valuable element in a brand. It is also fragile and hard to build. This book examines how trust can be built and broken in business.
This guide is so concise it can be read in a lunch hour, yet it contains valuable insights that will help you and your team to thrive.
Here is a selection of team building activities that will energise your next team meeting, conference or training session.
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◀ 1 2 3 4 5 ▶It was tremendous to see Cambridge end a three year run of defeats with a win at the 2016 boat race. Rowing crews epitomise teamwork, powering along in unison while using all of their individual strength.
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Businesses are often advised to love their customers. Sir Richard Branson suggests that employees are more important to him than customers. With St Valentine’s Day approaching here are a few thoughts on the role of love in the workplace:
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For thousands of years, the head of the table has broken bread to signal the commencement of a meal. Celebration, or feasting, is an important practice for high performing teams. Our latest activity explores the similarities between building teams and making bread.
With the popularity of TV shows like ‘The Great British Bake Off’, alongside concerns over additives in commercial loaves, the art of baking bread is back in vogue. The smell of freshly baked bread is captivating and many say the process of kneading therapeutic. Making bread is a simple process but one that requires patience and control.
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Work related stress is a common complaint. The latest figures from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) show that the total number of cases of stress in 2011/12 was 428, 000 (40%) out of a total of 1, 073, 000 for all work-related illnesses. Team building exercises can help combat some of the reasons and symptoms of stress in the workplace.
A picture of stress in today’s workplace
Whilst a little stress can push people to achieve – too much stress can have damaging and far reaching effects not only on the individual suffering but for the company and other team members.
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It’s not always easy being a leader and there are some big ‘no-no’s that should be realised when in a position of authority. Which of these five mistakes could be holding your team back?
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For the ultimate exercise in developing trust, take your team out on the blindfolded 4×4 challenge for an experience that will never be forgotten.
Learn how to trust your colleagues!
Trust is something that is usually earned rather than gifted and without trust within the workings of a business, communication can become flawed, direction can be lost and ultimately the company can suffer as a result. Our blindfolded 4×4 challenge develops trust amongst colleagues. And it’s a real laugh too!…
A run through the countryside demonstrated how a group can quickly become a team when faced with an unexpected challenge.
Two ewes and four lambs were out of their field and roaming the woods on a local running route, so we responsibly set about coaxing them back through the gate to the rest of their flock. Only a video could do justice to the comedy value of a group waving, bahhing, heading off sheep and trying to behave like sheepdogs. However, on reflection, we went through the following team development process…
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Finding a team building event for a large department can be a challenge. The Activists want to run about while the Reflectors would rather observe. Pragmatists will ask ‘What’s the point of this?’ While Theorists might prefer to study and solve a complex puzzle.
We reckon we’ve developed a format that can please all of the people all of the time. We combine a variety of competitive team challenges to meet each participant’s preferred style, demonstrating that our differences can be the source of our success in a team….
For many ambitious employees the addition of the word manager to their job title is a proud moment. It conveys success, status and power. And rightly so. Line managers have more influence on employee productivity, engagement and retention than pay, work place conditions and even senior mangement.
Over 80% of managers are unsuitable
It’s therefore very concerning to discover that according to Gallup, 82% of those bearing the title aren’t up to the job!
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Recently, Richard Branson’s top tips for success have gone viral. Here at Fresh Tracks, we’re thrilled that he’s identified the importance of having fun with his team, something we agree with wholeheartedly.
Have you read Richard Branson’s top tips for success?
If you would like to follow his lead then get in contact to see how we can help develop your team and have fun in the process.
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