| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership Joan Garry, 2017-03-06 Nonprofit leadership is messy Nonprofits leaders are optimistic by nature. They believe with time, energy, smarts, strategy and sheer will, they can change the world. But as staff or board leader, you know nonprofits present unique challenges. Too many cooks, not enough money, an abundance of passion. It’s enough to make you feel overwhelmed and alone. The people you help need you to be successful. But there are so many obstacles: a micromanaging board that doesn’t understand its true role; insufficient fundraising and donors who make unreasonable demands; unclear and inconsistent messaging and marketing; a leader who’s a star in her sector but a difficult boss… And yet, many nonprofits do thrive. Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership will show you how to do just that. Funny, honest, intensely actionable, and based on her decades of experience, this is the book Joan Garry wishes she had when she led GLAAD out of a financial crisis in 1997. Joan will teach you how to: Build a powerhouse board Create an impressive and sustainable fundraising program Become seen as a ‘workplace of choice’ Be a compelling public face of your nonprofit This book will renew your passion for your mission and organization, and help you make a bigger difference in the world. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Type Talk at Work (Revised) Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen, Hile Rutledge, 2009-10-21 What’s Your Type at Work? Are you one of those organized people who always complete your projects before they are due? Or do you put off getting the job done until the very last possible moment? Is your boss someone who readily lets you know how you are doing? Or does she always leave you unsure of precisely where you stand? Do you find that a few people on your team are incredibly creative but can never seem to get to a meeting on time? Do others require a specific agenda at the meeting in order to focus on the job at hand? Bestselling authors Otto Kroeger and Janet Thuesen make it easy to recognize your own type and those of your co-workers in Type Talk at Work, a revolutionary guide to understanding your workplace and thriving in it. fully revised and updated for its 10th anniversary, this popular classic now features a new chapter on leadership, showing you how to be more effective on the job. Get the most out of your employees—and employers—using the authors’ renowned expertise on typology. With Type Talk at Work, you’ll never look at the office the same way again! |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Lessons from Mars Carlos Valdes-Dapena, 2018-10-26 Lessons from Mars challenges the prevailing orthodoxy of corporate team building and offers an alternative framework along with a set of tools and techniques. Based on the author's 20-plus years of experience working with teams and six years of research specifically on Mars teams, the book offers a unique view into this closely-held private company and how it has unlocked the power of collaboration. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Pocket Guide to Facilitating Human Connections Rod Lee, Chad Littlefield, 2015-05-18 This incredible resource is a guide to facilitating powerful activities to create more connected and more engaged teams. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Organizational Behavior Stephen P. Robbins, Tim Judge, 2009 Robbins/Judge provide the research you want in the language your students understand; accompanied with the best selling self-assessment software, SAL. Some topics include management functions; the social sciences; helping employees balance work and other responsibilities; improving people skills; improving customer service; motivational concepts; communication; power and politics; conflict and negotiation; culture; and stress management. Globally accepted and written by one of the most foremost authors in the field, this is a necessary read for all managers, human resource workers, and anyone needing to understand and improve their people skills. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: 50 Digital Team-Building Games John Chen, 2012-05-01 Use technology to increase loyalty and productivity in your employees 50 Digital Team-Building Games offers fun, energizing meeting openers, team activities, and group adventures for business teams, using Twitter, GPS, Facebook, smartphones, and other technology. The games can be played in-person or virtually, and range from 5-minute ice-breakers to an epic four-hour GPS-based adventure. Designed to be lead by managers, facilitators, presenters, and speakers, the activities help teams and groups get comfortable with technology, get to know each other better, build trust, improve communication, and more. No need to be a techie to lead these games—they're simple and well-scripted. Author John Chen is the CEO of Geoteaming, a company that uses technology and adventure to teach teams how to collaborate. How to lead a simple, fast, fun team building activity with easy-to-follow instructions How to create successful virtual team building that requires NO travel and little to no additional expenses How to engage standoffish engineers, hard to reach technical teams, or Gen X/Y teammates with technology they enjoy using Successful technology-based team building can build buzz for your company, build critically important relationships and communication internally, and keep your team talking about it for weeks afterward! |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Big Book of Team Building Games: Trust-Building Activities, Team Spirit Exercises, and Other Fun Things to Do Edward E. Scannell, John W. Newstrom, 1997-12-22 Did you know that games can be a terrifically effective way to build team spirit, communication, and trust among people who work together day in and day out? Now you can spark morale in any work group by choosing from 70 stimulating games and activities specifically designed for the manager who's looking to raise sagging morale in a department, liven up boring staff meetings, enable team members to collaborate smoothly and effectively, and much more! |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Art of Gathering Priya Parker, 2020-04-14 Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read! --Chris Anderson, owner and curator of TED From the host of the New York Times podcast Together Apart, an exciting new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together—at home, at work, in our communities, and beyond. In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive--which they don't have to be. We rely too much on routine and the conventions of gatherings when we should focus on distinctiveness and the people involved. At a time when coming together is more important than ever, Parker sets forth a human-centered approach to gathering that will help everyone create meaningful, memorable experiences, large and small, for work and for play. Drawing on her expertise as a facilitator of high-powered gatherings around the world, Parker takes us inside events of all kinds to show what works, what doesn't, and why. She investigates a wide array of gatherings--conferences, meetings, a courtroom, a flash-mob party, an Arab-Israeli summer camp--and explains how simple, specific changes can invigorate any group experience. The result is a book that's both journey and guide, full of exciting ideas with real-world applications. The Art of Gathering will forever alter the way you look at your next meeting, industry conference, dinner party, and backyard barbecue--and how you host and attend them. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Retreats That Work Merianne Liteman, Sheila Campbell, Jeffrey Liteman, 2012-06-29 Based on the best-selling first edition, this greatly expanded and updated version contains forty-seven new activities, more information about how to design and lead retreats, and additional suggestions for how to recover when things go wrong. A CD-ROM allows you to print out chapters for distribution to key leaders, duplicate templates, and produce handouts for specific exercises. Whether you're planning to lead an offsite retreat for the first time or the ninety-ninth time, this easy-to-use, one-stop resource provides: Step-by-step instructions for leading a wide variety of tested exercises. Insight into establishing effective working relationships with clients. Information on what to include in your retreat designs. Suggestions for encouraging participants to speak up and play an active role. Tools for managing conflict. Guidance on making decisions during a retreat and changing course when necessary. Strategies for developing and implementing action plans. Tips for follow-up so you can keep the change train on track. Order your copy of this practical guide today! |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: 75+Team Building Activities for Remote Teams Christopher Littlefield, 2020-10-03 This book is for leaders committed to building a great remote team culture, but who don't have time or know where to start. Whether you're new to remote work or have been working remotely for years, there's enough on your plate already without thinking about how to connect with and engage your team. I wrote this book to do just that and take one thing off your to-do list.The book is intentionally short: low on reading and high on actions.It's organized in such a way that you can open it five minutes before your meeting to grab a quick game or sit down to plan a longer virtual team retreat. In the first few pages you will find a Quick Reference Guide to help you find exactly what you need.You will have access to 75+ activity ideas and hundreds of questions to help make your remote meetings, one on ones, and day-to-day virtual interactions more engaging.Beyond games, you will find team reflection activities, stay conversation questions, a unique end of the year team celebration idea, and more. You will also find simple ways to virtually learn, stay healthy, and celebrate together as a team.The only thing you need to do is take action.Free BonusesWhen you purchase this book, you will gain access to copies of the following free handouts and downloads:75+ Team Building Activities Quick Reference GuideA printable quick reference of the book to keep on your desk with reminders of key concepts, sample meeting agendas, and more.Know Your People FormA form to track all the information you should know about your people.COVID-19 ResourcesQuestions to help you understand what your people are facing each day, a list of five things that should be on every virtual meeting agenda, and tips to help your team consciously transition back to work when the time comes.One Year Subscription to the Beyond Thank You Remote Team NudgeWhen you download the free bonus, you will have the opportunity to sign up for the Beyond Thank You Remote Team Nudge. Every two weeks, I will send out activities, meeting prompts, and other ideas from this book directly to your email - a little nudge to remind you to take action. If these are unhelpful, you can unsubscribe any time. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Big Book of Team Coaching Games: Quick, Effective Activities to Energize, Motivate, and Guide Your Team to Success Mary Scannell, Mike Mulvihill, Joanne Schlosser, 2013-07-19 The fun and effective way to BOOST ENGAGEMENT and PRODUCTIVITY Teams that enjoy working together operate on a whole different energy level than teams that don't. They break down silos. They build stronger relationships. They retain what they have learned. And THEY DRIVE RESULTS. The Big Book of Team Coaching Games provides the structure and games you need to build and manage powerful teams. Packed with dozens of physical and verbal activities, it leads you step-by-step through the process of teaching team members how to identify their values, leverage their strengths, and reach their goals--and have fun while they’re doing it! Nothing can stop the momentum of a team that wants to get things done. The Big Book of Team Coaching Games is the ideal playbook for making sure your teams contribute more than their share to the bottom line. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Big Book of Conflict Resolution Games: Quick, Effective Activities to Improve Communication, Trust and Collaboration Mary Scannell, 2010-05-28 Make workplace conflict resolution a game that EVERYBODY wins! Recent studies show that typical managers devote more than a quarter of their time to resolving coworker disputes. The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games offers a wealth of activities and exercises for groups of any size that let you manage your business (instead of managing personalities). Part of the acclaimed, bestselling Big Books series, this guide offers step-by-step directions and customizable tools that empower you to heal rifts arising from ineffective communication, cultural/personality clashes, and other specific problem areas—before they affect your organization's bottom line. Let The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games help you to: Build trust Foster morale Improve processes Overcome diversity issues And more Dozens of physical and verbal activities help create a safe environment for teams to explore several common forms of conflict—and their resolution. Inexpensive, easy-to-implement, and proved effective at Fortune 500 corporations and mom-and-pop businesses alike, the exercises in The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games delivers everything you need to make your workplace more efficient, effective, and engaged. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Art of Professional Connections Gloria Petersen, 2013-02 The fourth book in The Art of Professional Connections series, Event Strategies for Successful Business Entertaining addresses the basics of organizing business events-everything from cultural events and sporting activities to educational conferences and trade shows. You will learn what you need to know about staging, hosting, and participating in events. It will guide you step by step from the initial planning stages to the last and most important step afterward: the debriefing. It will make you comfortable being the host or being a guest, being a participant or merely a spectator. Most importantly, this book and all the books in The Art of Professional Connections series are about being prepared, about creating the right conditions and the best atmosphere for solidifying relationships with clients, customers, prospects, and employees. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Gamestorming Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, James Macanufo, 2010-07-14 Great things don't happen in a vacuum. But creating an environment for creative thinking and innovation can be a daunting challenge. How can you make it happen at your company? The answer may surprise you: gamestorming. This book includes more than 80 games to help you break down barriers, communicate better, and generate new ideas, insights, and strategies. The authors have identified tools and techniques from some of the world's most innovative professionals, whose teams collaborate and make great things happen. This book is the result: a unique collection of games that encourage engagement and creativity while bringing more structure and clarity to the workplace. Find out why -- and how -- with Gamestorming. Overcome conflict and increase engagement with team-oriented games Improve collaboration and communication in cross-disciplinary teams with visual-thinking techniques Improve understanding by role-playing customer and user experiences Generate better ideas and more of them, faster than ever before Shorten meetings and make them more productive Simulate and explore complex systems, interactions, and dynamics Identify a problem's root cause, and find the paths that point toward a solution |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Three Minute Meditator David Harp, Nina Smiley, 2008-08 Meditation produces a mental state known as mindfulness, characterized by clarity, insight, and serenity, no matter what's going on in the outside world. Unfortunately, many people feel they're too busy to sit down for a relaxed meal, much less set aside time to meditate. The Three Minute Meditator was written for those harried souls who crave the benefits of mindfulness but who feel they just don't have the time. It offers an easy-to-follow seven-step program that can be put into practice immediately and by anyone. Written in plain, jargon-free English, this simple plan shows that meditation doesn't need to be arcane, difficult, or painful, that it won't take time away from anything else, and that it can be learned and practiced in quick spurts throughout the day. Also included are special sections on how to apply mindfulness techniques to physical pain, relationships, aging, parenting, and other issues. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Moose on the Table Jim Clemmer, 2007-10 Failed communications are crippling workplaces across the globe - sapping energy from staff and weakening entire organizations. In this edutaining organizational fable, you'll get realistic scenarios and solutions, showing how individuals and organizations should address issues that cost organizations millions or even billions of dollars in wasted effort every year. ...most will recognize the real frustrations and challenges of a corporation, and a life, trying to pull itself back from disaster. I found myself thinking about my actions, or lack thereof, in similar situations from my past and wondering if I, too, could overcome my fear of moose on the table and lead change. Easy and fun to read, Moose on the Table might be just the tale for those about to embark on a quest for change in their own lives or organizations. Laurie Blake, Editor Workplace magazine I just finished reading your book, Moose on the Table: A Novel Approach to Communications @ Work. I honestly couldn't put it down! I loved the book and the storyline. The characters are so true to life. I'm sure there are a lot of people out there who can seriously identify with one or more of these characters and situations. You hit the nail on the head (or should I say Moose head) and drove the message home. After reading the book, it has encouraged me to find my moose, work more effectively and have more courageous conversations with not only my own team but top management team members as well. No more going along to get along...that's not the kind of life I want to lead! Belinda Pianezza, Product Manager HR.com |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: 50 Communications Activities, Icebreakers, and Exercises Peter Garber, 2008 Have fun presenting these activities and build your employeesOCO communication skills in just minutes. Communication plays such a big part in our lives today. Yet sometimes we get busy and forget just how important communication is to our success, relationships and happiness. 50 Communication Activities, Icebreakers and Activities is a great way to: Increase participantsOCO awareness of how they communicate; Help them to build expertise in a variety of essential skills and competencies; Prepare them to deal effectively with the many types of communication challenges they face every day. Each activity focuses on some facet of communication and includes a description, time guideline, purpose, resources, presentation, debrief, difficulty rating and variations to make implementation easy. Each individual activity takes only minutes to complete. Together this collection contains a wealth of insight, tips and guidance to prepare employees to become confident communicators who enjoy stronger relationships and greater success and satisfaction on the job. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Knowledge Solutions Olivier Serrat, 2017-05-22 This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. This book comprehensively covers topics in knowledge management and competence in strategy development, management techniques, collaboration mechanisms, knowledge sharing and learning, as well as knowledge capture and storage. Presented in accessible “chunks,” it includes more than 120 topics that are essential to high-performance organizations. The extensive use of quotes by respected experts juxtaposed with relevant research to counterpoint or lend weight to key concepts; “cheat sheets” that simplify access and reference to individual articles; as well as the grouping of many of these topics under recurrent themes make this book unique. In addition, it provides scalable tried-and-tested tools, method and approaches for improved organizational effectiveness. The research included is particularly useful to knowledge workers engaged in executive leadership; research, analysis and advice; and corporate management and administration. It is a valuable resource for those working in the public, private and third sectors, both in industrialized and developing countries. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Solutions Oriented Leader Dr. Rick Goodman, 2019-04-16 It's time to be part of the “Solution Revolution” and join the thousands of leaders and companies throughout the world who are becoming solution-oriented leaders. It’s all based on the lessons in this step-by-step guide developed by author, keynote speaker, and international leadership expert Dr. Rick Goodman. You’ll discover how to Transform Your Thinking, Optimize Your Assets, and Accelerate Your Connectivity to achieve world-class balance and results in your business and in your life. In this first-of-a-kind, comprehensive guide, author Dr. Rick Goodman leads you through the everyday challenges of the modern workplace while providing you with easy-to-implement solutions to achieve world-class results! The Solutions Oriented Leader shows you how to: Implement transformational leadership tools to help you achieve balance in business and your life Utilize communication systems that increase employee engagement and workflow Develop a positive attitude that motivates your team and increases retention Handle conflict and manage workplace burnout Now you can be in control of your destiny—giving yourself permission to be successful! You can become a leader who inspires others for a lifetime. You can harness your positive attitude and share it to propel your business to new heights. With the Solutions-Oriented mindset, you now have the business and life playbook promoting productivity, boosting employee engagement, and creating a happy work environment. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Weslandia Paul Fleischman, 2022-02-01 This fantastical picture book, like its hero, is bursting at the seams with creativity. . . . a vigorous shot in the arm to nonconformists everywhere — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Enter the witty, intriguing world of Weslandia! Now that school is over, Wesley needs a summer project. He’s learned that each civilization needs a staple food crop, so he decides to sow a garden and start his own — civilization, that is. He turns over a plot of earth, and plants begin to grow. They soon tower above him and bear a curious-looking fruit. As Wesley experiments, he finds that the plant will provide food, clothing, shelter, and even recreation. It isn’t long before his neighbors and classmates develop more than an idle curiosity about Wesley — and exactly how he is spending his summer vacation. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures Henri Lipmanowicz, Keith McCandless, 2014-10-28 Smart leaders know that they would greatly increase productivity and innovation if only they could get everyone fully engaged. So do professors, facilitators and all changemakers. The challenge is how. Liberating Structures are novel, practical and no-nonsense methods to help you accomplish this goal with groups of any size. Prepare to be surprised by how simple and easy they are for anyone to use. This book shows you how with detailed descriptions for putting them into practice plus tips on how to get started and traps to avoid. It takes the design and facilitation methods experts use and puts them within reach of anyone in any organization or initiative, from the frontline to the C-suite. Part One: The Hidden Structure of Engagement will ground you with the conceptual framework and vocabulary of Liberating Structures. It contrasts Liberating Structures with conventional methods and shows the benefits of using them to transform the way people collaborate, learn, and discover solutions together. Part Two: Getting Started and Beyond offers guidelines for experimenting in a wide range of applications from small group interactions to system-wide initiatives: meetings, projects, problem solving, change initiatives, product launches, strategy development, etc. Part Three: Stories from the Field illustrates the endless possibilities Liberating Structures offer with stories from users around the world, in all types of organizations -- from healthcare to academic to military to global business enterprises, from judicial and legislative environments to R&D. Part Four: The Field Guide for Including, Engaging, and Unleashing Everyone describes how to use each of the 33 Liberating Structures with step-by-step explanations of what to do and what to expect. Discover today what Liberating Structures can do for you, without expensive investments, complicated training, or difficult restructuring. Liberate everyone's contributions -- all it takes is the determination to experiment. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Career and Corporate Cool Rachel Weingarten, 2007-10-19 Praise for Career and Corporate Cool Weingarten provides entertaining and intelligent insights as well as a valuable, and very cool,? read. —Gerry Byrne, Chairman and founder, The Quill Awards/The Quills Literacy Foundation and Senior Advisor, Parade Publications and Nielsen Business Media You no longer have to be part of the Old Boy's Club to succeed in business-you just have to know how to navigate the terrain. With a sense of humor, hard-earned wisdom, and practical advice, Weingarten?redefines the rules of business in Career and Corporate Cool. —Georgette Mosbacher, CEO, Borghese Cosmetics In Career and Corporate Cool, Weingarten, known for her unique way of blending philanthropic ideals with business needs, shares her advice and humor on?all things business-from networking, communication, and interaction to fashion, beauty, and overall style for every aspect of your career. —Elizabeth Woolfe, Program Director, Fashion Targets Breast Cancer/Council of Fashion Designers of America Reading Career and Corporate Cool was like getting sage advice from a wise and witty best friend. While it is a must-read for anyone just starting their career path, it is equally relevant for grizzled corporate veterans as well. —Keith Nowak, Media Relations Manager, Nokia Rachel's insights are funny AND informative! Prepare yourself for a fun read. —Susan Safier, Vice President, Product Placement, 20th Century Fox Career and Corporate Cool is filled with juicy insights and laugh-out-loud moments. Weingarten has cleverly captured the essence of an elusive commodity-now that is cool! —Jillian Kogan, Director, MTV Production Events & Concert Services |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Waking Up Sam Harris, 2015-06-16 Spirituality.The search for happiness --Religion, East and West --Mindfulness --The truth of suffering --Enlightenment --The mystery of consciousness.The mind divided --Structure and function --Are our minds already split? --Conscious and unconscious processing in the brain --Consciousness is what matters --The riddle of the self.What are we calling I? --Consciousness without self --Lost in thought --The challenge of studying the self --Penetrating the illusion --Meditation.Gradual versus sudden realization --Dzogchen: taking the goal as the path --Having no head --The paradox of acceptance --Gurus, death, drugs, and other puzzles.Mind on the brink of death --The spiritual uses of pharmacology. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Forum Retreat Planning Guide: A Planning Guide for Forums to Organize and Conduct Effective Retreats Ellie Byrd, 2015-12-06 The Forum Retreat Planning Guide, 3rd edition, is a must-have for any Forum planning their annual Forum Retreat. This book provides step-by-step instructions on how to plan a successful retreat including: identifying objectives, defining parameters, selecting a theme, building an agenda, hiring a facilitator, handling difficult situations, avoiding pitfalls and selecting meaningful exercises. This 259-page book includes 175 pages of exercises, categorized by objective and level of depth. The information in this book can be utilized for corporate retreats, peer team retreats or with any executive group that is seeking to build relationships and increase authenticity. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Boost! Michael Bar-Eli, 2017-10-02 To perform better in any situation - in your career, hobbies, relationships, or in any facet of your life - it is critical to develop psychological skills, which, just like physical abilities, can be taught, learned, and practiced. Both as individuals and as groups, we can tone these psychological skills and use them to heighten awareness, foster talents and technical abilities, and reach peak performance. Mental preparedness and psychological awareness are the keys to thriving in any environment. Few understand the importance of psychological skills better than the internationally recognized professor Michael Bar-Eli. As both a sports and organizational psychologist for more than 35 years, Bar-Eli has not only researched the science of performance but has also worked directly with elite athletes, coaches, and teams to help them improve their success on the court or field. Boost! takes the lessons he's learned from sports psychology and translates them for leaders and managers at any stage in their career. With prescriptive advice, Bar-Eli illustrates how anyone can apply these lessons to better support and inspire co-workers and employees and create a sustainable, successful working environment and business. Boost! breaks down the complex behavioral science of getting ahead. Through original scientific research, unique case studies, and anecdotes from the world of sports and beyond, Bar-Eli explains the psychological underpinnings of human behavior and how we can harness this knowledge to perform at our highest levels, succeeding in our careers and personal lives. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: MediaSpace Nick Couldry, Anna McCarthy, 2004-11-23 Media Space explores the importance of ideas of space and place to understanding the ways in which we experience the media in our everyday lives. Essays from leading international scholars address the kinds of space created by media and the effects that spacial arrangements have on media forms. Case studies focus on a wide variety of subjects and locales, from in-flight entertainment to mobile media such as personal stereos and mobile phones, and from the electronic spaces of the Internet to the shopping mall. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers Brian Cole Miller, 2015-03-25 Eliminate the need for time or resources on formal training and get your teams up and running themselves--with only minutes of prep. Between workplace personnel being more culturally diverse than ever before, a generation of employees being raised attached to technology while avoiding human interaction, and an increasing culture of competitiveness that is constantly raising tensions between cubicles, it has become absolutely essential for managers to focus more on camaraderie and building team spirit. Now in its second edition, Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers addresses the problems that drag down group productivity and helps teams: Collaborate successfully Cope with change Solve problems together Communicate better despite cultural and generational differences Boost creativit Leverage diversity Nurture healthy competition Each of the 50 team-building activities in this invaluable resource takes only minutes to prep and uses only everyday office items to get its point across. In just 15 minutes a day, the results will be immediate: sullen teams find sparkle, nervous teams gain confidence, teams of strangers get to know one another. There are even activities to help the virtual team! No one will be left out, and all with leave the activity feeling better about their team and their individual role within it. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Dare to Lead Brené Brown, 2018-10-09 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work. But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can’t do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start. Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? In this new book, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the no-BS style that millions of readers have come to expect and love. Brown writes, “One of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. It’s learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. It’s why we’re here.” Whether you’ve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or you’re new to Brené Brown’s work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Retreats That Work Sheila Campbell, Merianne Liteman, 2003-02-03 Retreats That Work is a practical, easy-to-use guide, full of step-by-step instructions for leading a wide variety of tested exercises. You'll learn how to design and facilitate retreats that will keep participants energized and on-task. Campbell and Liteman know what can go wrong at a retreat and what to do about it. They know how to turn difficult situations around and how to deal effectively with conflict, difficult participants, and resistance to change. With Retreats That Work, you will too. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Fear Is Fuel Patrick Sweeney, 2020-02-03 Fear, the most powerful force in our life, is the least understood. Every one of us experiences it. Many arrange their lives to avoid it. Yet nearly every one of us needs to find more fear. Most of us know fear as the unwanted force that drives phobias, anxieties, unhappiness, and inhibits self-actualization. Ironically, fear is the underlying phenomenon that heightens awareness and optimizes physical performance, and can drive ambition, courage, and success. Harnessing fear can heighten emotional intelligence and bring success to every aspect of your life. Neuroscience and current research on how the brain processes and uses fear have torn the lid off the possibilities of human performance; yet most people are not reaching their complete potential because of a psychological roadblock Sweeney calls the Fear Frontier. Identifying your Fear Frontier and addressing it, Sweeney illustrates in these pages, is the path to success, happiness and fulfillment in almost all aspects of your life. He also provides the most effective steps toward rewiring your mind for a healthier longer life based on courage. Fear is Fuel is a practical guide that instructs readers on a unique path toward translating fear into optimal living. By facing fears, and challenging new ones, readers can harness the power of unique motivations to achieve more, experience more, and enjoy more. The path to a fulfilling life is not to avoid fear but to recognize it, understand it, harness it, and unleash its power. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Leader's Digest Jim Clemmer, 2003 Leadership is a popular topic today because it's so central to personal, team, and organization success. This has led to a confusing multitude of leadership grids, charts, formulas, jargon, fads, charismatic stories, and buzzwords. Drawing on decades of research, extensive experience coaching and developing thousands of managers, and previous bestselling books, Jim Clemmer distills today's leadership information overload to its core essentials. The result is a series of insights and bite-sized briefings on the timeless principles of leading people, The Leader's Digest. If you're looking for a book that illuminates the topic of leadership in a useful, readable, and lively way, this is it. Warren Bennis Distinguished Professor of Business, USC, and Co-author of GEEKS AND GEEZERS: How Era, Values and Defining Moments Shape Leaders Easy to digest...presenting it in easily accessible snippets is a smart way to reach leaders who are usually busy, well, leading rather than reading. Recommended Readings, Marketing Magazine An incredibly readable and useful collection of wit and wisdom on today's most critical success factor - leadership. David Chilton, author The Wealthy Barber |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Fired Up! Gregory Paul Smith, 2010-04-21 Build a high energy workplace that accelerates performance, generates more profits, increases sales and provides outstanding customer service. Fired Up! is packed with ideas, tips and practical information to help you become a better leader and create an exceptional place to work that attracts, retains and motivates your workforce. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Diversity Training Activity Book Jonamay Lambert, Selma Myers, 2009 The Diversity Training Activity Book addresses such fundamental issues as change, communication, gender at work, and conflict resolution. Filled with activities, role playing exercises, sample icebreakers, and case studies, this book will help all employees create a more harmonious, open workplace no matter what their cultural background. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Lurking on the High Wire Van Argan, 2018-08-23 The truth gets contorted when acrobats become suspects… An idyllic Hawaiian retreat turns deadly for a group of performers and designers when their director is found stabbed to death in the forest. It will be up to Pari Malik and her assistant, Campbell, to unravel the tangled web of intrigue and circus politics to discover the true culprit. They’ll maneuver to expose shocking secrets, hidden agendas, and veiled truths. The intricate personal relationships of the troupe complicate matters, as does the ultra-modern glass dome lodging they’re all housed in. The sudden appearance of ancient Hawaiian daggers only makes matters worse. And when a brazen accusation from the main suspect puts Pari’s reputation at risk, it’s a race against the clock to uncover the true murderer (or murderers) and see them brought to justice. Lurking on the High Wire” is a clever and captivating novel, the fourth in the Pari Malik mystery series. It can be read as a stand-alone book or as part of the series. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Infinite Game Simon Sinek, 2019-10-15 From the New York Times bestselling author of Start With Why and Leaders Eat Last, a bold framework for leadership in today’s ever-changing world. How do we win a game that has no end? Finite games, like football or chess, have known players, fixed rules and a clear endpoint. The winners and losers are easily identified. Infinite games, games with no finish line, like business or politics, or life itself, have players who come and go. The rules of an infinite game are changeable while infinite games have no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers—only ahead and behind. The question is, how do we play to succeed in the game we’re in? In this revelatory new book, Simon Sinek offers a framework for leading with an infinite mindset. On one hand, none of us can resist the fleeting thrills of a promotion earned or a tournament won, yet these rewards fade quickly. In pursuit of a Just Cause, we will commit to a vision of a future world so appealing that we will build it week after week, month after month, year after year. Although we do not know the exact form this world will take, working toward it gives our work and our life meaning. Leaders who embrace an infinite mindset build stronger, more innovative, more inspiring organizations. Ultimately, they are the ones who lead us into the future. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Writing the Cozy Mystery Phyllis M. Betz, 2024-08-05 This book brings together essays written by a number of well-known writers of cozy mysteries, including Sherry Harris, Amanda Flower, Leslie Budewitz, and Edith Maxwell, among others, who provide insight into their approaches to writing. Topics covered include how they work with the form, develop characters and settings, and utilize the particular hook, skill or business that establishes the protagonist's ability to solve crimes. In addition to discussing these traditional aspects of writing, several authors focus on how they have expanded the direction the contemporary cozy mystery has taken with the inclusion of more diverse characters and social issues. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Falling for the Billionaire's Daughter (The Sutton Billionaires Book 6) Lori Ryan, 2020-05-19 He can’t trust the people who should have his back… Pressured by his boss to connect with his new team, the last thing Kaeden O’Shea needs is a woman in the way—one who clearly has something to hide. But his instincts have him on high alert and he can’t shake the idea that he needs to ride to her rescue. Running, hiding, and planting misleading clues means Joy Wilson doesn’t dare let anyone get close. Not even the man who tempts her at every turn…because there’s too much at stake. Too much she has to protect. Two missions collide, and all bets are off. Steamy romance meets heart-stopping suspense in the Sutton Billionaires Series. This is the sixth book in the series but it can be read as a standalone story with no cliffhangers. If you’d rather start at book one, grab The Billionaire Deal by Lori Ryan. This book was previously released as part of the Sutton Capital Series under the name According to Plan. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Start-up Nation Dan Senor, Saul Singer, 2011-09-07 What the world can learn from Israel's meteoric economic success. Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel -- a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources-- produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK? With the savvy of foreign policy insiders, Senor and Singer examine the lessons of the country's adversity-driven culture, which flattens hierarchy and elevates informality-- all backed up by government policies focused on innovation. In a world where economies as diverse as Ireland, Singapore and Dubai have tried to re-create the Israel effect, there are entrepreneurial lessons well worth noting. As America reboots its own economy and can-do spirit, there's never been a better time to look at this remarkable and resilient nation for some impressive, surprising clues. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: Master Your Brain Phillip Adcock, 2015-04-21 How to achieve the mindset and habits that help you reach your goals—in your work, relationships, health, and more. What do you aspire to that always seems out of reach—a choice promotion? A happy and enduring romance? That perfect home somewhere in paradise? Highlighting the latest discoveries in neuropsychology, Master Your Brain: Training Your Mind for Success in Life offers science-based solutions for overcoming your greatest obstacles. By demystifying how (and why) our brains function as they do and—crucially—how we can apply these insights to everyday situations, commercial psychologist Phillip Adcock provides us with the tools to dramatically improve our lives in every area, from work and relationships to health and athletics. |
| corporate retreat with team building exercises: The Feedback Game Peter Gerrickens, 1999-12-31 |
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When a management team, staff, or executive team holds a corporate retreat or offsite business meeting, the investment of time is significant. The question is how to make the most of this …
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A team building activity is designed to help groups form bonds and become a team. Team building activities differ from icebreakers in that the group members already have learned each other’s …
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ministration, scoring and interpretation. Each section includes exploratory activities, reflective journaling exercises and educational handouts to help participants discover their habitual, …
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Team Building Toolkit - University of California, Berkeley
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At the onset of your retreat, create guidelines or agreements together as a team. List the commitments the group makes as to how they will engage with one another throughout the …
Sample Itinerary 3-Days - 2 Nights - Berkshire Corporate …
May 3, 2021 · • Facilitated Workshop: Building Consensus and Achieving Team Synergy • River Rafting Adventure • Morning guided meditation & yoga session • Delicious, locally-sourced …
Everything You Need to Know About Planning the Ultimate …
Corporate and Business Retreats – A business retreat is similar to a team building retreat, but usually with more of a focus on sharing the corporate vision, practicing new skills, and making …
Top 20 Team Building Exercises and Activities to Try with …
We learned that many of you are looking for activities that: focus on improving teamwork, communication, values, and bonding; take around 15-30 minutes, and are for teams of around …
governors island corporate retreats
Governors Island is ideal for corporate retreats, team-building exercises and company picnics. Your event can be fully customized to ensure a fun, fulfilling and rejuvenating
Corporate Retreat Package C - member.hkjc.com
Boosting morale and team performance is the primary reason that corporations decide to host retreats. It is the way to invest in employees which shows that the company cares. …
Conducting Successful Strategy Retreats - Summit …
a) Purpose - Why are we having the retreat? What do we want to achieve? This helps manage offsite retreat expectations. I prefer indoor and outdoor team-building activities that have …
TRANSFORM YOUR CORPORATE EVENT INTO AN …
Engage your team in Team-building exercises, wellness activities, and cultural excursions that promote camaraderie and connection. During the day, the grassy lawns and white-sand beach …
Corporate Retreat With Team Building Exercises (book)
Valdes-Dapena,2018-10-26 A unique insight into corporate team building within a global giant Lessons from Mars challenges the prevailing orthodoxy of corporate team building and offers …
39 Insanely Fun Team Building Activities For Work
Here’s the best part - team building doesn’t have to be boring and lame! We asked some of the most engaged, tightly knit companies out there to show us how to do team building right.
Cedar Creek Corporate Retreat Checklist
Corporate retreats can be one of the best ways to advance your company while improving corporate culture. Unfortunately, they can be overwhelming and tiresome for those involved in …
Corporate MISSION RETREATS - Challenger Learning …
Through Corporate Mission Retreats, your team becomes: Challenged - successfully performing a new job where failure is not an option Better communicators - each team member focuses on …
The Essential Corporate Retreat - Wildwood
This trend is driving companies to rely increasingly on the corporate retreat to replace or supplement the office as the primary culture-building venue for face-to-face engagement …
Strategic Planning Retreats – How to get the most out of them
When a management team, staff, or executive team holds a corporate retreat or offsite business meeting, the investment of time is significant. The question is how to make the most of this …
Icebreakers, Team Building Activities, and Energizers
A team building activity is designed to help groups form bonds and become a team. Team building activities differ from icebreakers in that the group members already have learned each other’s …
The Successful The Team-Building Workbook - Whole Person
ministration, scoring and interpretation. Each section includes exploratory activities, reflective journaling exercises and educational handouts to help participants discover their habitual, …
30 Team-Building Games, Activities, and Ideas - Texas Tech …
30 Team-Building Games, Activities, and Ideas 1. The Game of Possibilities Time: 5–6 minutes Purpose: To stimulate conversation, ideas, and laughter Participants: • Small groups • This …
FUN INDOOR CORPORATE TEAM BUILDING EXERCISES …
Sometimes you need indoor team building activity ideas for when the weather outside is unbearable or unpredictable. Below are some indoor corporate team building exercises: …
CORPORATE RETREAT PACKAGE - member.hkjc.com
Boosting morale and team performance is the primary reason that corporations decide to host retreats. It is the way to invest in employees which shows that the company cares. …
