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How to Choose the Best Team Building Activities, Part 1

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For the well-trained facilitator, these events can show the leader how to proceed with the group and also what activities the group needs next (or more of). Most of the low ropes activities are designed to be facilitated by a trained instructor (someone who knows the in’s and out’s of this type of event) and are run on a specific course.

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Top 10 Reasons Your Team Building Activities are Ineffective

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Reason 1: You never set any goals. Goals are important for most business activities and team building is no exception. For a team building program to be effective, you must start by setting goals. – What activities match your desired goals? – What do you want the end result to be/look like? Problem solving?

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My First eBook and Conquering Fear

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The goal of the book is not to make a ton of money, but to get it out, to push past the fear and uncertainty, and to produce and release something that will help others, and that I can be proud of. Achieve your team’s goals and objectives. Simply going through the process has been worth it for me. Regardless of the outcome.

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The ABC’s of Effective Teamwork

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Positions, leadership, goals, success are all apt to change and adjust as the team evaluates its goals, victories, stumbles, and adjusts to maneuver through barriers that present themselves along the way. Well-trained. It’s amazing how many people are never really trained to do their job. More training.

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Team Building Activities with Purpose

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One of our goals is to equip you, the leader, to have influence over your team and to be equipped to use team building activities not only with your team for retreats, events, and special outings, but also to know when to use these types of events and how to make them meaningful and purposeful for your team. Goal-setting.

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How to Become a Team Building Jedi Master, Saga II

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We will continue your training today – are you ready? You must continue to press on and complete your training. Your goal, young Jedi, is to involve everyone in every activity. - Your training is almost complete. And then it will be up to you to train others. Did you skip the first part of your training?

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5 Reasons Your Team Needs a Retreat

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Budgets are tight, and usually the first things to go are retreats, outside training, and staff development. Be sure to set your goals first, before choosing the right team building activities. But, that’s the great thing about these kinds of exercises – you can target specific issues depending on your goals.

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