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TeambuildingInc.com News Archives - 2003


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January/February 2003

University of Connecticut Leadership Training Adds LIBERATION™  - Teambuilding, Inc.'s Gary Turner recently assisted the U. of Connecticut in adding our intensive LIBERATION™ exercise to its leadership training on team negotiation. Participants were totally engaged for the 8-hour session, using teams of negotiators to free hostages in an incredibly realistic software-driven scenario. According to participants, the session "was very interactive and engaging, a great teambuilding exercise, and sharpened negotiation skills." For more information, click here: LIBERATION™

 Taking Care of Employees Pays
Who says that paying attention to employees is the "soft" side of business. According to Business Week magazine, as of August, 2002, the total market capitalization (value) of Southwest Airlines was $9.11 billion…exceeding the combined values of Delta, American, Northwest, Continental, United, US Airways, America West, JetBlue, Alaska, and Airtran combined!
(August 5, 2002)

Teambuilding at Orlando's Universal Studios
A great day of experiential learning was had by 18 managers of Costa Nursery Farms, Inc. as they participated in Teambuilding, Inc.'s Building High Performance Teams plus Treasure Hunt. The team spent the morning at the Hard Rock Hotel discussing essential team leadership skills, then walked over to Universal Studios to apply what they learned to our unique treasure hunt there.

         
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The hunt was not only high-energy fun, but also simulated re-world organizational issues in the unique setting of the Universal Studios theme park.


March 2003

 With over 500 of you responding to our January-February Web Poll, the results are clear---most of you (23%) voted that "Team members in conflict" is your most significant team problem.

The Poll's topic said "My team's most significant problem is…" and your answers ranked as follows:

To address the concern of team members in conflict, it is essential to look at root causes. Much of the time conflict stems from unclear or nonexistent agreements among team members. To address this, we have added a new article entitled Creating Team Agreements for Results.

 Teamwork Growing at the Executive Level?
A recent issue of Business Week magazine (3/17/03) may have heralded a new era of executive teamwork (previously considered an oxymoron). The cover story, "Remaking IBM," states that the new CEO Samuel J. Palmisano has asked his board to cut his 2003 bonus and distribute the money to his best-performing top managers based on their ability to work as a team. This is unprecedented in the American business culture, and hopefully will send a needed message that teamwork isn't just for the lower echelons.

Picking Stocks is a Team Sport
"At Dodge & Cox Stock Fund, teamwork is everything," says an article in the March 24th issue of Business Week magazine. Using a team of 10 money managers and 20 analysts, the fund has had impressive results. Its five-year average return of 7.8% beats 99% of its large-cap peers. The teamwork approach to mutual fund investing is rare on Wall Street, so this approach is worth noting.

TeambuildingInc.com breaks new record!!!
The month of March saw a new milestone for our website with visitors exceeding 30,000 for the first time. The actual count was 30,783 or an average of 993 visitors per day.

Site Additions / Highlights

 InterAct - Card Games for Effective Team Meeting Behavior is a collection of four interactive games you can use during actual meetings.

 Team Effectiveness Profile - How is your team working? A tool to diagnose and work through obstacles to effective teamwork. Developed by researchers trained in behavioral science. Use it to measure pre-team building conditions, orient new teams to potential problems, unblock struggling teams, and determine post-team building results. Administer it periodically to see a historical record of group progress.

 Mars Surface  Rover - Team version, Leadership version, and Deluxe version.

 Article: Starting up a Virtual Team by Stu Noble, M.Ed.   A virtual team is one whose members share a common purpose, but are separated by distance, time, and organizational boundaries. In such a team, members are linked only by ...
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Check out these popular team training exercises made available through our online catalogUse them together for a day of enjoyable and meaningful training activities. All come with email or telephone support.

  • "Essence of Team" - A highly motivational exercise that unlocks the secrets of great teams. $29.95

  • "Power of Recognition" - An exercise for practicing recognition skills that adds energy and power to any session. $29.95

  • "Create a Company" - Team building exercise for teaching the power of collaboration. $29.95

  • "Values & Beliefs" - A fun and powerful exercise that demonstrates how personal beliefs affect teams. $29.95 (also available in Spanish) 

 Treasure hunting has an almost irresistible attraction... 
 Article:"Getting a Clue" with Teambuilding Treasure Hunts by David Blum
 Top Video Pick: The Winners Circle  - Award winning 15-minute video teaches key concepts in quick changeover.
 In the Bookstore: When Teams Work Best: 6000 Team Members and Leaders Tell What It Takes to Succeed by Frank LaFasto and Carl Larson.
 In the Bookstore: Creating Authenticity: 200 Meaningful Questions for Meaningful Moments by Greg Giesen, M.S.
 SDWT's: A Team Effort. The promise of teams isn't achieved without attention to skills and training.
 Team Facilitation Accessories.  One of our most popular team facilitation accessories in the catalog is Colored Transparency Film.
 Trivia Blast with radio host Doug Grunther... Entertainment with team involvement.
  Article: Overcoming Resistance to Employee Involvement: What would provide some motivation to move forward?
 Team Motivation Session - highly informative training that will teach all managers, supervisors and employees how to recognize others.
 The AQP Team Excellence Process with Jim Bianchetta
 Coaching for High Performance with Dr. Darrel Ray
 Team Hollywood - a chance for your teams to be their own producers, directors, and actors and learn essential teambuilding concepts in the process.
Teambuilding R.O.C.K.S.

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