September/October/November 2003

Team Challenge for Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield!
About a hundred professionals at Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in North Haven, Connecticut were treated to a rousing session of Trivia Blast! performed by Doug Grunther. Doug's session generated high energy participation and teamwork as teams vied for honors as world-class trivia champions.

Teambuilding, Inc. Sets New Record for Site Visitors!
Well, we've done it again! Our site traffic just continues to grow as we respond to your inquiries and suggestions. The month of October saw 31,165 visitors for an average of 1,005 visitors a day. Thank you for supporting our work, and don't forget to tell us how to improve.

June/July/August 2003

Teambuilding, Inc. Does Mission Impossible!
Needing some quick assistance, Procter and Gamble's Augusta, Georgia plant called on us to assist in a month-long training of almost 200 production operators with our Personality and the Team session with Ray Martin and our newest event, Mission Impossible with Nance Cheifetz. The personality session helped their new production teams assimilate better by understanding how each member's unique personality adds value to the team. The Mission Impossible caper wrapped up each week's training with a totally unique team adventure, complete with managers and fellow employees playing characters in the challenge to solve clues and identify a thief. According to P&G's Tim Williams, "It was great!" Our sincere thanks go out to all the P&G operators and "supporting cast" for a wonderful month.

"Fellows" Return to Their Homelands With Energy!
Teambuilding, Inc. recently assisted the American Councils for International Education and the Open Society Institute with a high-energy teambuilding event for over 300 participants of their Edmund S. Muskie/Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program who were returning to their homelands, nations that formerly comprised the Soviet Union. Our event, Team Energy, combined the wisdom of world champion athletes with the fun and energy of a festival of games to totally energize participants in a team learning experience they'll not soon forget.

April/May 2003

Turnover May Be a Factor in Team Performance
In the article, Chalk It Up to Teamwork: Stable Rosters Are a Plus in the NBA (Business Week, 3/11/02), researchers studied the relationship between player turnover in 33 teams of the National Basketball Association and team performance. Contrary to the belief that shaking up team rosters creates winning records, researchers found that teams with low turnover, even if they initially had poor win-loss records, tended to improve significantly. In other words, teams that stayed together tended to play a lot better together. There may be something in this for business.

It Was a Quiet Riot at Vertex
Quiet Riot gave a stimulating keynote presentation on forming strategic partnerships at the Vertex, Inc. Annual Customer Exchange Conference held at the Walt Disney World Resort. Vertex provides innovative tax compliance software and services to major corporations. Quiet Riot's David and Bill Mettler are unique in their ability to inspire empowerment , teambuilding, and a sense of community, and shared these powerful concepts with the Vertex participants.

  S.C. Johnson Does Trivia Blast!
About 400 people of S.C. Johnson's R&D department capped a day of activities with our challenging Trivia Blast! event with our facilitator, Doug. Doug's unique style, humor, and intriguing trivia entertained and challenged the participant teams.

Teambuilding, Inc. Survey Results

Team Effectiveness Profile^TM
For 15 years, our Team Effectiveness Profile™ assessment has helped teams pinpoint blockages and move to new levels of effectiveness. Now the new 4th Edition updates norms and offers a greatly expanded Facilitator Kit with a new CD-ROM chock full of extras.

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