Category Archives: Teambuilding
Team Building with virtual and live participants – learnings from Event Camp Twin Cities 2011
It has been almost a month since Event Camp Twin Cites 2011 (ECTC11) and I’ve had time to reflect on what I learned about creating team building sessions in a hybrid meeting environment. I wanted to share those insights with you. Continue reading
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Our Most Popular Team Building Programs
Here are the most popular team building programs from the last two years – lots of bonding and fun to be had with all of them!
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Building Teams – Is There a Growing Need?
Back in 1997, when The Lantern Group started almost 70% of our work focused on team development. We did everything from on-going team development consulting with managers, to team assessments, to experiential ropes courses, to developed a number of fun … Continue reading
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Electronic Maze – A Great Teambuilding Event and the Power of Serendipity
We have become Value Added Resellers for the Electronic Maze! Cool… Continue reading
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1 lost commercial – 1 big teachable moment
One team accidentally taped over their commercial and had a little over sixty seconds of film that showed feet walking…
We took this as an opportunity to show how important the small details are. Continue reading
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Teams – Part of the Motivation Equation
One of the reasons I appreciate the 4-Drive Model of Employee Motivation is that it has a team element – the Drive to Bond & Belong.
I have been conducting team building activities for over 17 years. For most of those 17 years, I knew in my heart and also in my brain that team building helped motivate people – but I couldn’t explain why. None of the theories on motivation really captured it.
The 4-Drive Model captures it precisely Continue reading
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The Four Drive Model, Blind Management, and Putt-Putt Golf – All in a Days Work
Yesterday, Kurt and I, (along with our good friend John Hall) facilitated two experiential teambuilding events, Blind Management and Build Your Own Course with 50 enthusiastic participants. It was wonderful to watch the … Continue reading
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