Consistency Brings Results

Athletes train daily.  Why?  They know regular, continuous training gives them the best chance of winning and achieving their goals.  Team building works on the same basic principle.  Effective team building needs to happen regularly and become a part of your company’s culture if it’s going to be successful. Some organizations plan team building events…

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Do Your Events Actually Build Teams?

What happens in your office after a team building event?  Is it business as usual, back to the same old issues or do you see improvement?  Team building events should result in stronger workplace relationships, improved communication and stronger teams.  If they don’t, you’ve simply hosted an event. Team building events can be a powerful…

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Why We’re Producing “90s vs 00s” Pop Culture Trivia Night

Earlier this week, we announced a very special event: 90s vs 00s pop culture trivia night, hosted by NYC’s greatest trivia host Pat Kiernan at The Bell House in Brooklyn! We are super psyched – and, judging by the reaction we’ve seen online thus far, so are NYC’s pop culture trivia lovers. But why are…

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Benefits of Trivia for Your Team

Why is a trivia event so powerful for team building?  What are the benefits of trivia for your team?  Casual work events that include trivia are powerful team building opportunities.  Not only does your team get to know each other, they build problem solving skills and a cohesive team identity within a fun setting.  Consider…

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Build Trust by Spending Time with Your Team

Want to make your team stronger and more creative?  Spend time with them.  Getting to know your employees in a casual setting leads to enhanced employee productivity, loyalty and creativity.  Why?  People work better when they feel included and valued.  People work more creativity when they trust the people they work with. Trust opens the…

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The New Work Ethic

The workplace is changing.  Your team is increasingly interested in personal success, fulfillment and enjoyment of their role in your organization and less interested in the greater good of the organization as a whole.  Unless you engage workers in your business objectives and make those objectives relevant to each member of the team you may…

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3 Things the Manti Te’o Girlfriend Hoax Teaches Us About Trust

By now, anybody with an Internet connection has surely heard of the Manti Te’o girlfriend hoax (summary: star football player has girlfriend he never met, who then “died” – but she never really existed in the first place) – and right on the heels of the Lance Armstrong doping admission, no less (we snagged this…

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Encouraging a Casual Start-up Culture

Start-up companies are known for their energy and fast pace as well as their casual atmosphere.   The culture is casual, the staff is engaged, and problems are solved at lightning speed.  Do you manage a team in a more traditional setting but want to inspire the same creative energy?  Here are some tips for encouraging…

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Want to Keep Your Best Employees? Keep it Casual

Despite the relatively high unemployment numbers out there, most organizations know it’s becoming more difficult to recruit and hire qualified employees.  Your best strategy is to retain your top staff and reduce or eliminate your need to recruit.  How do you do that?  The key to retaining your best employees is providing an enjoyable work…

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Casual Work Activities Compliment Modern Workplace Strategy

The workplace culture is rapidly changing.  The traditional office environment is becoming more flexible, distributed and collaborative.  Change is continuous and your workplace strategy must adapt.  Job requirements, mobile devices, and enhanced communication blur the lines between work and personal time.  Your employees simply won’t respond to the traditional, formal team based activities. Casual work…

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An Interview with Lance Armstrong’s Bicycle

As news of Lance Armstrong’s doping confession continues to make waves, many questions are being raised about the disgraced cyclist: why did he lie for so long? Why come clean now? What will the future hold? However, little if any attention is being paid to another tragic figure in this saga: Mr. Armstrong’s bicycle, upon…

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Productive Employees Don’t Want to Be Retained (And Other Myths)

I read an article in The New York Times yesterday which reported a fact that, if not totally shocking, was none the less disturbing: while productivity among American workers has surged in recent years, wages have remained flat (with the exception of earners in the top 1%). This came as little surprise to me –…

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Just Announced! Trivia Fund Raiser to Benefit The National Hemophilia Foundation

In a very special partnership event, we are delighted to be teaming up with Connect for Bleeding Disorders, the National Hemophilia Foundation’s (NHF) young professionals group, to help launch their 2013 event season with a fun, high-energy trivia fund raiser! Featuring a wide variety of entertaining trivia and ample opportunity to socialize & network with…

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