Selecting a team building event for your organisation

by Dwain Richardson | 19 Aug 2015 | Team Building

Today there are so many different types of team building activities that organisations can do. From an indoor trivia contest to an outdoor cross-city great race, there is something to suit all groups of people. So where do you start to decide what the most effective...

How British bank could have avoided team building event gone wrong

by Dwain Richardson | 9 Jul 2015 | Team Building

There has been significant global media coverage over the past two days from reports a British bank sacked staff members following an offensive online video posted from a team building activity. A copy of one of the media reports – http://bit.ly/1M9Co2v...

10 reasons to invest in team building

by Dwain Richardson | 19 Jun 2015 | Team Building

Over two decades delivering team building events across Australia and New Zealand, I have seen how team building has grown to become an integral part of HR plans and budgets and an important responsibility for Executive Assistants in organisations. So what are the...

How to build an effective workplace team

by Dwain Richardson | 18 Jun 2014 | Team Building

A team is an important, dynamic unit working together to achieve success in accomplishing a goal. What determines how effectively a team will work together? Lots of things. To create an autonomous, hard-working, high-producing group of individuals is challenging, and...

Test your communication with DOPE

by Dwain Richardson | 2 Oct 2013 | Team Building

Most of us have heard of Myers Briggs and DISC personality profiling. Some organisations even use these to ensure they recruit the right personality to the right job. Knowing what makes your colleagues tick is a powerful tool in creating an efficient and...

Does team building equal success?

by Dwain Richardson | 22 Mar 2013 | Team Building

Managers across the world will argue this point back and forth to no end. Ultimately I believe the answer is quiet simple, but first we need to ask ourselves a couple of questions; What do we mean by Team building and what do we mean by Success? Let’s start with...