Team Building Gets a Bad Rap

I just read another blog posting about how useless team building exercises are with regards to effective work teams. You know, the kind of article that starts out with a cliche about some ‘touchy-feely’ ice-breaker and what a waste of time it was. And have you seen the Geico commercial that shows the CEO taking a trust fall with the Gecko? Yikes! Team building really gets a bad rap! It is unfortunate that there are so many poorly facilitated... [Read More...]

The Evolution of a Team Building Facilitator

From Recreational Team Building to Professional Facilitation NEXTeams Team Development is the product of our continuing evolution as an experience-based team building and adventure education provider.  In 2001, we opened GO-AdventureSports – a team building and adventure instruction company dedicated to introducing groups and organizations to enhanced teamwork through ropes courses, portable team building and “extreme sports” instruction. ... [Read More...]