Building Team Unity thru Team Building Challenges
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Corporate Staff Development
TM~Teambuilding helps companies increase employee productivity which will increase efficiency and save the company money. We offer a professionally facilitated series of team building activities and challenges which help develop critical thinking, leadership, and cooperation skills within your staff. The program trains staff to appreciate and respect each other and gives them innovative tips for how to interact with their peers as well as subordinates in new ways.
We use proprietary games and activities to engage your staff in problem-solving challenges that requires them to cooperate with each other to find solutions in a fun setting. Each session begins with a short interactive discussion of what we plan to accomplish and a description of the challenges ahead. Afterwards there is a de-brief period to review what they learned . We tailor the program to each team's needs or weaknesses. With over 100 challenges, we are able to customize an interactive program for small or large groups.
Small group sessions (under 20) are more intensive and detailed with much more discussion and personal interaction. We divide the group into 2 teams and using teamwork games as the foundation, require your employees to work together to complete each challenge. Some games require strong leadership, while others can only be solved by allowing everyone to lead as the game flows. The de-brief after each game allows each member to talk about "what happened and why" and "what could they do next time to solve the game either faster, or in a more efficient manner".
Large group activities are designed as activities that require teamwork to solve them and allows for group bonding and departmental cohesion. The games are larger in format while still requiring thoughtful consideration to solve them.
All our materials are written by professional curriculum writers using best practice progressions to help groups discover their problem-solving, reasoning, and teamwork abilities.
Educational Staff Development
TM~Teambuilding is the leader in Team Building experiences for Staff Development and Leadership Events. We offer a professionally facilitated series of activities and challenges which help develop critical thinking, leadership, and cooperation skills while having fun.
TM~Teambuilding is highly respected by senior staff and educators. The program teaches staff to appreciate each other and gives them innovative tips for how to interact with their peers as well as subordinates in new ways. Each session begins with a short interactive discussion of what we plan to accomplish and a description of the challenges ahead. Afterwards there is a short debrief of review what they learned.
Each challenge has a different set of values that the team's discover. Even in just 1-2 hours of the 1st workshop, we often see vast changes in the way the teams treat each other and the way they work together.
All our materials are written by professional curriculum writers using best practice progressions to help groups discover their problem-solving, reasoning, and teamwork abilities.
Our programming works great with college orientation programs, in-school workshops to get groups of people to bond with each other, and with teachers, counselors and other staff who work together.
We can come to your school, or another site of your choosing. We are very flexible to work with your budget, time constraints, and group size.
Testimonials
" Our staff had an opportunity to grow and learn while having fun. The natural leaders became a clear beacon for the rest of the staff to key on and every staff member became a better leader because of the experience".
Iris Fallon
Camp Director
Camp Northvale
"We loved having your team in to work with our staff. They were engaging and made the event fun. Our team learned a lot about how to work together better".
Randi Peters
Pre K center Director
Working together to build a giant cube, balance it, then move thru it without knocking it over.
Working in teams of 4 to move a set of "skis" across the room or field.
Tarp Fold- trying to get the entire team on the tarp when it is 12" x 12" in size.
About Us
Convenient Training
TM~Teambuilding is a provider of engaging, interactive, leadership programs for adults. Our programs have been successfully implemented for over 10 years around North America . We have been active in Northern NJ since the summer of 2012.
We make teams happen by providing Corporate Staff, College Staff, and Students with a wide assortment of entertaining and dynamic, team- building activities.
The TM~Teambuilding way is a hands-on approach that engages adults immediately in the learning process. Everyone is broken down into teams where they work together to solve a series of challenges using their problem-solving and critical thinking skills. Each activity focuses on Team Work, Team Spirit, and Respect for self and each other.
These core values of team building are reinforced throughout every TM~Teambuilding program. Adults leave with simple, effective team building tools that they can readily share with others.
We focus on working very directly with your staff in a very hands-on manner. The focus is on your team, not on us.
We come to your school or company location to do the event.
Highly Qualified Educators
Keith Gold, Owner
Keith graduated college with Education teaching degrees in both Psychology and Physical Education. He then earned a BA in Business and subsequently his MBA in marketing. After teaching K-12 schools for a few years, Keith embarked on a highly successful career as a college coach and educator. His teams reached the NCAA national tournament 4 times and Keith was named Coach of the Year. Additionally, during the summer, Keith was a Director of a children's summer residential camp.
After moving back to his home state of NJ, Keith began working in the schools services field managing the Physical Education and Recreation catalogs for international school supplier, FlagHouse Inc. Keith has worked in the education field for over 30 years, has spoken and presented in hundreds of educational workshops around the world, and is considered one of the leading experts in the field of leadership and team building activities.
Staff
All facilitators are adult age, have experience working with teams and have trained for over 40 hours in our leadership philosophy.
What We Do
At TM~Teambuilding our experiences are designed to engage, enable, unite and empower your staff. With a focus on respect, cooperation and team spirit, we train staff to gain compassion, confidence, self-esteem and the critical thinking skills that will equip them for the challenges they face in working with others. These challenges can be peer pressure, stress, family issues, social isolation, academic and athletic competition. We feel that a true team-building program must:
Engage with meaningful, hands-on activities
Enable by reflecting on both individual skills and areas of learning
Unite the group by participating in challenges with a shared vision and goal
Empower the group to transfer learning to make a difference in their day to day lives
How we do it
At TM~Teambuilding, our approach is facilitation not instruction. We allow participants to create and take ownership of their own learning. TM~Teambuilding facilitators are trained to guide groups through the process of discovering their strengths and evaluating alternative solutions to problems and challenges they face.
Hands-on Learning
Fundamental to the TM~Teambuilding approach is the idea that we learn best by doing. A study on the "Learning Pyramid" from the National Training Laboratories (Bethel, Maine) shows that in the traditional lecture/reading based environment, people experience retention rates of only 10%. On the other hand, when individuals are engaged in hands-on learning they retain up to 90%. (Alexandria, 2006).
Why TM~Teambuilding Works
In the continuous cycle from Activity to Reflection (de-brief) to Transfer (teach others), the participants practice new skills, evaluate their success, and think about how these skills can help them in the real world. Participants will come out of the program feeling much better prepared for all situations, whether it is uniting to help a team member, or communicating and interacting more effectively with peers, senior staff, or subordinates which leads to better productivity