OnTeamBuilding

Jolee Jones is a Director of Organizational Development and Experiential Learning for a school district in Colorado. In this episode Jolee and Chris talk about resiliency-building and the value it poses for educators and team builders. Jolee’s ‘Why’ (our Why being an important foundational principal of resilience), is to “revolutionize systems of work so that we have systems where humans can thrive and be healthy.” Resiliency is part of such a healthy system. What can it do for you? We ...

Chris Schuhmann has been a teacher and adventure educator for over 13 years. Early on, Chris saw the amazing potential of adventure ed and has been using its methodologies to help bring about powerful life lessons. He categorizes what he does as Adventure Psychology - the practice of helping others learn and grow through adventure. In this episode, Chris shares one of his favorite activities (Group Juggle) and how he uses it to create a 'positive forming' experience. He says to his students, ...

Kristina is the Instructor for Experiential Based Learning for the Center for Character and Leadership Development at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colorado. It is the first position of its kind at the Air Force Academy. At 34 years old, Kristina already has 17 years of team building experience under her belt. She tells us about her career journey, the challenges, the successes and the kind of determination that's needed for all of us to get to where we want to go. ...

Dr. Jim Cain, from Teamwork & Teamplay, and Dr. Cavert dive into some of Jim's favorite books, activities and team building props and hear stories from the field about how 'simple' activities can have powerful outcomes that change lives, communities and companies. Jim has authored over 12 activity books and recently published his first novel, Rise Again: The Story of the Mary Ellen Carter. For more than 40 years Jim has been leading, learning, teaching and training people from all o...

In this episode, Dave shares some of his recent experiences team building face-to-face with groups while safely distancing. He shares some of his thinking on preparing for his programs, what activities worked for him and some of his biggest take-aways. This is the third episode in our data collection series on safely distancing programming. We hope you join us! Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ...

Ed and Chris get into a steady up hill climb conversation about a team builders journey working with groups over the years. We all seem to start out looking for activities we can use with groups - having enough of them to fill the time we are assigned. Then, if you team build long enough you get the bug. You want to know more about the why behind the what. You want to be more purposeful in what you do. The overarching theme of this episode focuses on processing with groups and how Ed evolve...

In this episode, we're learning from Jeremy Yarbrough, the Program Development Manger for Group Dynamix out of Carrollton Texas. Group Dynamix is starting to bring groups into their 35,000+ sq. ft. indoor facility. Jeremy tells us about their early considerations, before groups were 'allowed' to return, some of the activities that have been popular and have worked while safely distancing and their biggest learning so far. What's really important about this conversation is understanding that...

In this episode we're learning from Al Leone. Al and Chris have been "Con-Friends" for years - only getting together once a year, traveling from different locations, to attend the National Challenge Course Practitioners Symposium in Boulder Colorado. Al has been been team building with a variety of different age groups for over 14 years. She shares with us her firm belief about team building early (e.g., 5th grade groups) to start getting them to see what a community can be like (you don't ...