Testimonials
- Check out our recent testimonials...
- Everyone had a blast. It was one of the best team building experiences we have had. I really appreciate your help in this. The games were great, and the staff really got excited about what we were doing. I would love to share some of our video clips with you. I may post some of them on youtube. I will send you the link once I do.
- Mike Harvey, Principal Benton Heights, May, 2010
- Hilarious! We had a police officer who stopped by and saw us during our staff meeting and commented how every school needs to do this. It was great! Thank you so much. Everyone wants to know what's in store for next year???
- Jennifer Gnann, Lead Administrator, Pine Lake Prep, August, 2010
- OMG!!! Already I am being showered with gifts and staff are doing such nice things for one another. This is awesome!! Can't wait to see what happens next!!!! Thanks
- Tamar Andrews, Principal Temple Isaiah, May, 2010
- We just finished our staff meeting. What a great time we had! The entire week was a blast. It truly helped to create an atmosphere of fun and excitement that I believe will last for some time. It was a great time of year to do it. Thanks so much for introducing me to the program and for helping us to facilitate it. I definitely would like to do it again next year..
- Jay Jones, Principal Marvin Elementary April, 2010
- This has been so nice and came at the perfect time. I have sincerely considered the way it is all working out a "God-thing" because it has been so successful. And we haven't even had our final contest yet. I have pages of suggestions and the teachers have competed in such fun ways.
- Phillis Dickinson, Principal Cedarville Elementary, April, 2010
- It's been going great, the poems were amazing - I'm actually going to post them on our website...they were incredible.....and the staff are working together the best I've ever seen. It has been so refreshing...thanks so much and we have our staff meeting on Tuesday so I'm going to give all the prizes out on Tuesday...
- Renae Plant, Principal Camelot Kids, June, 2010
- Went great! We laughed so hard and everyone participated in all the events! Thank you.
- Tammie Marberry, Principal Hardin High, August, 2010
- Good Evening... it is not yet midnight, so I am sneaking this in just in time. I'm not sure if any of my team members have emailed to let you know of random acts of kindness, but.... I just wanted to let you know that the activities and stories we have shared this week has shown me how kind each individual in my group is. Random acts have come in unexpected forms for a group of individuals who really didn't know each other all that well just 2 days ago. As I reflect on my team's "stories to inspire" I am awestruck by the emotions that have been evoked. We have supported each other with laughter, a pat on the back, encouraging words, and often times tears. Not only am I appreciative of what my cohorts have to share, but what individuals in other cohorts have shared as well. So, I guess my random act of kindness is to thank you for allowing me to get to know my colleagues and begin to build a sense of community that will certainly strengthen the foundation of PLP. I heard a quote once that goes something like this, "When you know better, you do better". Thank you for helping us know a little better.
- Email from Teacher to Principal, August 2010
- And because we also run the game for businesses too, here are some of their comments...
- Great Job! It's a FANTASTIC game! Very Creative.
- Bill Cocke, IBM
- Thank you so much for your help during this game and getting it right. I have forwarded on the info to other District Managers so they may contact you themselves. Thanks again for everything!!!!
- Kim McGlothlin, Kindercare Learning Centers
- These pictures and captions are hysterical and they came up with some very creative ways to make the other teams do what they wanted. This was awesome!
- Samantha Rembo, Intuit/Turbo Tax
- If you are looking for ways to encourage your staff, have fun, build strong teams and also create opportunities for employee recognition then look no further then Smart Teambuilding. You will be amazed at the powerful outcomes. We highly recommend them.
- Rich Woods, Jones Consulting
**Special Endorsement**
“Real team building is about behavioral changes and encouraging the new behaviors to become permanent.”
- Colle Davis, Certified Master Coach
After nearly 25 years of grooming top leaders in a wide variety of companies we have found that the term ‘team building’ is terribly overworked and mostly misunderstood. The usual buzzwords are often used to encourage people, the requisite and appropriate trainings suggested, and the right books encouraged. But then, management actually thinks that by continuing the same behavior they have been engaged in all along that they will get different results. Read that sentence carefully again and realize it is the definition of insanity. To really light up your group, you have to find a fun and exciting way to have all of them meld into a TEAM. Team building is one of the trickiest and least understood exercises a company can undertake. I know because I have been teaching team building for years. Too many times the training can become a frustrating, thankless task that everyone is delighted to get through so they can stop the suffering.
Well done team building exercises have enormous and long lasting effects on all the participants and on the company. The trick is to find a venue which can entice and engage everyone in the group to participate. Ropes courses, white water rafting, off-site team trainings and on-site special events can all be powerful team building events. However they seldom yield the results management is looking for over time because they are all FAR TOO SHORT. In two or three days the enthusiasm wears off and you’re back to the same old stuff. Real team building is about behavioral changes and encouraging the new behaviors to become permanent. Smart Team Building has discovered a unique and very powerful alternative to regular team building. The time they spend involved is far more than any other program I know of available today. The great part for your company is the cost is negligible and the actual time taken during work time is minimal. Your entire group gets to play a game of skill and daring. They’re in a spirited competition, they have to cooperate in order to compete, they collect data and carry out real time assignments and all of this contributes to their ability to work together as a well oiled team. Your company's payoff is the beginning of the team you have only dreamed possible before today. I encourage you to contact Smart Team Building for more information or call Executive Mentoring and Coaching, Inc to get our unbiased perspective on the value of team building with this new and exciting program.
Colle Davis CEO Executive Mentoring and Coaching, Inc
www.mycoach.com
1-800-95-COACH
cdavis@mycoach.com
Coach Colle Davis, CEO of EMCI, is a nationally respected executive coach and keynote speaker. He has been a trusted advisor to Fortune 500executives, small to mid-sized companies, and individuals. His twenty-three years of executive coaching have produced solid career enhancements and organizational improvements for his clients.