5 Things to Consider When Planning a Staff Retreat
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
I have about 45 minutes before my next meeting in Edmonton, so I thought I would share some points with our readers in regards to our experience with retreats as we tend to get asked to work at company meetings and retreats as facilitators. From our experience in working in these settings, we wanted to pass on 5 tips that you can choose to consider when planning for your organization to have a successful, effective retreat:
1) Know your audience
Ask fo...
The better side of Customer Service
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
yoga mat
Have you ever walked into a store and were looking for something particular but were unable to find anyone to help you? How frustrating is that, especially around the holiday season?! What about when you walk into a store and someone is there to help you right away, feels good doesn't it? Well let me tell you a little story that happened over this Holiday season...
A friend of mine was travelling a lot this past December and he knew that he wanted to get his girlfriend this pur...
Recap of the Leadership Cruise
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Leadership Cruise
One of these things is not like the others:
1) Submarine Excursions
2) Island tours
3) Learning
4) Snorkeling
5) Attending shows, karaoke singing, dancing by the pool, etc.
If you picked #3, Learning, you would not be atypical. And yet participants in our inaugural Leadership Cruise did all of this and more, as we sailed from Ft. Lauderdale to Princess Cays to Curacao and then Aruba, before returning to Ft. Lauderdale.
Our gro...