Insight on team building, executive leadership, and corporate retreats.
This past year has taken office culture and turned it on its head. Adapting to change and preparing for the unknown has become the new normal for now, in both home life and at work. We’re here to help your team ground through change. Casual lunchroom chats are generally no more, employees are feeling tired …
A work-cation is in the cards. Here are 6 out-of-the-box corporate retreat ideas that your team is sure to love! Hosting a company retreat for your staff is a great way to cement stronger teams and bolster your strength as a company. The change of space and being around colleagues in an out-of-office environment (while …
Ever hosted a team building event and come out of it feeling more disconnected than when the whole thing started? We have compiled a few ideas to consider based on decades of facilitating and hosting at our Algonquin Park Centre for Transformational Retreats and beyond. They are principles we follow in our own staff meetings, …
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Is your team and your leadership extraordinary? Like it or not, 84% of teams and leaders are average or below average performers. High performing teams are more creative, more productive and attain a higher level of quality than the average team. Learn to rise above the norm and lead a high performing team. Do you …
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The corona virus has broken down the single greatest barrier to innovation, our unconscious attachment to comfortable and habitual patterns of thought and behaviour about the way things are.The very structure of society is temporarily suspended. For a time, we float in ambiguity, where we are neither one identity (our past) nor the other (our …
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Most people spend 60% of their working lives at work. According to a recent study, an engaged employee is 44% more productive than a satisfied worker, but an employee who feels inspired at work is nearly 125% more productive than a satisfied one. Organizations with inspired employees perform better than the rest. (Harvard Business Review …
We may feel guilty that we’re constantly plugged in, or not even realize we are disconnecting from the people, places and real world experiences in our lives. Unplugging gives us the opportunity to reflect on what matters most in our lives and make decisions about the role of technology in our lives. Our smartphones are …
The Kaizen of breaking down a question worth discussing At Northern Edge Algonquin we strive for continuously improving our processes and our products and experiences. A good place to start a process of continuous improvement is to ask good questions. If you take the time to ask a really really good question, you’ll set yourself …
Follow Our Process for Engaging Meetings Our facilitation team are educators and business people. With decades of teaching and facilitation experience we have developed processes that can take any organization or community through a process of strategic planning. Use these principles to inspire your team and create a meeting where everyone is engaged: 1) Set …
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Over the past three days I’ve seen eight snapping turtles laying eggs. These ancient creatures that have been around for hundreds of thousands of years virtually unchanged. I watch the mother turtles dig, dig, dig, then drop gooey ping pong ball eggs into the 12 inch deep hole and cover them over before returning to the …