Posts by David Harrison

Identifying and acknowledging excellence

Posted by on Dec 22, 2011

One of the fantastic benefits (or should that be privilege) of running a team building session is being able to identify and acknowledge excellence. Of course we design a session so that there many such opportunities but such examples are harder to find in everyday life, so when we come across an example of excellence, we believe it is worth talking about. Such an opportunity occurred last week. I am in the fortunate position that I drive the car of my dreams, a 1982 Ford Granada 2.8 Ghia X In it’s day this car was the top of Ford’s range and even today still has a level of comfort and...

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A quick turn round

Posted by on Dec 10, 2011

At the end of the working day in mid October we received this email. “I am organising a company away day (15 people) at Whipsnade Zoo on 1st Nov. Am looking for a motivational slot. Are you able to help and if so at what cost?” We were able to get back to our client first thing next morning with the idea of using our ‘Facing up to New Challenges’ circus skills session to start their day. Not only was this seen as a perfect fit but Sandra also commented on also how quickly we responded and how good it felt to keep things local. On the first, we arrived nice and early, chatted...

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