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It is an exciting time in New Zealand with the Commonwealth Games coming up just across the ditch. It is hard not to get caught up in the spirit of these major events. With so much media attention on them and the best athletes in New Zealand taking part, it becomes a daily talking point in the office. So why not harness this spirit and stage your own Commonwealth Games team event at work!

When we hear the term ‘team building’, instantly we are drawn to the word ‘team’ and then what can be done to help this ‘team’ improve or grow. To me, team building is about understanding, appreciating, developing and maximising the people in your team, and also the team as a unified group. Here are 12 key benefits that any business, organisation or club will attain by undertaking a team building program.

Are you organising a staff conference for your company this year? Here at Corporate Challenge Events in New Zealand, we are regularly contacted by organisations seeking guidance on how to plan a staff conference from our experience as a professional conference organiser. To help you get started, we have compiled 10 important questions you should work through when event planning your staff conference.

How your workplace is set up to look and feel has an impact on the culture of your organisation. Your environment showcases what you value, and reflects and reinforces your culture! This blog focuses on the third of the 3 Es of a positive team culture – Environment – and 10 tips how you can contribute to the look and feel of your workplace to create a fun, happy and successful culture.

The start of the school year is important for students, teachers and staff for a variety of reasons and a common one is team building. Whether it’s to develop leadership, communication and teamwork skills or focus on responsibility, trust and bonding, team building has a very important place in schools. With school planning for 2018 underway, here are four recommendations of fun and engaging team building activities to commence the year.

The roles of Executive Assistants and Personal Assistants have evolved in recent years with today’s EA and PA taking on greater corporate events planning responsibilities. In recent years, I have been able to help streamline their corporate events planning processes by providing some select and strategic services. Here are 5 services that I have found to greatly benefit EAs and PAs in their event planning role.

The weather is warming up! Daylight hours are increasing! Summer will soon be upon us! Summer is a great time of year to enjoy the outdoors with your work colleagues in a fun team building event. Here are my top six outdoor team building activities for summer in 2017/18. One of these may just be the perfect solution for your Christmas party.

It is that time of year when you ponder what to plan for your office Christmas party. What will everyone enjoy doing? How do we better last year’s event? What is a good way to reward staff? Do we involve partners and families? What can we organise within budget? To help you decide on a rewarding and unforgettable event, here are our top four ideas for a staff Christmas party in 2017.

Achieving corporate success is reliant on building and maintaining high performance teams. As the term ‘high performance teams’ suggests, these are groups of people who perform at a high enough level on a consistent basis to achieve the desired business objectives. So how do we assemble a high performance team? There is some very effective corporate training out there that will provide valuable tools and knowledge to do this.