At TMS we have noticed that people really enjoy our games and energisers. To keep things fresh and exciting this week, I’ll show you five fun energisers we use to get the blood flowing from the tips of your toes to the tips of your fingers.

Everyone who attended Ron Jungalwalla’s presentations in Melbourne and Sydney this week would have enjoyed a fantastic exchange of ideas. Ron generously shared a wealth of insights into the factors which make great leaders.

As Managing Director of Brumby's, Michael Sherlock took an ailing franchise operation to be positioned as the second largest bakery franchise in Australasia.

Creativity is highly sought after in many organisations. Whether you’re a team of 1 or a company of thousands you can optimise creativity by harnessing the 2 ways people like to gather and use information at work.

Late last year, we were thrilled to launch our new Apps for Team Management E-Profile users. We were even more thrilled to see many accredited Network Members trial these new features over the last couple of months. As always, our goal of introducing these new features for the Team Management Profile is to enhance the Profile feedback so our accredited facilitators can continue to deliver more value to their learners and clients.

Do you ever feel that your team’s work is under-valued? Do you slog it out from dawn to dusk and no one notices?

Many teams feel forgotten. They work hard and they work well as a team, but they don’t seem to reap the same rewards or recognition as others. Why is this so?

One answer lies in the Types of Work these teams are not doing. They may be pushing forward to achieve their targets and working up a heavy sweat in the process however, this “nose to the grindstone” attitude maybe preventing them from seeing the bigger picture.

You walk into your client’s office, knowing that a team building programme would successfully address their workplace concerns. However they’re dead against it.

Waste of time!
Not worth the money!
I don’t’ need that airy fairy rubbish!

We’re regularly asked how TMS can help teams in conflict.

Current research looking at the impact of conflict on team performance is pretty clear – it’s usually not good. It is only under very specific circumstances that conflict has a positive consequence.

To finish off our series of new TMS energisers, let’s look at your sense of touch. This interactive activity is great in programs to remind participants that people approach the world in different ways. This is an important lesson to drive home because if people appreciate and understand how to maximize diversity they are one step closer to becoming a high-performing team.

In workshops, water helps participants stay hydrated and focused. This is important when participants are learning about important things like themselves and how to communicate with others. So if you have some water nearby why not try this energiser?