We are living in an age of choice. The amount of choices we have are making living healthy and happy lives more and more difficult. What should we eat? How do we relax? Stress? What exercise should we do? What time do we go to bed? Working with health and wellbeing professionals EML Team hasRead More
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OSS Retail 2019 – Bespoke Team Building Design
For the last three years EML Team has supported OSS Retail (Formally The Oxford Summer School) for one afternoon and evening of their week-long residential courses based at Oxford University. Utilising our expertise in designing team building activities we provide OSS with outdoor team sessions that stimulate communication and thoughtful dialogue between groups as theyRead More
Why People Don’t Hit Sales Targets?
To be able to say “I smashed my sales target” after the countless calls, emails, visits, proposals, knock backs and tussles with tough “gatekeepers” offers one of the most satisfying feelings a salesperson can have. It solidifies our positions as people who show resilience, determination and a willingness to pull out all the stops toRead More
So I’ve completed a Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) team workshop – Now What?
Answering the question of ‘now what?’ is of key importance to designing an effective team development programme underpinned by MBTI. You won’t be able to achieve this in a half day session from a standing start so you need to be prepared to invest a little more time and money in this BUT it isRead More
Engineering A Successful (and Safe) Team Building Day with Parker Hannifin.
We love team building with a purpose. Fun is always a given with our team building and training but when we deliver something that is really impactful that leaves an organisation more capable and more cohesive then that’s when we get really happy! We’ve found that never is our team building and training more impactfulRead More
Have you picked the right room layout for your meeting and team building activity?
When speaking to clients and booking venues there is always that moment when we need to confirm the conference room layout or the space requirement for the team meeting and subsequent team building session – whatever that may be. This is just a quick reference guide as to what needs to be considered and theRead More
Forget behaviours – its time focus on happiness and health with your next team building activity.
EML has spent 20 years building better teams by focusing on team behaviours and in that time things have evolved beyond all recognition. In the beginning ‘team building’ was a couple of laps of a paddock on a quad bike followed by a few beers. These days team building interventions are targeted at key behaviours,Read More
Team Building for Charity
The idea of combining practical team building activities with a charitable cause is one that comes up frequently across a broad spectrum of our clients. It’s a lovely notion, building team cohesion whilst working on a great cause together could improve your team’s performance at the same time as addressing corporate social responsibility commitments –Read More
Don’t underestimate the importance of “Fun” – Using Team Building Activities to Identify Skills Needs
Apparently, Summer is nearly here. Not the “fake Summer” we get during the Easter Bank holiday, but the real one – June through to September. Typically, these are very busy months for businesses like ours because we are working hard to deliver all sorts of Team Building events for organisations all over the Country. ActivitiesRead More
5 Top Tips for getting more from your next Team Profiling Workshop
Don’t just put your reports in the top drawer and move on – expect more from your next team profiling session – here’s how.. Myers Briggs Type Indicator is one of many profiling tools applicable to team development in the marketplace. Amongst others I have worked with Everything DiSC, SDI, Insights Discovery and Belbin TeamRead More