In addition to the amazing seasonal staff members I work with every year at Adventure Links, I also have the pleasure to work with an incredibly talented team of year-round administrative staff that often go overlooked as they work behind the scenes. Each of them is far too modest to boast about all of their…
Category: Leadership
February 27, 2015
adventureli
Back in 2004 I was lucky enough to be in a position to be invited to attend a three day training workshop with my co-workers lead by Tom Leahy, president of Leahy & Associates out of Boulder, Colorado. The workshop was titled the Innovative Team and focused on facilitation of team building and teaching tools…
Keeping the Road-Rage Out of Corporate Team Building One of the best parts of my job is when I get to lead a group of adults on our team building course. Whether it’s a local company, a government department or group of teachers they are always in for an exciting and educational day out with…
December 18, 2012
Anna Birch
Sometimes it takes a dramatic or painful event to have realizations that pierce the veil of limited understanding. Here was one of mine… It was a beautiful June day and our facility was bustling with the return of staff and the arrival of brand new team members for another summer season. I was finalizing my…
December 11, 2012
Anna Birch
Do you ever catch yourself assuming the wrong things? “Leadership is not about giving it all you’ve got. It’s about giving it WHAT IT TAKES.” During a presentation to a group of business leaders, Gina Mollicone-Long said this and I’ve allowed it to permeate the many layers of assumptions with many more layers to navigate…
December 4, 2012
Anna Birch
“You’re not alone, you have yourself.” In truth, I can recall the moment, but I didn’t specifically recall saying the above statement. However, nearly a year after the experience, the woman let me know the impact it had upon her past, present, and future. It was a beautiful day and she had brought an International…
November 27, 2012
Anna Birch
I had one of those grins on my face that would make strangers wonder if: A) I’d just done something incredibly mischievous; B) I was just plain weird; or C) I was actually as happy on the inside as I was showing on the outside. It was C. I had just delivered an executive training…