TIIMbuilding ApS

20/02/2020

We did our first team building in Asia and we are mighty proud of it. 😀 @ Koh Lipe Thailand

22/11/2019

In his constant pursuit of new challenges, wakeskating pioneer Brian Grubb paid a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina and headed for Olympic mountain Bjelasnica, 25 kilometer from Sarajevo.

His vision was to take wakeskating completely out of the summer environment and put it in winter conditions. And, to spice things up, to combine water and snow elements for the first time. His quest brought him to Studeni Potok (Icy Creek) on Bjelasnica plateau, near the village Umoljani.

What they've found there was a snowy wonderland amidst untouched mountain wilderness. Icy Creek lies at the bottom of a snow covered valley, winding its countless curves through the thick white blanket.

The locals also call the creek Dragon's Tail. Preparing combined snow/water course in heavy terrain and weather conditions was quite a task.

Pulled by one of the longest winch lines (1300ft), he carved his way through the deep snow at one moment, wakeskating in the creek at next, back to snow, then creek again – performing some of his favorite tricks on water and snow.

It´s a sort of mixture of wake and snowskating… something that lacks a name?

Click here to learn more about this amazing adventure: http://www.redbull.com/en/adventure/stories/1331706492068/shredding-snow-like-you-ve-never-seen-before...

20/11/2019

How exactly incentive travel help?

Here are a few empirically proven, bottom-line improving, results of incentive travel activities:

1. Sending a person on a fully paid mini vacation creates loads of goodwill. Employees are strongly motivated to achieve their goals, thus earning incentive travel.
It also creates a sense of belonging and appreciation.

2. It is an easy way to create company loyalty. We are loyal to those that treat us well and show appreciation. We also feel ‘bound’ by the mentioned behavior.

3. Loyalty of course spills over into employee retention.
Onboarding, training and brining up to speed an employee, in a best-case scenario, takes minimum 6 months. Retaining an employee saves money, time, effort and preserves the team fabric.

4. A motivated, loyal, appreciated employee is 2 times more likely to give an extra mile when necessary. Appreciation often translates in increase innovativeness. Employees aim to perform higher when they feel appreciated. That in turn, translates in increased bottom-line.

5. Teams are made and strong bonds are forged on these travels. No amount of individual contribution can ever exceed team-level performance.

visit: www.tiimbuilding.com

11/11/2019

Check out this 2 min video.

Fantastic winter adventure in the mountains of Bosnia!

for free info on various winter tours and team building activities visit www.tiimbuilding.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiT3NcP7FAI

Adventure in Bosnia and Herzegovina! A visit to Umoljani, snowshoeing on Bjelašnica, Sutjeska National Park and Blidinje Lake. // S O C I A L M E D I A // WE...

08/11/2019

We agree on one thing: snowshoeing in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a breathtakingly beautiful adventure in a winter wonderland!

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https://www.travelwriter.nl/?s=snowshoeing+bosnia

30/10/2019

WE VALUE SUSTAINABLE TOURISM: Our company is the result of life-long friendships, vast and life-changing travel experiences, a strong belief in the benefits of teambuilding and employee reward adventures, and a passion for the wonders of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We run this own little of ours as a family-owned business. We all share a desire to make a difference for teams’ adventure everywhere, as well as for the local communities in our beautiful country. We think social responsibility and environmental protection into everything we do.
We only have one world and we simply want to make it a better place for our peers and for the generations to come.
Let’s share the beauty of Bosnia and Herzegovina together.
Visit www.tiimbuilding.com

21/10/2019

Another great cycling tour in the rich autumn colours on the Bosnian mountains.

Endnu en fantastisk cykeltur i de rige efterårfarver på de bosniske bjerge.

18/10/2019

‘Cut the Bullsh*t’ Team-Building Lessons
• Celebrate success, even small success. This leads to strong teams.
• Show that you are a team player by asserting that you are the alpha dog, the leader, and then demand that everyone is treated equally and that no disputes are allowed to linger.
• Explain clearly and often where you want the team to go, what you want to achieve, and what lines people are not to cross.
• Involve everyone in the discussions but make it clear that you are the final decision-maker. This is not a democracy, after all.
• Never lose touch with the team, and always make sure members know you support them.
• Set mission-impossible goals. They stress the team in order to develop the team.
• Listen to your team. If they get the attention of your ears and brain, they know they are important and want to put even more effort into reaching common goals.
• Discuss problems but let the team members solve them. That empowers them.
• Thank them.
• Criticize them.
• Celebrate failures. It is the learning and boldness that matters. Without them, there is no team development.
• Hence, let them be bold.

Please read https://lnkd.in/g7vzehb

Lessons learned from Olympic coaches, the military and more.

11/10/2019

Is leader’s integrity really that important?

It is a bit ironic how we try to ‘invent’ new leadership techniques and methodologies over and again, never once looking back at the timeless wisdom gathered throughout history.

Yes, we do live in a history-less times. We don’t learn from the past. We believe it has nothing to offer. We know the best.

Not surprisingly, we are doomed to keep inventing the same all the time.

So, let’s be ‘smart’ for a moment and see what some of the biggest thinkers of all times say on integrity and leadership.

Plato says: “There is nothing so delightful as the hearing, or the speaking of truth. For this reason, there is no conversation so agreeable as that of the man of integrity, who hears without any intention to betray, and speaks without any intention to deceive.”

Reading the above, it is easy to assume that inventing something new is easier that living up to those standards.

But is it really?

02/10/2019

How to make a team?

Here are a few time-proven tips how to make a team;

• Celebrate successes, even small successes.

• Treat everyone equally and then demand that everyone treat each other equally.

• Do not allow disputes to linger.

• Explain clearly and often where you want the team to go, what you want to achieve, and what lines people are not to cross.

• Involve everyone in the discussions and try to reach decisions by consensus. If not possible, make it clear that you are the final decision-maker.

• Make sure team members know you support them.

• Set BHAGs (big hairy audacious goals). They challenge and invigorate the team. Common hard goals foster ‘troops huddling’.

• Listen to your team. Give them your full attention; make them know they are important.

• Discuss problems but let the team members solve them. That empowers them.

• Thank them.

• Criticize them.

• Don’t shy away from failures. It is the learning and audacity that matters.

• Be a person of highest integrity. Nothing motivates like high integrity.

25/09/2019

If bonuses don’t work, what about purpose?

According to Oxford University and Ernest and Young, there was a 5-fold increase of public interest in ‘purpose’ literature from 1995 to 2016.

You know, the ‘why’ question so popularized in the last 10 years.

It is a such a ubiquitous proposition that it seems like a force of nature.

But has it really done much for our motivation (hint, check our post from 18/8)?

No, it hasn’t really.

Why is this narrative then so often used?

Because it is sexy, simple and uses Apple as an example. And that is in fact where all the trouble starts. Apple is simply to special to use as a case study for such a generalized concept.

A dairy producer will not make its milk more appealing by subscribing to ‘why’. A diabetes medicine producer, cleaning company, food stall will not improve their products either.

Bottom line is, it wouldn’t be credible to the workers. It would fail to motivate.

However, purpose does matter. But not in a way it is presented today.

We believe that it is a private issue and the best way to influence it is to have leaders with high level of integrity.

That matters and it motivates as well.

19/09/2019

Could you be a Masterchef?

One of our favorite winter team building exercises is called Masterchef.

It playfully combines teamwork, innovation, creativity, competition and fun.

We always feel richer after a day with this workshop. It shows how high the limits of human spirit can go. And how teams come together under right circumstances.

Have a look for yourself and tell us what you think?