According to Forbes (2017), Event Planning was named the 5th most stressful job alongside Military Personnel, Police Officer and Firefighter! So here we are to help alleviate all the stress and anguish from this thankless job. You might ask yourself, why do I want to punish myself this way? The answer is simple. You are most likely a Type A personality. The more positive aspects of your personality are ambition, drive, control, perfectionism and awareness of time management. You thrive on event planning checklists and event planning worksheets. Nothing is left to chance. Let’s create a Master Plan to ensure that your events go off without a glitch. Step 1: Determine Your Objective Using an Event Planning Worksheet First and foremost, you must decide if...Read More

Back in the olden days, the thing to do was to have a job for life. It meant security, two weeks paid vacation, a retirement party and maybe a gold watch after forty years. WOW! According to Statistics Canada Baby Boomers entered their 50’s in jobs they held for at least 12 years and 50% worked in the same organization for an average of 20 years. How times have changed. Nowadays, Millennials are moving jobs every 2 ½ to 3 years thus creating major problems for many corporations. Their bottom line is endangered seriously. You have inexperienced people training inexperienced people who in turn pay for mistakes made by inexperienced people. Employers need to sit back and understand why this might...Read More

Oh no! Not another boring meeting. Is this what your staff is thinking? Let me help you turn your meetings into a look forward to event. The way to do this is by playing.

Yes! You heard me correctly. In order to make your employees feel valued while reinforcing company values in an engaging manner play the 5-minute team building games for meetings.

By playing these 5-minute games for meetings you will find that communication and problem solving will be much improved in a relaxed atmosphere.

Some of these games are quite easy and amusing while others may be more challenging. You be the judge of your 5-minute team building choices. 1. Pipe Cleaner Team...Read More

As sunny weather makes its way to Toronto, morale in the office is naturally boosted. So why not take advantage of the positive vibes and host an outdoor event that will thrill the whole office!? Aim for one that helps employees bond and connect with one another outside the office for a better, more productive and creative work environment inside the office. You’ll want to choose games, food, and activities that impress and amaze everyone, and we’ve got just the activities you’ll need. Follow our lead with your corporate event planning, and you’ll have your employees buzzing for weeks about how amazing the day was! Games, Activities & Entertainment Let’s start with the fun stuff: Games and entertainment. Keep in mind these activities...Read More

Your business is poised to enter a new stage and become more successful than ever. Now is the time to think of what you can do to help your employees be ready for the challenge. One idea you should seriously consider is holding some type of team building event. Here are four simple but important reasons why now is the time to prepare an event. You’ve Never Done One Before Having a weekend retreat or offering a seminar for your employees is something that has never happened in the history of the company. You’ve heard others in the GTA business community talk about how these events do have positive results for employees. Given how hard they’ve worked to get your business where...Read More

As we all know, team building events can be a fantastic way to bring employees together and have them working as a unit as opposed to a group of individuals. However, what happens when the morale is low or you want to do some team building in between events? Since you can’t throw a huge event every other week, we have a list of games and activities that you can play to tide the team over and boost engagement levels! Truth and Lie - Perhaps one of the simpler games, this requires each employee to have four slips of paper. From here, they write one lie and three truths about themselves. As long as the lie is believable, the team of...Read More

If you really think about it, the relationships we have with our colleagues are very strange. Why? Because we go through an application process for a job we see on the internet or newspaper; then, we are chosen and forced to work with a handful of strangers who happened to do the same thing when they first joined. Despite being strangers at first, we build relationships and become a unit over time. As the owner of a business, you have a unique perspective but there are also things you can do to make a team even stronger - team building events. For this, we have some fantastic tips! Pick the Right Time - First and foremost, team building events should really...Read More