Don’t Just Build a Team, Build a Tribe

by Deseri Garcia | Aug 8, 2019 | Team Building, Team Coach | 0 comments

I recently came across a statistic, seven out of ten businesses fail within ten years. 70% – that’s a staggering number! And one of the reasons they fail is because these companies failed to “build an employee tribe”. An employee tribe has shared values and team...

How Team Awesome Learned Team Values

by Vida_Aventura_Team | Oct 21, 2016 | Team Coach | 0 comments

Guest Post by: Sara Dillard, Inverse-Square In May, Team Awesome spent a Friday afternoon at Eagle Creek Park with team building extraordinaire Deseri Garcia of Vida Aventura. Deseri walked Team Awesome through a series of exercises aimed at finding out what it is...

How Invested is YOUR Business Team?

by Deseri Garcia | May 13, 2016 | Leadership Development | 0 comments

Here’s what we know: Employees have to be happy at work, because if they aren’t, they will leave. We also know that this fact is more important now than ever. A significant number of millennial workers, in particular prioritize workplace satisfaction over...

Ready for Team Commitment? Just say, “I Do!”

by Deseri Garcia | Apr 8, 2016 | Team Building | 0 comments

Team commitment is a crucial part of cohesive teamwork. When you don’t have it, your team won’t be successful in the long-run. It’s that simple. Have you ever been a part of a team that just can’t seem to be “all in?” For example, maybe you’ve attended an important...

Flex Time: One Key to Team Productivity

by Deseri Garcia | Feb 29, 2016 | Leadership Development, Team Building | 0 comments

There is a lot of talk these days about how the modern world is changing business. Team members and leaders alike are all asking themselves the same profound questions – can our employees work virtually? Do we have to have everyone on the same 9-5 schedule?...