In the final episode of Season 1 of the OnTeamBuilding podcast, Michelle Cummings (the BIG Wheel at Training Wheels), shares one of her favorite activities, some programming wisdom and her go-to processing tool. She leaves us with advice to keep us learning and growing, "Find others that do what you do, and make those valuable connections."

Season 2 of the OnTeamBuilding podcast is on hold at this time. Chris will continue co-hosting the, Ask Michelle & Chris About Team Building podcast with, no-other than Michelle Cummings. Season 2 of the Ask podcast will begin early February, 2021. You can find it at all major podcast players and OnTeamBuilding.com/askpodcast

We hope you join us!

Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE

This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ongoing effort to help team builders, all over the world, learn and grow:

• OnTeamBuilding Blog - Conversations about a variety of team building topics
• Ask Michelle & Chris About Team Building - Podcast for Team Builders
• FUNdoing - Activity Resources for Team Builders (Blog, Store, Trainings)
• FUNdoing Fridays - Bi-monthly email of activities (sign up form at this page)
• TeamBuilderPowerUps - A growing online school of resources for team builders
• YoungTeamBuilders - The voices of new team builders

Tom Heck is a master of the team building craft. He has worked with groups of all ages, committed to the deep dives he can take groups into. Tom shares some of his most memorable stories lined with possibilities for all of us! He holds to guiding principles like, "Remain curious and be willing to explore," and "Keep that wonder and surprise" with every group you work with.

We hope you join us!

 Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE

This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ongoing effort to help team builders, all over the world, learn and grow:

• OnTeamBuilding Blog - Conversations about a variety of team building topics
• Ask Michelle & Chris About Team Building - Podcast for Team Builders
• FUNdoing - Activity Resources for Team Builders (Blog, Store, Trainings)
• FUNdoing Fridays - Bi-monthly email of activities (sign up form at this page)
• TeamBuilderPowerUps - A growing online school of resources for team builders
• YoungTeamBuilders - The voices of new team builders

Rohan is the Training Manager for ChallengeWorks out of California. He is simply an amazing source of knowledge in the area of challenge course training and operations. Rohan shares several of his favorite activities - some for team building programs and some for training programs. He also gets into some of his go-to props.

We hope you join us!

Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE

This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ongoing effort to help team builders, all over the world, learn and grow:

• OnTeamBuilding Blog - Conversations about a variety of team building topics
• Ask Michelle & Chris About Team Building - Podcast for Team Builders
• FUNdoing - Activity Resources for Team Builders (Blog, Store, Trainings)
• FUNdoing Fridays - Bi-monthly email of activities (sign up form at this page)
• TeamBuilderPowerUps - A growing online school of resources for team builders
• YoungTeamBuilders - The voices of new team builders

Floyd, as a team builder, has a deep background in working with youth diagnosed with severe emotional challenges. In this episode, he shares some of the books, processing tools and activities that have helped him navigate programs with these youth groups. (You don't want to miss his variation of the activity, Jump In-Jump Out.)

We hope you join us!

 Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE

This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ongoing effort to help team builders, all over the world, learn and grow:

• OnTeamBuilding Blog - Conversations about a variety of team building topics
• Ask Michelle & Chris About Team Building - Podcast for Team Builders
• FUNdoing - Activity Resources for Team Builders (Blog, Store, Trainings)
• FUNdoing Fridays - Bi-monthly email of activities (sign up form at this page)
• TeamBuilderPowerUps - A growing online school of resources for team builders
• YoungTeamBuilders - The voices of new team builders

Kema started her (now 30+ year) career helping youth as a recreational therapist working with them on physical, emotional and social growth. Her 'job' was to find therapeutic value in anything recreational - from cooking to canoeing. When she discovered Adventure Education she added more team building methodologies to her program list and then moved into running and facilitating challenge course programs. She now works with all ages, facilitating growth experiences and training others to do the same.

We hope you join us!

 Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE

This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ongoing effort to help team builders, all over the world, learn and grow:

• OnTeamBuilding Blog - Conversations about a variety of team building topics
• Ask Michelle & Chris About Team Building - Podcast for Team Builders
• FUNdoing - Activity Resources for Team Builders (Blog, Store, Trainings)
• FUNdoing Fridays - Bi-monthly email of activities (sign up form at this page)
• TeamBuilderPowerUps - A growing online school of resources for team builders
• YoungTeamBuilders - The voices of new team builders

Chris Schuhmann has been a teacher and adventure educator for over 13 years. Early on, Chris saw the amazing potential of adventure ed and has been using its methodologies to help bring about powerful life lessons. He categorizes what he does as Adventure Psychology - the practice of helping others learn and grow through adventure. In this episode, Chris shares one of his favorite activities (Group Juggle) and how he uses it to create a 'positive forming' experience. He says to his students, "We're going to drop the ball from time-to-time. What's most important is what you choose to do after you drop the ball."

We hope you join us!

 Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE

This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ongoing effort to help team builders, all over the world, learn and grow:

• OnTeamBuilding Blog - Conversations about a variety of team building topics
• Ask Michelle & Chris About Team Building - Podcast for Team Builders
• FUNdoing - Activity Resources for Team Builders (Blog, Store, Trainings)
• FUNdoing Fridays - Bi-monthly email of activities (sign up form at this page)
• TeamBuilderPowerUps - A growing online school of resources for team builders
• YoungTeamBuilders - The voices of new team builders

Andrew, with a background in social work, uses adventure-base counseling methodologies with groups of all ages. His primary focus is helping youth populations practice pro-social behaviors through team building experiences. Andrew shares some of his favorite processing tools and practices, how "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team" (Lencioni) can guide adult programming and advises "approaching everything as an experiment" to help us (team builders) learn and grow.

We hope you join us!

 Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE

This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ongoing effort to help team builders, all over the world, learn and grow:

• OnTeamBuilding Blog - Conversations about a variety of team building topics
• Ask Michelle & Chris About Team Building - Podcast for Team Builders
• FUNdoing - Activity Resources for Team Builders (Blog, Store, Trainings)
• FUNdoing Fridays - Bi-monthly email of activities (sign up form at this page)
• TeamBuilderPowerUps - A growing online school of resources for team builders
• YoungTeamBuilders - The voices of new team builders

Kristina is the Instructor for Experiential Based Learning for the Center for Character and Leadership Development at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colorado. It is the first position of its kind at the Air Force Academy. At 34 years old, Kristina already has 17 years of team building experience under her belt. She tells us about her career journey, the challenges, the successes and the kind of determination that's needed for all of us to get to where we want to go.

We hope you join us!

 Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE

This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ongoing effort to help team builders, all over the world, learn and grow:

• OnTeamBuilding Blog - Conversations about a variety of team building topics
• Ask Michelle & Chris About Team Building - Podcast for Team Builders
• FUNdoing - Activity Resources for Team Builders (Blog, Store, Trainings)
• FUNdoing Fridays - Bi-monthly email of activities (sign up form at this page)
• TeamBuilderPowerUps - A growing online school of resources for team builders
• YoungTeamBuilders - The voices of new team builders

During this episode of the OnTeamBuilding podcast, Jaime shares with Chris four different frameworks that help him program, observe and process team building experiences - all of them are organized in groups of three steps (easy to remember). Jaime also shares a favorite celebration, a few of his favorite activities, how he keeps processing sessions from slowing down and the importance of Requesting, Receiving and Responding to feedback (one of his frameworks).

We hope you join us!

 Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE

This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ongoing effort to help team builders, all over the world, learn and grow:

• OnTeamBuilding Blog - Conversations about a variety of team building topics
• Ask Michelle & Chris About Team Building - Podcast for Team Builders
• FUNdoing - Activity Resources for Team Builders (Blog, Store, Trainings)
• FUNdoing Fridays - Bi-monthly email of activities (sign up form at this page)
• TeamBuilderPowerUps - A growing online school of resources for team builders
• YoungTeamBuilders - The voices of new team builders

Dr. Jim Cain, from Teamwork & Teamplay, and Dr. Cavert dive into some of Jim's favorite books, activities and team building props and hear stories from the field about how 'simple' activities can have powerful outcomes that change lives, communities and companies. Jim has authored over 12 activity books and recently published his first novel, Rise Again: The Story of the Mary Ellen Carter.  For more than 40 years Jim has been leading, learning, teaching and training people from all over the world. His advice, "squeeze the lemon" for all it's got - there is so much to learn from team building experiences.

We hope you join us!

Find all Show Notes and Episodes HERE

This podcast is another facet in a network of resources being developed in an ongoing effort to help team builders, all over the world, learn and grow:

• OnTeamBuilding Blog - Conversations about a variety of team building topics
• Ask Michelle & Chris About Team Building - Podcast for Team Builders
• FUNdoing - Activity Resources for Team Builders (Blog, Store, Trainings)
• FUNdoing Fridays - Bi-monthly email of activities (sign up form at this page)
• TeamBuilderPowerUps - A growing online school of resources for team builders
• YoungTeamBuilders - The voices of new team builders