Odyssey Teams Blog

4 CSR Team Building Activities to Improve Team Efficiency

4 CSR Teambuilding Activities to Improve Team Efficiency

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is more than a buzzword—it’s a powerful way to unite teams, boost morale, and make a real-world impact. Odyssey Teams, a leader in purpose-driven team building since 1991, offers innovative CSR activities that blend collaboration, leadership, and social good. From building prosthetic hands for amputees to crafting bikes for kids in need, these programs create lasting bonds and measurable business outcomes. Discover how activities like Build-a-Hand®, Life Cycles, Board Meeting, and Playhouse Challenge can transform your team’s efficiency, engagement, and connection to a greater purpose.

Read more

Skiing the Leadership Summit

Skiing the Leadership Summit

Skiing offers powerful lessons for leadership, as Odyssey Teams' Jonas Herzog and Kim Clary discovered on the slopes of Lake Tahoe. From practicing mindfulness to stay focused, to embracing calculated risks and adapting to challenges, skiing mirrors the skills needed for effective leadership. Learn how awareness, deliberate action, embracing discomfort, and overcoming adversity can transform you into a better leader and team player, both on and off the mountain.

Read more

Classroom Teamwork Activities Bring Students Together

Classroom Teamwork Activities Bring Students Together

Classroom Teamwork Activities Bring Students Together Classroom teamwork activities can overcome the stale feeling school can create as students make their way through the semester. But more importantly, it can help students learn to relate and support one another to...

Read more

Todd Demorest and Lain Hensley

Todd Demorest - Ep. #20

Thriving with Parkinson's - Todd Demorest As a keynote speaker and team building expert, Todd is no stranger to helping people face challenges and have hard conversations. Diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2015, the typical tremors people get when stepping in...

Read more

Steve Perez - Ep. #19 - You Go First Podcast

Steve Perez - Ep. #19

The President is in the Building - Steve Perez We are pleased to introduce you to the 13th president of California State University of Chico. We sat down with Steve Perez and talked about Leadership, Family, Post Covid Education, A.I.,...

Read more

6 Tips for Ropes Course First Timers

6 Tips for Ropes Course First Timers

Corporate give-back activities such as our Helping Hands program, Life Cycles and The Board Meeting are some of the best corporate team building events you could do, but if you're looking for something very active, look no further than a...

Read more

Philanthropy in Action: Beyond Giving

Philanthropy in Action: Beyond Giving

Boost employee performance with strategies like clear goal-setting, regular training, and fostering collaboration. By addressing issues like poor communication and unclear objectives, employers can create a positive work environment that enhances productivity, trust, and morale, driving organizational success.

Read more

Gayle Hutchinson and Lain Hensley

Gayle Hutchinson - Ep. #18

Breaking the Glass Ceiling - Gayle Hutchinson Gayle Hutchinson is California State University of Chico's first female president in the college's 135-year history. Pushed into the deep end at the start of her presidency, she hit the ground running to...

Read more

Reprogram Your Mind: How to Overcome Negativity

Reprogram Your Mind: How to Overcome Negativity

Reprogram Your Mind: How to Overcome Negativity We’ve all heard them: “The meeting is going to be a waste of time.” “Kids today are selfish.” “This isn’t going to work.” “A virtual team is naturally disconnected.” “You’re too young to...

Read more