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Team Building Is Not The Aim

Allison Willis2022-09-14T07:24:18+00:00August 6th, 2021|

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEnmHeNIwO0 Effective teamwork is powerful. We have all seen great sports teams and organizations rise above - not because of their individual skills, but their ability to align those skills in a direction ... Read More

Top 5 Reasons to Host Corporate Give Back Activities

Odyssey Teams2022-11-15T17:08:52+00:00July 30th, 2021|

Corporate give back activities such as the Build-a-Hand Project, Life Cycles (Build a Bike), Playhouse Challenge, or The Board Meeting, have become the latest trend in corporate team building exercises. Long gone are the days ... Read More

How To Improve Employee Engagement – 5 Tips

Allison Willis2022-06-30T17:30:38+00:00June 21st, 2021|

Employee engagement is the emotional commitment an employee has to their organization and its goals. Having emotional commitment means employees genuinely care about their work and the company they work for. They don’t just ... Read More

How To Stay Connected While Working Remotely

Allison Willis2022-06-30T17:30:23+00:00June 14th, 2021|

How To Stay Connected While Working Remotely Staying connected while working remotely is more of an art than a science, though it can be critical to the success of the team as well as your ... Read More

Build-A-Hand™ – Corporate Social Responsibility and Teambuilding, Together!

Allison Willis2022-06-30T17:24:22+00:00May 20th, 2021|

Embraced by the world’s best teams and leaders, the Build-A-Hand™ program continues to make virtual teambuilding more virtuous and in-person events life-changing. 60,000 prosthetic hands have been funded, built and donated to amputees in over ... Read More

How To Create Relevant, Engaging and Memorable Curriculum

Allison Willis2022-06-30T17:26:52+00:00May 10th, 2021|

As trainers, facilitators and L&D managers we are always looking for ways to make an experience more relevant, engaging and memorable. When we understand that these words are derived from thinking, doing and feeling, we ... Read More

Napkin Notes: How Team Time Odyssey Was Developed

Odyssey Teams2022-06-30T17:28:28+00:00June 4th, 2020|

Team Time Odyssey is a series of six, fast-paced, one-hour sessions to help build a more vibrant and virtual team; a more adaptive, aligned and ambitious team; a more resilient and ready team. Have a ... Read More

Virtual Staff Introduction Ideas: For Virtual Teams And Team Building Sessions

Odyssey Teams2022-06-30T17:17:46+00:00May 19th, 2020|

Here are some virtual staff introduction ideas to get your employees to open up, focus and be prepared to make more powerful connections during your virtual session. Side note: If you're looking for a virtual ... Read More

Is Your Team Ready For The First Day Forward?

Odyssey Teams2022-06-30T17:29:57+00:00May 12th, 2020|

Are you ready for the First Day Back Forward after months of sheltering in place? Odyssey Teams is dedicated to helping you emerge from quarantine with momentum and prepare you for some of the most ... Read More

Featured Media

Featured In Entrepreneur: “Building Up Teams — And Communities”

Odyssey Teams2019-08-09T14:16:41+00:00January 30th, 2019|

This story first appeared in the February 2009 issue of Entrepreneur by JJ Ramberg: Lain Hensley has always had a passion for helping those in need. In 2001, he saw the opportunity to do just ... Read More

What Our Teams Accomplished in 2018

Odyssey Teams2019-12-04T22:36:13+00:00December 20th, 2018|

What We Accomplished Together in 2018 Thanks to our 23,350 fantastic partners who participated in an Odyssey Teams LIVE or DIY program this year. Together, we racked up some pretty impressive numbers with these charity ... Read More

Featured On Fox Business: Corporate Social Responsibility

Odyssey Teams2021-04-29T12:31:31+00:00December 5th, 2018|

How Small Businesses Are Engaging in Corporate Social Responsibility This story first appeared on March 22, 2012 in FOXBusiness Lain Hensley spoke with Fox Business for their "Small Business, Big Ideas" segment in 2012 about the ... Read More

Odyssey’s Approach to Corporate Team Building I Podcast Feature

Odyssey Teams2021-04-29T12:29:40+00:00September 17th, 2018|

"Lain Hensley and Odyssey Teams are redefining the typical corporate team building program. And it came out of a need to bring people closer together, with a common purpose, and to make a positive, lasting ... Read More

Join The Odyssey Teams Ambassador Referral Program

Odyssey Teams2021-04-30T04:23:54+00:00July 30th, 2018|

Why did you hire Odyssey Teams? Was it a snazzy ad, a convincing salesperson, or was it a friend or colleague who said, “Odyssey will help you drive purpose through your team as you work together ... Read More

The Helping Hands Project – Kansas

Odyssey Teams2022-09-14T07:18:35+00:00January 17th, 2017|

Community Building Through Teamwork. The Kansas Department of Corrections enjoyed a 2-day retreat where they constructed a Build-a-Hand Team building kit through Helping Hands, a corporate team building program designed by Odyssey Teams. After four years ... Read More

How to Win With Organizational Development

Odyssey Teams2021-04-30T03:37:10+00:00April 21st, 2016|

Any company or organization that sees efficiency of production, a collaborative culture and high-levels of employee engagement have figured out how to win with organizational development. If these things are not happening, it might be ... Read More

“Odyssey Teams left us with a common language in which our company can build upon to achieve greatness.”

Pete Brunner, BCSI

“Thank you very much for your help in making my meeting so successful and connecting the dots to all of my key messages in such a meaningful way.”

Tracy Tannenbaum, Heritage Homes

“Much to our delight, our participants had a terrific experience with the Helping Hands activity… and spent the remainder of the conference talking about it! The program that Odyssey Teams has developed is by far the most memorable, fulfilling, and moving “teambuilding” experience we have participated in.”

Brandy L Szever, Vanguard

“Thank you and your team for two great days of training. I couldn’t be more pleased with the training team you assembled, the content and how the material was received by the participants. You listened to our challenges and geared a program that got right to heart of some of our key management/organizational development issues. It was amazing to sit back and watch the light bulbs go on for our managers. I look forward to them taking the learnings back to the work place and applying them.”

Christine Stout, Premier Retail Network

“So many employees have approached to say how moved they were by by the bike build. It was such a positive lesson on working together and asking for help. The afternoon left a mark on everyone who participated in such a positive way.”

Cindy Silva, Ariat International Inc.

“Thank you for putting together and facilitating a fabulous collaboration exercise in Orlando. We’ve done a lot of different team-building activities and other types of exercises through the years, but this one was simply extraordinary. I have lost count of how many participants have grabbed me or emailed me to tell me how impactful it was to them on a professional and personal level. I was showing my kids last night the pictures we took on our iPhones, and they were amazed.”

Elana McFann, United Healthcare

“Odyssey Teams touched our team members, and our team members are taking that feeling and making positive action.”

Gretchen Chismar, Honeywell

“We really had an opportunity to know each other better and to have some fun together in a way that increases our commitment to work together effectively. But the biggest payoff of all was the combined feeling of having accomplished something with such an impact to people around the world.”

Jean E. Deering, Wells Fargo

“Odyssey Teams touched 970 people who are at an impressionable point in their lives. I’m confident that the wisdom and emotion Odyssey shared will positively impact their entire careers.”

Jenna Ballestrino, Microsoft Academy for College Hires (MACH)

“Our team unanimously voted the 3 hours with Odyssey Teams was the most beneficial part of our entire meeting.”

Julie C., BCD Meeting & Incentives

“The Helping Hands event structure + the personal connection to the prosthetic hands have left a lasting impression on our team. Many people still reference the event 90 days later.”

Megan A. Westman, GE Lighting

“The mosaic exercise is one of my favorite things I’ve ever done in Corporate America! What a beautiful outcome from such a simple but effective exercise.”

Jen Matlock, AbbVie

“Mission accomplished! The Odyssey Teams session exceeded every expectation I had. It created a unity with our teams and connected people in meaningful and thought-provoking inner-soul searching ways.”

Michelle Stokes, Merck

“Odyssey Teams wowed everyone. Feedback from executives to new team members has been phenomenal and the lessons learned will be lasting.”

Ralph S. Henderson, AMN Healthcare

“We found that working together for a worthwhile cause gave us perspective on new ways to use our talents to use for the good of others while learning important lessons about our own capabilities. Thank you, Odyssey Teams.”

Tim Somers, Pernod Ricard USA

“In my opinion, Odyssey Teams’ keynote and facilitation set the foundation and tone for an impactful two-day, staff retreat—I’m not sure we would have gotten to that level without Odyssey Teams kicking it off!”

Megan Moser, University of Pennsylvania

“Odyssey Teams provided the perfect foundation and jumping-off point for what our meeting was designed to accomplish. Helping Hands became the metaphor for how our team aspires to work together.”

Julie Person, Shire

“We’ve sung Odyssey Teams’ praises to everyone we know. Odyssey Teams has the unique ability to impact a group at the core with the right amount of humor.”

My-An Le, Kaiser Permanente Great Los Angeles

“Since the program, I have caught myself being myself and working on being a better person, husband, father, co-worker and friend. Perspective is everything…”

Dan Link, SDCDA

“Having experienced team building events all over the world, I must admit that nothing will top the experience we had with Odyssey Teams. Building unity, teamwork, collaboration – seeing real people, extending beyond themselves to help others, has been priceless.”

Kristen Muckleroy, Fiberlink Communications