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Jun 5, 2020

Comfort Food Friday

by Cindy Crean     

We grill year round during our culinary events. However, this time of year is the best time; when it’s possible to be outside with family and friends – socially distanced, of course! This is one our favorite grilling recipes, with one of our favorite cuts of steak – the NY Strip. This recipe can also be used for portobello mushrooms – creating a yummy grilled vegetarian option.

May 29, 2020

Comfort Food Friday

by Cindy Crean     

As vegetables become more accessible through the spring and summer, whether through your local farm’s CSA, Farmer’s Markets, Misfit Market, etc., we will share at least one vegetarian recipe each week. Today we have a delicious Grilled Vegetable Kabob recipe with an Avocado Chimichurri. Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend!

Grilled Vegetable Kebobs Recipe

Apr 26, 2019

Build Team Culture On-Site this Summer Ten Team Building Ideas you Can Do at or Near Your Office:

by Kaitlin Crehan     

10 team building ideas to

  1. Fitness Fridays with an in-office yoga class.
  2. Hike at a local park.
  3. Start a run club before work, after work or during your lunch break.
  4. Take your meetings to go and go for a walk.
  5. Shake up your annual summer picnics with Tailgating Olympics, Office Olympics or a Summer Camp Relay.
  6. Center yourself with a little morning meditation inside or outside the office.
  7. Build your own BBQ for your next lunchtime potluck.
  8. Get your team outside and explore a new place with a True North Remarkable Race
  9. Change up your Thursday work happy hour with a True North Bar Wars or Signature Sangria making competition.
  10. Feeling nostalgic, have a good, old-fashioned Kickball game.

Dec 28, 2018

The True North Team Building Chili Cook-Off

by Kaitlin Crehan     

It is the perfect time of year for the True North Team Building Chili Cook-Off! Bring your team together over fun quick-fire challenges that earn you materials to whip up the winning chili!

TNTB Chili Cook-off

Dec 12, 2018

Engaging a Global Team with Team Building

by Kaitlin Crehan     

team building remarkable race

Engaging a global team isn’t always easy, however, it is crucial to help team members feel like they are valued, engaged and connected.  Andy Molinsk shares his thoughts on how best to engage global teams.  His article inspired us to share some of our most effective programs for global teams:

  1.  Experiential Initiatives: These are popular programs that global teams love. Teams work together on a series of experiential initiatives that allow them to explore current ways of working that may need to be addressed to increase both individual and team success in the workplace. Topics frequently explored include; building trust, encouraging open communication, how best to collaborate and more.
  2.  True North’s Remarkable Race: This program encourages team members to seek out and solve a series of different challenges. Teams will get a chance to really engage and connect as they set out to complete their challenges with detours and roadblocks along the way. It’s possible to customize some aspects of the race to your organization.
  3. Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team Workshop: This program helps teams understand how, they score on the key components of The Five Behaviors of an Effective Team model which includes: trust, conflict, commitment, accountability and results. Each individual on the team will also learn about their own behavioral style and their team members styles, based on the Everything DiSC® model and how each style contributes to the team’s overall success.Five Behaviors Cohesive team
  4. Culinary events: True North Team Building blends a culinary experience with experiential learning to encourage communication, planning and working together. This is one of our most popular programs for global teams. Whether you are an experienced cook or inexperienced cook there is some way for everyone to contribute. Collaboration is key in this event as everyone is dependent on each other to finish the task.

Dec 4, 2018

Developing Your Independent Teams with True North Team Building

by Kaitlin Crehan     

Here at True North one of our specialties is working with companies on team development. We couldn’t agree more with this article about Unleashing the Power of Small, Independent Teams. Many organizations really thrive with teams that are able to hone in on and leverage each individual’s skill set.  We can help you to develop and reinforce team mindset with some of our experiential learning programs such as: Chain Reaction 1.0, The Matrix, Everything Disc Workplace and many more. We are happy to determine which program would be best for you!

team building matrix