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Corporate Team Building
Team Building for Rapidly Changing Organizations
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Frustrated with team building that delivers little in terms of bottom line value?
Tired of having fun but leaving corporate retreats perplexed about how they relate to YOUR business issues?
Our unique approach to team building develops cohesive
teams that produce measurable, bottom line results.
The Training Oasis, Inc. is a corporate team building company located just North of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We approach team building as an on-going process, not a stand-alone corporate retreat, event or downtime for your team. We are a Toronto (Ontario, Canada) based firm that has worked with a number of rapidly changing organizations including the Royal Bank of Canada, Bell Mobility, CIBC, Xerox, ATI Technologies, Wurth Canada, Mister Safety Shoes, and Manulife Financial.
Team Building
Our unique approach to team building
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YOUR Business Challenges
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The goal of our team building sessions is to give your team new tools and strategies to resolve business issues and challenges.
During business related corporate retreats, we will link every activity to YOUR business realities. We will make certain that your team walks away from sessions with specific plans of action and models, tools and strategies to implement them. Our follow up will help you keep your plan on track. Finally, we will help you measure the results of our work together.
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Business Related Corporate Team Building |
Growing a company or building a team is like growing a garden - weeds sprout up automatically. You must take proactive and persistent action to prevent those weeds from overrunning your garden. An effective organization composed of a network of teams that works effectively across departments and functional groups doesn't happen by accident. It has to be by design - a design that includes constant re-evaluation of the needs of your customers, team members and your organization. To build an effective team, from time to time, it is important to take time away from the day to day pressures of a rapidly changing environment for a corporate retreat to devote quality time to:
- assessing the degree to which the team is in sync with your corporate culture and values
- ensuring that all team members have a clear sense of their role in fulfilling your company's vision and mission
- fine tuning your ability to communicate and work together
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Flexible Team Building Options
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Our flexible approach offers a range of options to suit your budget. At some locations, we can incorporate horse riding, canoeing, polo games (spectator), polo clinics, bike rodeos, bike-a-thons, hockey, soccer, snow shoeing, dog sledding, drum circles, or desert safaris into your teambuilding session.
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Recreational Activities for Corporate Teams
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Our main focus is business related teambuilding simulations for corporate audiences. While, our business simulations have always been upbeat, engaging and LOADED with the "fun factor", we offer MUCH more than "fun in the sun". Our goal is to help you generate innovative solutions to your business related challenges. If all you require is team recreation, just let us know and we will create a unique, vivid and memorable experience that boosts team spirit. However, based on our core value of integrity, we won't try to pass it off as teambuilding. We also have some cost effective recreational options for corporate teams that are facing budget constraints.
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Attention American companies in towns near the Ontario (Canada) border (e.g. Albany, Buffalo, Ithaca, Rochester, Ann Arbor, Detroit): Come north of the border to Toronto, Ontario or Montreal, Quebec, Canada and stretch your teambuilding dollars. Exchange rates are still in your favour.
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We have strategic alliances with a number of unique country settings in Ontario, other parts of Canada, Jamaica, Singapore, Dubai, Malaysia, Thailand, and India.
If you don't have the budget for an overnight stay, foreign travel or an outdoor adventure, based on our international experience, we'll use accelerated learning to simulate the key ingredients of foreign travel for your corporate retreat.
Almost all of these sessions can be offered on-site
at your company's office or off-site at a location of your choosing.
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Corporate Team Building Tips and Articles
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The Training Oasis, Inc. is regularly featured in the media.
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Team Building Programmes
For business related team building, we need at least a day. Half day sessions are only possible for interactive keynotes or sessions that are strictly for team recreation.
Corporate Retreat Planning Tools
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Leadership Skills, Project Management, Marketing Skills, Sales Skills
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Loosely based on the TV show "The Apprentice", this highly customizable teambuilding simulation will help the members of your team hone their communication & leadership skills. Nobody gets fired!
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Strictly for fun, Communication Skills, Strategy
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Inspired by the popular CBS TV show, our version of this highly customizable teambuilding simulation will help the members of your team hone their communication and get to know each other better. Nobody gets eliminated!
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A customized 1 - 2 day simulation focusing on breaking down silos and clarifying roles responsibilities and expectations. Ideal for re-organization, re-structuring, mergers, change management, change in corporate strategy or culture
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Examples:
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The Toy Factory Team Building Simulation
Philanthropic team building combining elements of Inc. Inc. and You're the Boss to Foster Cross-Functional Teamwork and Sharpen Sales and Marketing Skills
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The Dollhouse Exeprience
Combines elements of Inc. Inc. and You're the Boss to Foster Cross-Functional Teamwork and Sharpen Sales and Marketing Skills.
In the Dollhouse Experience, a luxury teambuilding session, participants build and market dollhouses and dollhouse furniture.
In the Toy Factory, a more cost effective version of the same simulation, participants assemble and market toys (e.g. remote control cars, toy kitchens, toy workbenches, scooters).
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Marketing Skills, Sales Skills, Change Management, Creativity, Problem Solving
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Available May to October
Through this Survivor teambuilding simulation you will explore Canada's forests, lakes and woodlands. Activities can include canoeing, orienteering, hiking, trail rides on horseback, bonfires, cookouts, bbqs, camping, tubing, and MORE!!
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Marketing Skills, Sales Skills, Change Management, Creativity, Problem Solving
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Available November to February
Come to Canada and explore our winter wonderland through this Survivor team building simulation for corporate retreats. We use several locations North of Toronto where we can incorporate snowshoeing and dog sledding into your session as an energizer.
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Marketing Skills, Sales Skills, Change Management, Creativity, Problem Solving
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A Survivor team building simulation to fine-tune your sales and marketing strategy. We can incorporate horseback riding into your session at some of the locations we use in Jamaica and North of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Tolerance of Ambiguity, Creativity, Problem Solving
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Best suited for April to October
This is one of our most affordable simulations. It is perfect when you have a new team or there are a lot of new team members who need to get to know each other.
A cross between a car rally, scavenger hunt and treasure hunt. A unique and cost effective simulation that includes a brief debriefing. Please note: This is just a simulation.
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Creativity, Brainstorming, Problem Solving
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A Wizard of Oz Theme to Invigorate Your Team After Period of Accelerated Change or Intense Pressure
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Creativity, Brainstorming, Problem Solving
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This half or full day session takes your team "out of the box" to generate fresh solutions to your specific business challenges through brainstorming.
We can facilitate this session with an amusement park theme and even offer it at Canada's Wonderland or an amusement park near you to REALLY unleash the creative spirit in your team.
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Tolerance of Ambiguity, Risk Taking, Fast-Paced Environments, SWOT Analysis, Change Management, Competitive Analysis & Strategy
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Available May to Mid-December (Toronto). Check for Other Locations
Please note that the polo clinic in which your team has a chance to learn the basics of polo is one of our more expensive programmes. Depending on group size, it ranges from $600 - $775 per person for team recreation and $425 to $1000 per person for a combination of business facilitation and polo clinic.
Strategies & Tactics for a fast paced environment. Can include a Polo Demo and/or clinic and facilitation of a 3 hour - 1 day strategy and brainstorming session
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Booking Information
The "fun factor" is an important aspect of all of our sessions. However, the ability to focus on key issues, achieve results and ensure safety are even more important. We discourage the use of alcohol during corporate retreats sessions. For rugged activities that require a high level of alertness, we reserve the right to refuse participation to any individual who is intoxicated or severely hungover. In these instances, there will be no refunds.
A deposit of 50% per person is required to confirm bookings within 1 week of engaging our services. The balance is due no later than 1 calendar month prior to your session. Due to the compressed time for logistics and reduced availability of locations on short notice, signigicantly increasing location scouting time, there is a 10% - 15% surcharge for sessions booked with less than 1 calendar month's notice.
Location scouting is a service that we provide at no charge for clients who have engaged us for corporate team building services and paid their deposit. Location souting is also available as a stand alone service. We will provide you with 3 locations that fit your budget, requested dates and programming requirements.
Location Scouting: $500 (Deducted from total fee if our services are engaged)
Deposit Towards Event Planning: $750 (Deducted from total fee if we are engaged for your corporate retreat)
Location Scouting & Event Planning Deposit: $1000 (Deducted from total fee if our services are engaged)
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To discuss your requirements and find out how we can help you achieve your objectives, please submit our Booking Information Request Form that you can access through the Book Services tabs and links.
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