Beyond the Box is a great program for team-building. It allowed 55 strangers in our Executive MBA program to open up to each other and set the stage for building a cohesive class and effective working teams. We will use this program again.

Jim Fisher
Associate Dean, Executive Programs
The Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

I have had the pleasure of working with the Beyond the Box team on three occasions. In every case, the staff engaged the participants through the use of theatre and art projects. The program was extremely well received and provided lasting and positive effects for employees. I would strongly recommend Beyond the Box as an innovative session to encourage staff to communicate, to learn about each other and provide a refreshing approach to team building

Donna Holmes
Director, Communication Services Branch
Ministry of Consumer and Business Services, Government of Ontario

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Corporate Team Building

Your team is your biggest asset. In today's competitive marketplace, the difference between you and your competitor isn't who has the better boardroom, or the most expensive computers – the difference comes down to teamwork.

The people in your organization need to work as a team to respond to internal and external challenges, achieve common objectives, solve problems collaboratively, and communicate openly and effectively. In successful teams, people work better... together. Productivity improves and business prospers.

Building Winning Teams is a Fine Art

Why arts-based exercises and workshops? It's a question we get asked a lot. If we are to have an edge over our competitors, in any field, we have to use our imagination to think differently. Beyond the Box™ training fortifies our capacity for original thinking in an atmosphere that is playful and fun.

More and more industry leaders are recognizing the practical, tangible qualities that the liberal arts help to develop. In fact, at the 2006 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the focus was on innovation, creativity and design strategy. Chief executives understand that right-brain thinking is the new management paradigm.

Our arts-based exercises use creative processes and strategies to help your team:

Find innovative new ways to meet challenges
Build trust and promote more open communication
Improve morale by an injection of energy and humour into the workplace culture
Solve problems – creatively and efficiently
Develop evaluative thinking and keen observation skills
Consider the bigger picture
Adapt well to change
Facilitate openness to new ideas

Trust Building Exercises & Workshops

At the core of every transition from a workaday team to cohesive, effective, motivated team is trust. With trust comes mutual respect, honesty, communication and collaboration. Each of our team building exercises and workshops is designed to build trust among team members in a spontaneous, open environment without fear of judgment or criticism.

Workshop participants are encouraged to discuss what they have learned and how these team building and trust building insights can be applied at work.

Whether it is in Toronto, Ottawa or across Canada, we can custom design workshops – from a one-hour interactive keynote presentation to two-hour trust-building exercises to two-day team building retreats – for groups from 10 to 400.