There is a psyche of fear right now. Let’s face it; it’s scary out there. But smart businesses are not getting caught up in ‘fear based’ thinking. We know you’re trying to spend money only on what you consider to be critical for survival right now. But leadership and organizational development are critical, important and necessary, especially now. The current marketplace puts more responsibility and stress on leaders. This requires greater vision, forethought and patience to maintain market share and plan for future growth. You want your company to be well positioned when the recession comes to an end.

Supporting and developing leadership through team work, building and training will enable you to maintain and grow, now and in the future. Make sure to support your most valuable resource, your Human Resources. Let your team know how crucial they are to your business’s survival and success. Build and maintain strong teams now!

Let’s hear from you with thoughts, comments and of course, for more information.

Billy

www.kidbillymusic.com
billy@kidbillymusic.com

It’s been long discussed; Can we assign measurable benefits to Team Building? Of course, I firmly believe there are benefits and that you’ll see a great return on investment with a well delivered team building program. Outlined below are ways we help our clients receive  positive, valued  and meaningful results with our program, Teambuilding Through The Art of Songwriting.

Results (ROI):
After the final team’s performance, the event culminates as we facilitate a debriefing with the entire group. Representatives from each of the teams will report on their team’s experience. We will lead your participants through productive discussion and establish goals that move the participants to decision and then action, highlighting some of the following:
•    What did we learn during the event
•    What new awareness was created
•    What is your plan of action to use what was learned
•    What support do you need to try to follow those action steps and maintain the new lines of communication established during the event
Potential Measurable Benefits:
•    Increased employee efficiency through sharing of common practices, questions, concerns, and challenges.
•    Better problem solving through networking and sharing solutions to common problems.
•    Increased sales through sharing of techniques, successful methods and information.
•    Increased morale leading to higher retention, efficiency and creativity.
•    A more cohesive united corporate vision.
•    Creation of corporate songs that serve as reminders of the teambuilding experience and action plans.

I hope you’ll visit us at www.kidbillymusic.com. I’d love to hear from you!

Billy Kirsch

Your team has certain dynamics, some great, some good and some not so good. Don’t forget the personality and productivity of your team mirrors that of the individuals who make up the team. Building a more productive team requires positive, experiential group activities like our program, Team Building Through The Art of Songwriting. The building experience mirrors your daily corporate team activities. During the process of writing a song with your group, we’ll notice the dynamics: The individuals who take charge, those who listen and may have a great deal to contribute but don’t often get the chance, and those who are somewhere in between. We help you highlight the different personalities within your team and make note of how to encourage more participation by those who tend to be quiet, better listening by those who tend to take charge, and increase the overall feeling of team unity and enjoyment.

Building your team work through our program is a lot of fun, it’s a unique way to document your team’s identity with a wonderful marker of who you are. Through a step-by-step, facilitated process of writing a song, brainstorming, developing themes and ideas in a fun and productive process, we all get to experience success that comes with contributing in a truly creative endeavor, yielding tangible results. Team members come away with renewed confidence in their ability to create and contribute. You’ll create a corporate song that will become a lasting part of your company’s culture and a permanent reminder of your group dynamics at it’s best. For more information, please visit us at Kidbillymusic.com

It is hard now. Our heads are out of the sand. We’re keeping our plastic in our wallets. We’re readjusting to a new approach, reality based living. Is that a bad thing, NO!  Successful planners are thinking about the future now, focusing on the positive, while admitting to past errors and creating a new plan. Now is the time to support your most valuable resource, the people you work with. When we get together, we can share worries, let them go and create a strong corporate community, ready for the challenges and excitement ahead.  Let’s not stay isolated in our cubicles, let’s not communicate only through email. Let’s focus together on positive strategies for the coming year. Team support, team building, now more than ever. We’re here to help and find solutions that fit your needs. Please visit us at kidbillymusic.com and drop us a line!

The Value of Team Support
Smart companies try and do more in difficult times as the need to boost morale is greater. Getting teams together, celebrating relationships, identifying struggles and common concerns is valuable and productive.  In times of belt tightening and budget woes, teambuilding is a relatively inexpensive way to keep motivation and enthusiasm going!

The Value of Creativity in the workplace
Originality and innovation are key differentiators in today’s competitive business environment. Creativity promotes the ability to be innovative and original. Team Building Through The Art of Songwriting provides real value in teaching and enhancing creativity with positive reinforcement.

We all get to experience success that comes with contributing in a creative endeavor, yielding tangible results. Team members realize; if we can do this in two hours imagine what we can achieve back at the office! Visit our website for more about our wonderful team building programs. www.kidbillymusic.com

LYRICS & LAUGHTER
WE CALL IT Team Building Through the Art of Songwriting, but our latest group dubbed this Lyrics And Laughter. An experienced industry audience, PRA Destination Mangement, became our biggest fans. PRA’s National Sales meeting welcomed the Kidbilly Team in Las Vegas on August 8th. Our inbox has been overflowing with praise and enthusiasm:

“You and your group did a tremendous job of getting our group to focus, channeling their creative energy and turning that energy into humorous and insightful songs about who we are and what we do at PRA.”

“Billy, Georgia and Greg were fantastic.  This was such a unique and fun teambuilding experience.  They did a great job of leading us, and keeping us focused while tapping into our creativity. Typically, I do not enjoy Team Building activities (please do not tell anyone), but yours was FABULOUS!”

CREATIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE
WE ARE ALL inherently creative but many of us label ourselves as ‘not the creative type’. Through a step-by-step, facilitated process of writing a song, brainstorming, developing themes and ideas in a fun and productive process, we all get to experience success that comes with contributing in a truly creative endeavor, yielding tangible results. Team members come away with renewed confidence in their ability to create and contribute.

Warming you up:  Grammy’s, Emmy’s, here’s how we got them, now you try it!

Team Building Through The Art Of Songwriting leads your team through a creative group process. We are all inherently creative but many of us label ourselves as ‘not the creative type’. Through a step-by-step, facilitated process of writing a song, brainstorming, developing themes and ideas in a fun and productive process, we all get to experience success that comes with contributing in a truly creative endeavor, yielding tangible results. Team members will come away with renewed confidence in their ability to create and contribute. The songs we write become part of your company’s culture and a lasting reminder of what’s been learned along the way.

My kids started to fight at the dinner table last night. As it began to escalate, I realized I had two choices, to take sides or to berate them both equally. I chose the latter and both children immediately joined forces to defend themselves against me, their new common enemy. Before too long, they were both laughing at me; dispute resolved! Sounds kind of like team building, doesn’t it. Working with a group of sales people who compete for clients, we find common ground and unify them, enabling them to share their successes, strategies and concerns more easily. Our recent program for PRA in Las Vegas was so much fun and a resounding success. With three teams all vying for best song, the competitive spirit was a motivating force to focus and create while laughing a lot! But here’s what’s so gratifying; As the teams gathered back together to perform their creations, the competitive spirit gave way to group appreciation, support and humor. Everyone was truly amazed by the wonderful creations of all the teams. And of course, everyone wins, with new lines of communications, new relationships and renewed energy. Who won best song? I’m not telling!  BK

Sometimes it’s just hard to get out of bed in the morning. I make it a point to get up and get going before I have a chance to dwell too long on things that wear me down. Before I’m fully conscious, I’m in the pool at my local fitness center. Next thing I know, I’m in the locker room, chatting about the upcoming day, common concerns and without fail there’s laughter; my stressful anticipation of the day dissipates. My point? Get your team together, celebrate your relationships, your struggles and common concerns. This is invaluable, necessary and extremely productive. Don’t forget to nurture your most important resource, the people who work with you. In times of belt tightening and budget woes, it’s critically important to continue to allocate resources to maintaining a positive, open work environment. BK, 8/5/08

Mergers and acquisitions create uncertainty. A fundamental change increases stress levels and fuels many questions: Will I really have a job in six months…will I be appreciated…will I have to change dramatically? Team Building Through The Art of Songwriting provides a group activity to give voice to concerns in a unifying, productive environment. Turn fears into song; find out how much colleagues have in common and how much there is to gain.
Below is a quick sample verse lyric. Participants would notice they have common concerns, give their concerns a voice, and generate productive discussion. Put to music and sung by a group, these lyrics always lead to laughter!
The merger went down and there’s no one around
To guarantee I’ll be okay  
They say a chance for the best but I feel a wreck
Will I be here at the end of the day!?!