Posts by Paul McKeon
We’ve Got Some Festive Holiday Team Building Menus Ready For You
As we do every holiday season, we’ve added some festive holiday menus to our culinary team building lineup. This year, we have Southern, Italian, Traditional and Classic-themed versions of our holiday menus. That means you can choose from Individual Beef Wellingtons, Italian Style Porchetta or Maple Glazed Turkey Breasts. With accompaniments ranging from Fall Harvest…
Read MoreHere’s How To Sell Your Dish During a Corporate Culinary Team Building Event
One of the highlights of our corporate team building events is when teammates have to “sell” their dish to the judges. We encourage them to not just describe the food, but to also have some fun with the audience. That’s why we’ve seen sermons, job interviews, rap songs, dance routines and more in our culinary…
Read MoreEmory Business School Students Learn Teamwork in the Classroom–and in the Kitchen
In the business classic, What They Don’t Teach You at the Harvard Business School, author Mark McCormack sheds light on the business essentials not taught in class, such as how to conduct a meeting, persuade people and get along with others. Written decades ago, that book was a best seller. But today, the notion that…
Read MoreAtlanta Commercial Real Estate Contractor Carves Out New Sales with Corporate Cooking Competitions
Holland Hamilton loves to cook, and he loves to sell. So, when he landed a new position in Business Development at Gray Contracting, a fast-growing/mid-sized commercial real estate contractor in Atlanta, he seized upon an interesting way to grow the company’s business. Hamilton pitched the concept of a series of corporate cooking competitions featuring Gray and…
Read MoreNew Team Building Chefs Add Excitement and Skills
In response to such positive demand from our clients and partners, the staff at Team Building with Taste continues to grow and get better. We’re thrilled to be able to attract and retain great team building chefs. Chefs Alicia Fleck and Melinda Sterling are the latest additions to our team. They join Executive Chef Susan…
Read MoreBurned Out Bosses Can Also Benefit from Corporate Team Building
Boss burnout is real. Managers often struggle with their own personal stress, including family, health and economic issues, while at the same time working to build an engaging workplace culture; recruiting and retaining employees; and seeing that the team’s work gets accomplished successfully. That’s a big burden! Corporate team building can help ease it. So,…
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