For those booking their team building events in Australia’s summer months the choice of whether to venture outdoors or to pick an indoor option can be a tricky one indeed. Summer brings great opportunities for the outdoors, but common sense and caution must also be exercised liberally to ensure that the outdoors is your friend and not your foe. Going outdoors is a great stimulus for novelty. It’s also a nice way to get jaded office-dwellers outside of the usual four walls,

Teams from the CSIRO recently participated in Sabre's "Picture Perfect" cross-functional painting challenge at the QLD State Library. The total group was formed into smaller sub-teams each responsible for their own part of the "bigger picture", but with limited information and resources. There were also rules and constraints within which teams could network and communicate with one another. High quality communication, collaboration and teamwork between teams was essential to

Sydney is a wonderful city for team building of all styles, but in winter it can get just a little bit chilly for the outdoors. Anyone who has been compelled to participate in an outdoor winter activity (particularly in the Blue Mountains for example) may never forget it, and for all the wrong reasons. Hence we find that during the winter months it's the indoor team building options that that often sell best in Sydney. There are some truly great indoor options within genre as

Sabre recently had the exciting opportunity to work with some very effective leaders from ALDI. The business game 'Battlespace' was used to help highlight some important team, leadership and business themes. This tabletop business game is far more than just a straight team building challenge or simplistic military themed "run around" activity. It's a highly sophisticated journey into how to survive and thrive in a complex and competitive environment. It explores teamwork, l

Sabre has designed an exciting indoor business game based on the adventures, colour and perils of the ancient Silk Road. As a vibrant trade route that joined the worlds of East and West, the Silk Road was travelled by a truly multi-national cast of characters all seeking opportunity, trade and profit. It also had its dangers and pitfalls for the unwary and unprepared. In the game each team sets out as part of multi-team Caravans that will need to plan their journey for optima

Fashion Themed Team Building Options The creative and highly competitive world of fashion offers some great team based challenge themes within which to explore innovation, teamwork, leadership and business success. They are also loads of fun. In business, just as in fashion, one minute you can be "IN", and the next, "OUT", if you fail to innovate and exploit opportunities. We have two featured Fashion themed approaches that work brilliantly at meetings and off-sites. You ca

The Islands of Atlantis is a new indoor team building activity / business game set in the ancient mythical (or real if you believe Plato's story) civilisation of Atlantis. The ancient civilisation of Atlantis was rumoured to have been built upon great power, wisdom and unity that was ultimately thwarted by either the forces of nature or the growing hubris of its own leaders (or perhaps both?). In this game each team represents a High Council and Senate that have been elected

Recent periods of unpredictable weather have made many of our indoor team building options more popular than ever. Sabre has designed many high-quality, fun and engaging indoor event concepts on a wide varity of themes (e.g. Rome, Silk Road, Fashion, Military and Art). Not only are these great team building and development activities in their own right, but they also serve as a safe weather-proof options for stressed event planners who who may have had one too many outdoor ev