I sometimes ask people I work with if they belong to a team. Inevitably, I get a response about weekend floor hockey at the neighborhood gym, the spontaneous basketball tournament, or the company-sponsored softball league. I have yet to hear someone say he or she...

This video is fantastic, it is so good I have shown it twice in recent presentations and people who had seen it two or three times were still laughing. The sad part is that it is all true and SO MUCH time is wasted on conference calls. Virtual teams are a fact of life...

Here is a guest blog post I recently wrote for Your Life Unlimited, it goes along with the radio interview I did with Stephanie Staples. It has been said that a team is only as strong as its weakest member, but beyond that, does each member of your team know what is...

After being nominated several months a go, yesterday I was accepted into the College of Fellows of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. Being a fan of the society, their magazine (Canadian Geographic) and their mission for many years this is a huge honor for me. I...

[youtube id="0I0DHcOIN28"]   Check out Shawn's interview on THE KICKASS LIFE podcast with David Wood.  

Here is a guest blog I wrote last month for Claire Diaz-Ortiz, head of Social Innovation at Twitter "Rules are for fools, use your head." -- Paul Petzoldt How do you empower yourself and your team to develop bold, creative solutions when you have a two-inch-thick...

Are you a control freak? If so, don't let your team suffer. This weeks Team Building Tip is all about the importance of releasing control of your team.  For more from Shawn, download 2 free chapters of his new book Teams on the Edge, subscribe to his blog, connect...

The Atlantic Journal TV show film crew came by the TEAMS ON THE EDGE book launch to shoot some video and find out more about the book. I promise the background in the interview is not a picture, just one of the most beautiful spots in St. John's, Quidi Vidi. 

Being an outdoor education instructor is more of a lifestyle than a job. I was paid to travel the world for almost 15 years, leading glacier mountaineering, backpacking, sea kayaking, and white-water canoeing courses in far-flung locations around the globe. I was, as...