"Earlier this year we at John Lewis Sheffield merged two different teams in our Department Store, which meant bringing together two teams with very different cultures and ways of working. I wanted to get everyone off on the right foot with a team-building event. Instead of going for the usual problem-solving event or outward bounds course, we went for an African drumming session with Steve Rivers.

The drumming was a great ice-breaker, especially as none of us had done it before. It put us all on the same level and the energy is infectious! It really opened up people’s personalities; allowing us to get together as a team and learn a lot about each other. We will work on transferring what we have discovered to the shop floor so we can capitalise on our newfound strengths.

I wanted to bring the two teams together so they could get to know each other and it worked a treat. Several people told me at the beginning that they had to leave early but they all stayed till the very end. The room was buzzing with positivity and we will certainly be looking at running another workshop."

Allyson Jewell
Department Manager, John Lewis Sheffield

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"A key feature of the Octel culture we are trying to create is the dynamism and creativity of our people so they can make a difference in everything we do for our customers. When we hosted our annual conference for managers from our many international locations we wanted something fresh, invigorating and expressive of the cultural diversity in the Octel family. With Steve Rivers and Unbeatable Energy we got just that and much more!
Unbeatable Energy gave us an after-dinner experience we will never forget and one that had everyone in the room buzzing. I would have no hesitation in recommending them to anyone that wants their corporate event to stand out from the rest."

Geoff Hignett
Director, Corporate Leadership
Octel Corporation
European Headquarters
Manchester

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"Unbeatable Energy was the perfect choice for our marketing team away day, as we are always looking for ways to explore new and creative forms of communication. I would thoroughly recommend any company to consider an afternoon of drumming to unleash creative minds, energise the group and bring the team together...even our less outgoing team members became fully involved, it was getting them to stop that was the difficulty!

We have received nothing but positive feedback from the afternoon and the teacher was highly skilled and full of enthusiasm through out the session - what a fantastic idea!"

Janine Teasdale
PR and Communications Manager
Best Western Hotels GB

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“As part of an ongoing project to redefine & position our Core Values - "Progressive - Passionate - People - Respect" internally, I was looking to hold some kind of 'team building event' that wouldn't be perceived as...a team-building event!!

Those three words conjure up images of puzzles, raft constructing, building bricks etc and I desperately wanted to demonstrate our core values by coming up with something suitably unique! I've always believed our approach here is special and wanted to re-enforce that with an equally special event...

I chanced across a DVD from 'Unbeatable Energy' and immediately wanted to investigate further. In meeting Steve, it was clear he shared our passion for 'thinking outside the box', and together we came up with a fun evening (it was after hours, after all!) with subtle links to our values...

Our original idea was to let each department 'make music' as individual groups, then to perform each 'movement' together, showing that each team can, indeed, work well as a distinct unit, but that as one mass, the achievement would be even greater.

Ultimately, we simply got everyone together with Steve encouraging various sections of the ensemble to copy different rhythms that actually demonstrated the domino effect of individual actions even better.

Breaking out into smaller teams to work on each of the four values gave us the opportunity to repeatedly 'mix up' people, away from natural 'friends' or departmental colleagues.

Steve's energy was infectious and the feeling at the end of the evening was that we'd held a social event rather than a business meeting, but everyone knew that they'd demonstrated - themselves - that together, we can achieve great things.”

Andy Banks
Head of Business
Links Audi Macclesfield

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"Thank you for the Drum Circle Teambuilding Event that you hosted in June 2002. The ICT Team all thoroughly enjoyed the day and we would be more than happy for you to out our name on your website as a satisfied customer."

Patricia Morrell
University for Industry

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"Wentworth Consultants is a company that specialize in helping teams perform better, so we were looking for a different and exciting event to help our own team bond, and we wanted to include our partners in the event. The afternoon drumming event provided by Unbeatable Energy was brilliant. Steve Rivers orchestrated our novice band of drummers into a high energy team who generated some unbelievable music together. Our partners really felt part of the Wentworth team and we still talk about our experience today."

Bill Quinn, Director
Wentworth Consultants

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"As the year 2000 approached we were going through some major changes and challenges in terms of structure and service delivery. There were 150 people across all the different departments that needed to engage and contribute to recognising the role each individual had to play in supporting each other, celebrating our differences; clearly Unbeatable Energy played a key part with the drumming workshop.

We wanted something different, something a bit off the wall and we certainly got that! The positive feedback we received from members of staff was overwhelming. The drumming sessions gave participants the chance to experience the energising and therapeutic benefits of creating music together in a team, through focussing on percussion and rhythm. The workshops lasted 1.5 hours; it helped individuals in overcoming personal inhibitions and self-consciousness, whilst developing the group's sense of team awareness and response, through examining the qualities inherent in African drumming. The sessions certainly gave everyone involved the chance to take part in a truly cathartic experience.

Working with Unbeatable Energy was a liberating experience and one I would recommend to anyone."

Janet Redhead
(Personal & Departmental Development)
HSBC Investment Funds Administration