Through these innovative programs, your team will explore the value of diversity and communication. Using unique interactive problem-solving initiatives, participants learn to appreciate others as valuable resources and discover how much more effective they can be when they work together as a team. Facilitated discussions after each activity are the keys to helping people actually apply lessons learned, back to their work situations.
Outdoor programs can range from four hours to four days, and can accommodate 8 to 400 participants (in subgroups of 10-20 people). Because we are portable, your program can be conducted onsite or at any location that will best help you. In addition, we always come prepared with a host of rain or inclement weather alternatives.
SAMPLE ACTIVITIES
The Elevator
The goal of getting the entire group balanced on top of a small wooden
box requires the support of all participants and the flexibility to test
many alternative solutions in a limited amount of time.
Skill Focus: appreciating differences within the team, utilizing individual strengths,
working under time constraints, planning, creativity, communication
The Production Line
Shrinking time requirements for moving a ball through a specific sequence
illustrates how difficult change really is, and provides insights to
how we can better deal with the process.
Skill Focus: importance of trusting others to do their job, focusing on the job at hand within a more global context, coping with the impacts of change, teamwork
The Meuse
Crossing an area using only rope and beams requires communication,
cooperation, and trust between multiple teams while each continues
to handle difficult issues within their team.
Skill Focus: dealing with mergers, maintaining open communication, defining success
(individual vs. team vs. organizational), utilizing strengths of the team, trust