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Teambuilding is a poorly
treated word as used daily and it has always to be cleared at what
level of teambuilding we are speaking ! Group interaction...training
the staff to collaborate and communicate, learning by experience etc.
these are all ingredients in teambuilding.
Of course teambuilding is...to just go for a picnic together. But
…for a company to make a real change in their staff interaction at
work, we are speaking of much more than only an afternoons worth of
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One
must start by analyzing the whole company, the staff's background,
the management, the logistics and the results. This can take months
of development, often carried out on your homeground with management
consultants.
We come in as a support at specific times, when it's needed for practical
application or when new and fresh ideas are needed. Frequently our
teambuilding exercises are carried out as ˝ - 1day events, focusing
on practical problem solving through active communication... always
teasing the creativity of each individual and... the Team spirit.
Successful collaboration is the science of the possible! Espirit de
corps! "If you think you can't, you're right If you think you can,
you're also right!", Henry Ford We carry out exercises like "low ropes",
"high ropes" , treasure hunts, rhythm sessions (see picture.). This
is where we try to push people out of their "comfort zone", where
they have to take new steps and overcome their own limitations! (the
team then gets the chance to back up and win confidence). Only when
people find themselves outside their comfort zone can they develop
and grow as individuals and collaborators! It is the development of
each individual that makes the whole team develop! (There is no I
in TEAM).
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GIANTS
BRAINTEASERS
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Giant
Brainteasers are structures sometimes of more than 4 metres high that
combine wooden posts, ropes, wheels, chains and other elements. They
all together form a system of interrelated parts. The thing is to
get a group of people working together in one of the stations at the
gardens of the hotel. They will have to help each other in order to
reach the objective, that could consist of getting a wheel free of
the whole structure, of changing the setting of the elements, of reversing
the position of wooden cubes, etc. Some physical effort will be necessary,
but above all intellectual effort in order to get the solution of
the game. In this way what is intended is to strengthen cooperation,
collaboration to fulfill objectives and to make people think about
a purpose and the means to get it. It is not possible to get a solution
at the "Brainteaser" structure in an individual way (or at least it
would be very difficult to get it). It is necessary for the participants
to work together as a team. This is the important thing.
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