Corporate Challenge

Our corporate team-building program utilizes a powerful experiential learning model in an outdoor adventure context to develop meaningful relationships between your team members. Our program model is a sequential process which begins with simple tasks and culminates in complex challenges fostering the development and practice of skills essential to team productivity and cohesiveness: trust, communication, risk-taking, decision making and conflict resolution. The program is designed to challenge participants on various levels; physically, intellectually and emotionally, all within a framework of support and safety.

What are some of the dividends you will receive from this program?

• Increased morale, motivation and inspiration
• Development of effective communication skills
• Growth of trust and respect for team members
• Expansion of problem solving and creative thinking skills
• Practice with methods of conflict resolution
• Enhanced personal growth with sensible risk taking

When can this program benefit your organization?

• As a tool for networking
• Developing strategies for future projects
• Introduction of new team members
• Re-energizing existing teams
• Identifying and removing barriers to productivity
• Recognizing and developing leaders and leadership styles
• Facilitating conflict resolution
• Celebrating successes and having fun

Sample Itinerary

• Greetings and Introductions
• Site Overview
• Restrooms
• Lunch site
• Activity areas
• Program Overview
• Challenge by Choice
• Safety: Physical and Emotional
• Breakthroughs thru Breakdowns
• Trust » Communication » Cooperation
• Win/win vs. Win/Lose
• Process vs. Product
• Icebreakers
• Stretching, Increase blood flow, loosen up
• Learn names
• Introduce sensible risk taking
• Spotting and Trust activities
• What is trust and how is it communicated
• Practice techniques to ensure the safety of the group and individual
• Debrief session
• Break
• Low Ropes Initiatives
• Problem solving skills
• Creative Thinking
• Brainstorming vs. Sabotaging
• Cooperation vs. Conflict
• Debrief
• Leadership styles
• Win/Win vs. Win/Lose
• Process vs. Product
• Building on failure to achieve success
• Debrief
• Lunch
• Introduction to High Ropes Course
• Harness and helmet fitting
• Ropes, carabineers and belaying
• Overview of various high elements
• Intra personal Challenges
• Increased level of sensible risk taking
• Communication: do you talk to yourself? Do you listen?
• Learning to address fears
• Inter personal challenges
• Trust in the belayer (the person holding the other end of the rope)
• Group support and understanding
• Dealing with a sense of helplessness
• Final Debrief
• Transference to the work place
• Thanks and acknowledgements
• Closing Ceremony

This program can be done in one or two days with accommodations provided on site. If you only have half a day the Low Ropes component of our program is highly effective on its own. Another option is to add a whitewater rafting trip to your itinerary. A full day of our Corporate Team Building program coupled with a day on the river will create a bond that will last a lifetime. When you combine the unforgettable location, dedicated staff and a quality program tailored to your needs, you will find Mother Lode River Center to be your home for corporate team building activities.

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