The ultimate teambuilding program
The Mission
Imagine that your team has to locate pieces of a communication tower that fell out of a plane and these items are now located over 3 sq. kilometers of bushland and water.
The tower needs to construct and erected by a prescribed time (finale of the program) and the team needs to plan, allocate resources, cross skill and train, and communicate their needs like they have never before.
The Challenge
The program has a unique element, in that the participants are first trained in all the skills needed for find the tower prior to commencing their mission. This means that they need to become a self-reliant unit, and that there are no tricks in the program to make them fail.
The construction of the tower, finding the pieces, solving clues, cross training, setting up communication HQ between virtual teams is all part of the exercise. The team needs to think laterally at all times and believe that they can follow through and deliver.
Because there is an end deliverable at the end of the program, the completion of the Omega tower, the program becomes an extraordinary team adventure filled with unbelievable heroism, contributions from team members and the opportunity to recognise and celebrate the phenomenal achievement made by the team.
Aspects of the program
- The natural outdoor terrain is used as the backdrop for the program.
- There are lessons learnt in the program that have a significant impact on the quality of the teaming between members
- The ultimate problem is upon your team…
- The team has incredible fun and will remember the event for a long time to come.
- There are many themes in the program that bring out business learning’s e.g. trust your bearings is analogous to trusting to your plan and following it through irrespective of the circumstances.
- The team members teach each other vital skills and begin to realise that members of the team have different ways of learning. The theme being understanding each others needs is vital to teaming.
