As you might have seen in our ‘Out of Office’-reply, last Wednesday (June 9th, 2010) all of the company’s employees participated in a day of teambuilding; I-VY Adventure Training to be exact. It was a physically and mentally challenging day, but also an awesome experience for the entire team.
Adventure Training is an active way of teambuilding with a learning-by-doing approach, based on a series of team exercises. All of these exercises are dependent on the participants trusting each other, working together as a team and respecting one another, all the while minding physical and mental safety.
We got to do a series of exercises, like crossing a rope with all team members at the exact same time, or climbing and standing upright on a 10 meter high pole without railing and then getting three of your colleagues up there with you. After each exercise we had to evaluate the outcome, the process behind it and the teamwork. The evaluation would indicate shortcomings to improve upon in the following exercises, as well as work situations.
In other exercises we had to match a colleague’s character to an animal, or classify his/her team role on the work floor by using roles on a ship as a metaphor. It was amazing to see how easily all team members opened up to each other and dealt with evaluations, self-actualization, criticism and even confrontations.
At the end of the day some highly needed talks were had and we concluded the Adventure Training with a tasty barbeque. We are certain this training will benefit all employees, the work climate and our clients from here on out.
It’s safe to say there will be more days like these in the future, until then we leave you in the quite capable hands of our team.
