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Teambuilding Scotland Programmes & Courses
Water theme - Isle of Cumbrae
Using the venue of the Scottish National Watersports Centre or Largs Marina for this exceptional team programme
"A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times."
Dan Define
This team development programme is carried out in collaboration with the Scottish National Watersports Centre, Isle of Cumbrae and run from either their centre or one of a number of great venues on the main land. It is suited to groups who would like to try something completely different. The programme has a nautical theme however there are a also a number of land based projects incorporated.
Physically this programme is suitable for the majority of groups. Specific exercises vary to suit the time of year. A real highlight included throughout the year (weather permitting) is the planning and execution of an evening circumnavigation of Isle of Cumbrae or an expedition trip to Bute.
As with all our programmes, it offers a mixture of practical team development, theory against which to position the team and specific sessions to cover business issues and integrate with the day to day work activities of the team.
Typical objectives
To develop a high performance team including:
- The development of a collaborative and supportive climate
- An ability to apply and enact team processes
- Understanding individual contribution types and how these can be effectively applied
- Decision making processes
- Effective communication strategies
- Business themes as agreed in design
Some of the elements that may be included
Personal development:
- Understanding your own and others style within teams and how the team can use these to best effect in its' day to day work
- Developing personal and team influence
- Understanding your impact on the team and how to manage this to best team advantage
- Using team process skills effectively
- How I see myself and other see me - inter member feedback
- Personal development plan
Team development experiential exercises can include:
- Exercises to apply different team roles and the involvement of others
- Complex problem solving tasks requiring both strategy and planning
- Communication exercises carrying out a complex scenario and with multiple teams
- Planning and execution of night navigation exercise with multiple facets (supported by qualified coaches)
- Team challenge
Integration with work:
- Establishing commonality of goal / vision
- Enactment of inter member support
- Individual and team actions
- Business related issues facilitated as required
- Developing a team plan
The flexibility of both ourselves and the venue means that whatever your requirements, we will take the time to understand them and deliver a course with whatever support is required to exceed.
Cumbrae Challenge
Residential programmes culminate in the 'Cumbrae Challenge'. With a tank of fuel per boat, one hour of time and a set of predetermined rules, the team is challenge to maximise the number of points it can make by venturing to navigational buoys in the Firth of Clyde.
Preparation includes all the elements that any team needs:
Personal development
Team development
Strategy development
Planning
As in work:
- Deliver late and you are penalized
- Lack ambition and your team will be lost in mediocrity
- Forget the 5p's and you will pay the price
- Ignore the needs of your team mates ands all will fail
- Make a mistake and you must correct it
- Etc, etc, etc
The challenge is loaded in metaphors of the business world.
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