Build Better Teams with Blue Mountain’s Outdoor Activities

Even a group that spends a lot of time together will learn things about each other that they did not know!

These are mildly physical activities that require minimal physical exertion but get the group moving, having fun and feeling comfortable!

The Challenge Activities make up the core components of the Team Building workshop. These activities are chosen based on the requested goals and objectives, themes, messages, vision and mission statements, or any messages that the leader wants, and the maximum level of physicality specified for the group. The activities will range from a lower level of physicality to a higher level as the group progresses through the workshop.  Each activity will have a slightly different focus in terms of the skills/competencies that they elicit from the team. All activities require good team work for successful completion.

This is where we discuss what you’ve learned in the workshop and how you can apply these skills and knowledge back in the workplace as you move forward as a team. Team members are encouraged to talk about the moments when the team was working well together and why they think they worked well as a team. Also, the team is prompted to reflect on those moments when they were unable to accomplish the goal or task and think about what led up to that and how they overcame those issues. Ultimately the goal is for the team to have a clearer idea of how they function as a single unit and the vital roles that each team member plays in a variety of situations.

Guiding the team through successful completion of the task (or a portion of the task); Identifying individual strengths within the team and fostering those strengths; maintaining a positive mood amongst the group; being respectful of all members.

Getting members of the team to the next level by instructing them on necessary steps, fine-tuning the actions they are taking.

Listening; speaking up and adding to the conversation.

Working together, joining forces to accomplish a task, coming to an agreement about how to proceed; being flexible; willingness to try out a plan.

Breaking the task down into manageable parts and determining steps to take; re-evaluating the progress of a plan or the steps already taken; incorporating several ideas into a solid plan.

Understanding one’s impact on others; fostering others to trust and ask for help from their teammates; encouraging/supporting teammates; modeling qualities that lead to success such as asking for help from teammates, trust, being positive.