What
is the
Challenge Program?
WHAT IS THE CHALLENGE PROGRAM?
An Overview of Our Approach
The Challenge Program utilizes a highly interactive and experiential approach to teambuilding and other aspects of organizational development. We use activities as the medium for helping a wide variety of groups and organizations explore issues such as team dynamics, communication, goal setting, trust, and commitment.
Professional Facilitators
Our facilitators have had extensive training in group dynamics, experiential facilitation techniques, organizational psychology, and adventure programming. Many of them have advanced degrees and professional experience in the fields of education, psychology, or human resources.
Custom Design
The Challenge Program strives to deliver the highest quality learning experiences and outcomes possible. To achieve this, we will custom design your program to address the specific goals and needs of your group. We will also tailor your program to reflect situations or dynamics that relate to your team members' daily tasks and responsibilities. We are confident that your group will benefit from our engaging and "personal" approach to experiential programming!
Activities
Participants work with each other to solve structured problems that require collaboration, communication, and an understanding of individual strengths and weaknesses. Problem solving activities and metaphors tie your group's Challenge Program experience to your "real world" setting. Cooperation, communication, group decision making, conflict management, trust, and leadership are all components of our engaging and effective activities.
Transfer and Application
Groups then debrief after all activities, an essential opportunity to reflect on the teamwork process and articulate what the group members learned. Our professional facilitators help participants share their experiences and relate them to their workplace or classroom environment. This is an important step that includes reflection, evaluation, and goal review - all of which are critical for the learning process. This step helps the transference of positive experiences to the workplace and helps minimize the return to old habits and behaviors.
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