<![CDATA[executive wilderness retreats - Blog]]>Sat, 26 May 2012 17:33:11 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Team building - playing games?]]>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:26:59 -0800http://www.executivewildernessretreats.com/3/post/2012/02/team-building-playing-games.htmlWhat is the first thing you think of when you hear “we are going on a team building exercise”?

Is it simulated out-door games?

Be informed - team building is not playing games!

Teams are built:

1)      In the crucible of a trial or challenge. The team will either pull together or blow apart.

2)      Shared values. These are not flip chart values but ones that are deeply embedded within the culture of the team.

3)      A common cause / vision. When the cause or vision is greater than individual agendas. It is impossible to win as a team and have individual stardom. A winning team is where  all  are stars.

4)      Story telling. It is not until you know one another’s story that you can begin to develop a team story.

Of these four ways of team building story telling has the greatest impact.

·         It is through story telling the trial or challenge will begin to make sense

·         Values can only be accessed through the stories of an organisation

·         A vision is not a vision until everyone can see it and when that happens it becomes their story!

What is your story of a highly effective team?

What is your story of a dysfunctional team?

What has been your best team building experience?

If you don’t like playing games but want help with building a team I’d love to be part of your team.

]]><![CDATA[First Post!]]>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:41:08 -0800http://www.executivewildernessretreats.com/3/post/2011/12/first-post.html“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended upon the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask.  Once I knew the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than 5 minutes.” Albert Einstein

Executive wilderness retreats are about helping you find and then frame the right questions.

Your life  and business does depend on it!

What would it look like if you moved from having a strategic plan to having strategic questions? ]]>