There are numerous benefits to away days and holding team building events away from the office, but from a training and development perspective the most significant of these is the opportunity they presents to create a non-threatening, distraction-free environment in which new approaches and methods can be learned and tested. By simulating workplace scenarios in such an atmosphere, team leaders can see how participants would naturally respond to the situations presented, rather than seeing what would happen when people cannot step outside their defined job roles or when their responses are stifled by the rules of their surroundings, whether they be formalised by policy or simply accepted by convention.
By the same token, if your training or teambuilding is constantly interrupted by telephone calls or memoranda passed under the door while in session, the effects will be undermined before the learning has had a chance to set in.
The grid below highlights the benefits that can be gained from a day using Teamscapes for your team building.
| Teamworking | Co-operation / Collaboration | Creativity | Analytical Problem Solving | Fun / Ice-breaker | Leadership / Co-ordination | Communication | Sales / Negotiation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Crossover |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Doctor Doolittle | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | ||
| Electric Fence | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |||
| Japanese Water Garden | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Labyrinth | Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Minutes to Zero | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Moonstone | Yes |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Secret of the Camellias |
Yes |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Sword in the Stone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yes |
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| The Sundial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| The Well | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Blockheads | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| The Block Exchange | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| Trade-off | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Canape Challenge | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yes | Yes | |||
| Teamcakes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yes | Yes | ||
| Cocktail Challenge | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Yes | Yes | |||
| Teamworking | Co-operation / Collaboration | Creativity | Analytical Problem Solving | Fun / Ice-breaker | Leadership / Co-ordination | Communication | Sales / Negotiation |