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Horizontal Web Instruction Page

For the entire group to travel from one side of the web to the other.

Teamwork and communication is essential for overall success. Once you begin to go through the web, you ‘lose all perspective’ and must be coached and helped to get through.

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Board Walking Kit Instruction Page

The BoardWalking Kit is awesome fun. The four activities included cover teamwork, leadership, trust, problem solving – all the great elements to create a high-performing team.

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Walk the Plank Instruction Page

Walk the Plank is a fantastic kit that has 7 different activities that can be run with the materials. The activities cover every aspect of creating a team you could want – leadership, communication, trust, teamwork, problem solving and more!

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Tied In Knots Instruction Page

As a group, pick the one rope that connects all others.

This is a very simplistic exercise designed help groups practice consensus building and decision-making. It will encourage group members to participate and is a great precursor to more complex problem solving exercises or workshop (60-Minute Version).

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Search & Rescue Instruction Page

Participants must move a plane from one landing pad to another.

The art of cooperation is something we are taught as children but sometimes have a hard time accomplishing as adults.

The goal here is to have the entire team involved, demonstrate the power of teamwork and show the interdependence teams experience.

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River Crossing Instruction Page

This is a complex activity that has many different purposes and reveals many behavior patterns.

It develops support (emotional, content and physical) within the group.
It helps clarify communication and decision making skills.
It helps groups to examine how and why leadership shifts during planning and completion of task
It shows how balancing planning activities with execution helps groups solve problems.
The exercise is a very good metaphor for a ‘goal’.

Perfect Square Instruction Page

Create a perfect square from a rope while the entire group is blindfolded.

The focus is on leadership skills and the degree of group participation and the exercise will always reveal interesting dynamics and insights that allow participants to learn from one another.

This activity clearly demonstrates interdependence among team members while highlighting how difficult, but important, reaching consensus can be.

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Let Go My Ego Instruction Page

Lower a pole the the floor using gravity and maintaining contact with the pole.

The power that each person has to influence success is made perfectly clear in this activity.

Participants must overcome frustration and resist the temptation to blame each other in order to accomplish the task. They learn that in the face of challenge it is often easier to sacrifice integrity and end up behaving opposite of their intention. This exercise reveals this tendency in a profound manner and helps participants choose healthier ways of reacting.

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Learning Maze Instruction Page

The application of the Learning Maze is in every area of our lives. The learning each group comes up with is always different.

The basic purpose of the maze comes down to identifying how the team is treating its ‘mistakes’ (beeps) and the people who are discovering them. Stepping into the unknown is necessary for any team to grow and move ahead, with the only question being how are they doing in the process?

This event will shed some light one the teams’ process.

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Fort Knox Kit Instruction Page

Combine all of the portable activities into a single portable kit. This kit has everything and will help your group experience all facets of being a team – leadership, teamwork, communication, conflict, trust, collaboration, problem solving, decision making and more!

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China Syndrome Instruction Page

China Syndrome Instruction Page

Participants pour water (or balls) from one bucket to another while remaining outside a perimeter and only using ropes.

Creativity, group coordination, communication, leadership, perseverance and determination are just some of the qualities that are put to the test during this activity.

This event is often considered impossible in the beginning and can be very stressful for some participants.

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Chain of Command Instruction Page

This event is designed to get the group interacting, having fun and is traditionally an icebreaker.

Although a great icebreaker, there are great insights that are possible in the areas of:

leadership,
trust,
communication and
changing perspectives.
Any of these can be touched upon during discussion and connected back to work.

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