Duck Herding May 12, 2010
Posted by James Coakes in team building.Tags: country sports, duck herding, geese, teamwork
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Duck Herding
Duck Herding is one of the choices available on a country sports team building event and it is something that most of the participants will not have tried before. It is also fascinating and great fun.
Our farmer comes along with his geese and seven working dogs. He shows the teams how to work with the dogs to herd the geese through obstacles and into their pens. Geese are an interesting subject for a team building event and a video can be shown which shows how they work together and support their team when they make their epic flights around the world.
The dogs are also interesting in their own teamwork. Their success is down to their eye contact, but other body language also comes into play, for example the position of their tail. One mistake and the geese will realise that they are not strong enough. It’s an interesting metaphor for management.
Quad Bikes October 6, 2009
Posted by James Coakes in team building.Tags: leadership, quad bike, reward, team building activities, teamwork
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- Enjoying quad biking
You can give a business justification for many team building activities; whether it’s improving teamwork, promoting leadership or encouraging communication. With quad bikes it’s hard to come up with any serious business outcome to link it to without being spurious.
So, there it is, quad bikes are a fun event and that’s the end of it. The company you work for thinks enough of you to book an activity purely for your enjoyment. You feel valued, rewarded and return to work motivated and more productive.
That’s quite a justification.
