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Team Building/Personal Development

Every team or group needs certain skills to function effectively and teamwork has never been more important than in today’s society. Whether you are competing against other companies for market share, attempting to complete a project, or simply sharing a vision, teamwork is vital to success. Research continues to prove that classroom training is essentially ineffective and retention is low at best. Green Earth Outdoors brings years of teambuilding and teaching experience to offer training that goes beyond tips and theory. Training is conducted in a natural setting using the outdoors as a fun and effective tool for helping participant understand, practice and retain the essential skills necessary for results. Choose from one or more of the modules below or let Green Earth Outdoors develop content specific to your needs. All modules are one day in length and include instruction, lunch, materials and equipment. Optional transportation is available from your place of business. Contact Us today for a proposal to get your team on the trail to high performance.

 

Problem Solving that Leads to Effective Decision Making

Problems, challenges, obstacles, or whatever you want to call them are ever present.  We see them as opportunities to improve.  This fun, hands-on session will eliminate the mental barriers to dealing with problems, including what is a real versus perceived problem.  We will practice using tools for finding workable solutions and breaking down the tasks for resolution into manageable steps.  Additionally, this session offers effective techniques for making logical and credible decisions during problem solving including tips for preventing the problems from happening again.

Managing Conflict-Prevention and Positive Resolution

Differences of experiences, perspectives, and understanding can all lead to conflict.  But learning to understand the early signs of conflict and treating them appropriately can turn differences into creative solutions.    Participants will get hands on experience for recognizing the useful energy created in conflict and redirecting it into positive outcomes that benefit both sides and the task at hand.

Setting and Achieving Goals

It’s no secret that people who are happy make better team members.  But in today’s fast-paced and chaotic society, many people feel overwhelmed, off track and struggle with issues like self-esteem, relationships, health, career and finances.   This session takes the guesswork out of setting goals and provides participants with realistic tools and steps for minimizing the fears and perceived risks of going after what they want.  You can’t make your team members happy, only they can do that.  But this individual-centered session can help put them back in control toward achieving the happiness they desire.

Project Planning-From Here to There and Beyond

Projects are everywhere and keeping them on time, within budget and meeting the organizations objective can be a daunting task.   This session simplifies the entire process into effective and easy to remember steps.   We will explore ways to capitalize on work from previous projects to benefit the project at hand.  Working as teams and individuals, participants will practice the critical components of creating, implementing, monitoring, controlling and delivering the project.  And finally, we will examine how to identify, select and motive teams members to achieve the desired result. 

Creating a Loyal Customer

In today’s competitive marketplace, great customer service isn’t good enough.  We know keeping a customer is much less costly than getting a new one, yet organizations continue to struggle with customer retention.  This session details strategies that will retain customers by exceeding their expectations and turn them into advocates and a referral source for your business.  Participants will practice highly effective ways to interact with customers before, during and after the sale and examine common mistakes and how to avoid them

Understanding Yourself and Others (Interpersonal Effectiveness)

Anyone who works with or manages others wishes for a competence that will allow them to communicate effectively to a broad range of personalities and situations.  This session allows participants to develop a critical awareness of their own personality style and how they are perceived by others.  Then by learning about the other styles other than their own, they will explore ways to effectively communicate, leverage influence on others, mitigate conflict, enhance performance and motivation, and use the differences as an advantage. 

Listening: The Crux of Communication

True communication goes beyond the sender, message and receiver.  This session gives participants practical skills for effective listening as well as giving and receiving feedback to ensure that the message is clearly understood the first time.  We will examine barriers to communication, how to recognize them and move beyond them, and how communication styles and methods must vary for different personality types.