XPL Teambuilding has been proven to break barriers down and foster a sense of communication and collaboration amongst otherwise previously separate or conflicting groups, turning them into successful efficient teams.

Get your teams off on the right foot by building trust, friendship and a sense of teamwork and cohesion on an XPL Teambuilding day.

All the thought provoking activities are linked to the company vision, mission, values and competencies, experienced facilitators provide comprehensive debriefs to link and transfer the experiential learning to the working environment.

During the final summary action plans are completed so that there is documented evidence of the key learning points.

Introduction

Introduction

Q. What is XPL Teambuilding?A. XPL Teambuilding reflects the process of Experiential Learning personified in the literature by Kolb’s learning cycle. In fact the learning cycle is used to explain how human beings develop cognitively through their early development and (hopefully) after adulthood is reached as they experience life and make decisions and schema based on those experiences.

XPL Teambuilding follows the learning cycle by using hands on challenges to give delegates the opportunity to have an experience, reflect on their and teammates behaviour create theories or change their thinking and put those theories into practice. All of the activities are debriefed by our qualified facilitators and the learning related to the topic chosen on the day or specific outcomes of the activity and then back to the work place.

The Company Culture Day has a less direct focus as its primary objective is to bring employees together for a day of fun and fellowship.

However companies will often use the event to communicate a key message or use it as a reward mechanism, which can easily be accommodated.

The programme takes the form of a succession of fun activities which are chosen based on your particular requirements and needs. For instance, culturally sensitive activities can be omitted or special arrangements made for ladies.

Employees are put into groups and good natured competition is encouraged throughout the day, often by means of a points system. Simple prizes are awarded to enable an enjoyable climax to the programme.

Company Culture Day

The leadership and direction of any company is, naturally of ultimate importance. Changing Attitudes runs two amazing programmes to help create a vision, link behaviour to that vision and drive the company direction.

The Leadership Visioning Programme challenges leaders and change sponsors or agents to create a new company vision, mission and values or to explore fully current mission, vision and values and understand and implement behaviour change. A clear action vision of the company in five years’ time is one of the takeaways of the programme. This is an ideal complement to any company conference or performance management initiative and is delivered in a fun and creative way.

The Team Charter Programme is designed to get managers and general employees to really live the company values rather than just have an ability to recite a mission statement. The employees themselves create a team charter which identifies how they will deal with peers, managers, direct reports and all stakeholders. The end result is a live document, behaviour change and a more cohesive working environment.

Leadership Visioning and Team Charter Programmes

Key Activities

London BridgeDelegates are put into teams and challenged to build a new bridge across the Thames in time for a Formula 1 race.

The teams need to co-ordinate with each other but also ensure that their bridge is robust enough to carry a 2 kilo radio controlled car

Requires: Problem solving, leadership, cross-departmental communication, role allocation and time management.

 

 

Key Activities

Boffin’s GravityUsing all their skills of creativity and ingenuity, teams are given an egg and limited materials to see if they can devise a system to allow the egg to fall 20 feet/7 meters without smashing.

The Great Egg Race

The same teams have to design, test and construct a structure to transport an egg exactly three metres in distance, from a one metre height to floor level.

Requires: Problem solving, creativity, innovation leadership, cross-departmental communication, role allocation and time management. 

 

Bon Voyage!Delegates are put into teams and challenged to build a sea going vessel that is capable of carrying two members across the ocean. When all teams have constructed their craft the plucky individuals are invited to race against each other. Hilarity ensues.

Requires: Problem solving, leadership, cross-departmental communication, role allocation, resources management and time management are tested.

 

Key Activities

Atomic ReactionDelegates are tasked to design and complete a complex structure in teams which uses a chain reaction to transfer energy across a long distance.

Requires: Problem solving, leadership, cross-departmental communication, role allocation and time management.

 

Key Activities

Michelin Man RacesBibendum, the Michelin brothers famous mascot is created in different teams, points are awarded for creativity and style. Then the bulbous buffoons are run through a course to see who the winner is.

Requires: Time management, resource allocation, creativity.

 

The Expedition

Through a series of puzzles and clues delegates are taken on an expedition throughout the venue, can be done indoors or out. Compasses are supplied.Requires: Teamwork, logic, use of tools, ingenuity, problem solving.

 

Key Activities

The Company Mural 

Delegates are put into small teams and challenged to paint a mural representing the company on individual canvasses which are then put together to create a mural of the company culture. Vision, mission and values can also be

incorporated and or behaviours . Requires: Creativity, leadership, cross-departmental communication, role allocation and time management.

 Liaison with company designer/creative required for mural design. Additional costs required for canvasses, paint and pre-design if chosen.

 

Key Activities

Jigsaw@work for Company Culture 

Jigsaw@work is a fantastic way to start a teambuilding event. It is fun, tactile and highly engaging it provides valuable insights into employee perceptions of the company. A simple 64 piece jigsaw takes employees on a journey of discovery, working with core values and beliefs. This practical tool gives a tangible metric assessing the perceived company culture. Additional costs required for tool if chosen.

Key Activities

The Trust Fall

A great challenge for the team and the plucky individual trusting the team, (usually the M.D.!) up to twenty Individuals are taught how to support the full weight of the faller and support him as he falls backwards from a height of 6 foot… amazing trust generator and a super way to finish the programme.

Key Activities

Example Programme

Welcome and Introduction

First Morning Activities 8.30

Frenzy / Co-operation v CompetitionThe Amoeba Creature

Teams form an amoeba that covers a course and then sub-divides twice.(Cooperation, competition and interaction)

Blind Soccer4 teams of pairs, one blindfolded, one kicking (prize for winners)

(trust, relationship building, precise communication)Break 10.00

KarinaFFEACH(Communication, Acting, using strategy)

Philip Spider’s web (Planning, team roles, forward thinking, trust)

 

Yaz Traffic Jam (Planning, visualization, Forward thinking efficiency)

Mohanna 

The Giant Rok (Problem Solving)

LivWater Torture(Problem solving, teamwork, monitoring, changing plans)

 30 mins plus 10 30 mins plus 10 30 mins plus 10 30 mins plus 10 30 mins plus 10

Team Challenge Brief (Team given a task to solve in the team and to display before afternoon break)

Prayers & Lunch 12.30 -1.30 INDOORSQuality Circles (Memory skills/Simultaneous work)

Speed of Light (Two Teams use resources to construct a particle accelerator capable of creating three change reactions. 2 hours

Two teams of 20Afternoon Break

Team Challenge ExhibitionPhotos

Bubble BurstActivity: Mad Panic Balloon BurstResult: Everyone bursts other’s balloons and tries to save their ownLearning Outcome: All participants can be winners , competition can be destructive 

Line UpActivity: Participants told to stand in line according to their birth month. A Rule of No talking while walking and no walking while talking is enforced.Learning Outcome: Plan ahead, allow someone to lead, communicate with gesture.

Fukishima Clean-upActivity: A bucket of toxic waste to be transported into another vessel kept in a confined area. Ropes, slings and hooks are provided to complete the task.Learning Outcome: All members should participate, choose leader, pilote ideas.

More Activities

The Giant RokActivity: Ropes, slings and some hooks given to the participants. Required to save the bird’s nest without stepping in to the marked area.Learning Outcome: Pilot the plan in a safe environment, use all suggestions, monitor time. People Procession Activity: Team asked to stand in a circle facing outward. Feet tied together and some participants blindfolded. Then asked to cross through the hurdles and a swamp. The leader at one point is blindfolded to allow others to lead. Learning Outcome: No matter how difficult the activity, or change in leadership – a team can use specific communication and clear feedback.Gutter BallActivity: Each team member is given a gutter they line up and passed a tennis ball through the gutter into a bucket which is 50 feet away.Learning Outcomes: Leader identified, focus on individual actions impacting the project.

More Activities

Please Note:  Fees include: Lead facilitator, facilitators and logistics, venue liaison as required, all equipment, study material, resources and transportation.  Fees do not include: Venues costs or venue daily delegate charge, or facilitator accommodation if required.