TEAM CHALLENGE

A healthy team that communicates and works together is a powerful force in the marketplace. But when teammates don’t trust one another enough to engage in productive conflict and take action together, it is a colossal waste of energy and resources. In a Team Challenge with Skull & Bones Society, your team will grow closer together and perform better as a result of facing challenges and obstacles as one.

A Team Challenge with Skull & Bones Society is the ideal setting for teammates to learn to work together through physical and mental obstacles. Team Challenges are available in Light and Heavy formats, depending on the timeframe and depth of challenge your team is looking for. Team Challenges combine a mix of activities, education, and debriefs to enhance individual and shared learning and make direct applications to the challenges of work and life. All Team Challenges are designed and facilitated by a Skull & Bones Society facilitator.

Life is a team sport.

TEAM CHALLENGE LIGHT

  • Half-day format (2.5-4 hours)

  • 2-4 group activities, each followed by guided discussion

  • Conceptual and practical education. Topics include: developing resilience, goal-setting, personality/style assessment, emotional intelligence, giving and receiving feedback, team dynamic best practices, conflict management

  • Educational materials (journal, worksheets, workbook)

  • Close with a group meal (lunch if challenge occurs in morning, dinner if challenge occurs in afternoon)

TEAM CHALLENGE HEAVY

  • Full-day format (5.5-8 hours)

  • 5-7 group activities, each followed by guided discussion

  • Conceptual and practical education. Topics include: developing resilience, goal-setting, personality/style assessment, emotional intelligence, giving and receiving feedback, team dynamic best practices, conflict management

  • Educational materials (journal, worksheets, workbook)

  • Includes 2 group meals (breakfast and lunch, lunch and dinner, or dinner and breakfast—if the challenge occurs overnight)

Is your team ready for a Team Challenge?

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THE STAGES OF TEAM DEVELOPMENT

  • 1. FORMING

    This is the beginning stage, when teammates don’t know one another well yet. Excitement is high and knowledge is low. The trick is to turn excitement (temporary glue) into trust (long-term glue) as quickly as possible.

    Doing this stage well looks like giving teammates ample opportunities and encouragement to learn and be vulnerable with one another. This builds trust, which will sustain the team through the challenges ahead.

  • 2. STORMING

    Challenges are inevitable. Teams experience two types of challenges (sometimes simultaneously): external and internal.

    External challenges include the tasks and projects at hand (including unforeseen crises).

    Not all external challenges can be mitigated, so it’s up to the team to address internal challenges head on.

    Internal challenges include conflict, apathy, lack of commitment, and disunity.

  • 3. NORMING

    This is the make or break stage. Teammates individually have a choice to make: are we going to lean into productive conflict, commit to decisions, hold one another accountable and drive toward group results or are we not?

    Teammates learn that the responsibility for the healthy practices above is in their hands. And team leaders learn that ultimately it’s up to them to ensure the practices are reinforced. The team leader plays an essential role in helping develop a team culture that wins.

  • 4. PERFORMING

    Teams that win are battle-tested. They don’t shy away from conflict, they commit and hold one another accountable. They celebrate wins. They attract talent that wins too. Winning teams are an upward spiral that elevates communities and organizations.

    Then they clock out for the day and come back and do it all again the next day.

“This course is excellent for driving a team towards understanding their own values and drives in life, and when they better understand themselves, they are better able to serve the organization and community around them. Define, Reflect, Act. Dusty and Cecily do an excellent job conveying a sense of safety and trust of everyone in the seminar.”

—Kolby