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\nAbsolutely. I am a big proponent of taking people out of their everyday environment and creating a memorable experience where they can learn and grow as a team. Through the organization of planned activities like rock climbing and shared meals, as well as the structured facilitated time, members build trust with one another, nurture their relationships and form a cohesive bond. Rather than feeling like they are working on their own, they come away feeling part of something bigger. The team gets stronger. They will now be more likely to seek each other out to collaborate and be supportive of one another in achieving their goals and priorities.\n\nDuring the course of an off site, communication is enhanced as well. Team members are able to share information about their roles and functions so they can better understand how to work together. Team members are mixed and matched across disciplines for discussions and brainstorming as well. Participants spend a great deal of time interacting – talking, sharing, listening and asking critical questions. This helps enhance and improve the overall communication of the team.\n\nTeams spend time doing analysis of strategy, structure, systems and processes, people capability, metrics and rewards and the company culture in its current state. This leads to generating big ideas about how they can align and support the overall organizational objectives going forward. Then functional teams outline their most critical priorities and share them with their peers to receive feedback and ensure that there is integration across disciplines and that everyone is on the same page. Participants leave feeling engaged and empowered to contribute. That is worth it’s weight in gold.\n\nAs one participant eloquently summed it up, “It was epic.” He’s at his desk today ready to give 110%. He understands the vision, knows where they are trying to go and sees how his contributions can make it happen. You tell me is that worth a few bucks and a couple of days out of the office?
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