"The participants found the INTERACT TeamBUILDER™ activity thought provoking and lots of fun!"
Liz Barbour, HR, Boeing Leadership Center, USA

 INTERACT TeamBUILDER™ covers topics that range from increasing productivity, to work ethics, relationships and day to day conflicts.  Individuals are empowered to listen, be heard and reflect on other people’s perspectives while putting their leadership and decision-making skills into practice. INTERACT TeamBUILDER™ is an emotionally intelligent, experiential learning tool that will leave a positive and lasting impact - giving participants the opportunity to apply what they learned back at work.

INTERACT TeamBUILDER’s™ leads participants through 4 phases of learning: Experiencing, Collaborating, Perceiving and Applying. The content also focuses on 5 fundamental team skills necessary for improving team relationships and overall productivity. These are: Communication, Leadership, Listening, Managing conflict, and Accountability.  Key "soft" skills are addressed – trust, motivation, empathy, influence, and honesty.

Content: INTERACT TeamBUILDER™ includes the following:

• 50 workplace scenario questions on communication
• 50 workplace scenario questions on diversity
• Facilitator role guidelines
• Team Leader role guidelines
• Particiapnt role guidelines
• Mindshare™ debriefing questions
• Team skills handout
• Feedback and observer guidelines
• Self – awareness tool on team participation
• CD Rom with some reproducible materials

Benefits:

For the Organization:

• Improves productivity
• Bridges communication and diversity gaps
• Is a catalyst for positive change
• Stimulates open and honest dialogue
• Generates a higher level of accountability
• Builds organizational integrity
• Empowers consensus decision-making

For the Team:

• Fine tunes listening skills,
• Empowers players to take the lead, stimulates the sharing of opinions, values and ideas,
• Helps to understand perspectives in a positive way,
• Fosters constructive feedback
• Stimulates problem-solving

Uses: Training Programs or Workshops, Departmental and Staff or Team Meetings, Train the trainer sessions Off-site Retreats, Orientations.

"Everyone really enjoyed the informality of it, having the senior people mixed in with everyone else, and getting the chance to air and debate opinions with the whole team.  And, of course, it raised many laughs which always helps to bring a team together."
Emma Ryan, Asst Vice President, Corporate Access, Merrill Lynch