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The Benefits of Teamscapes

Teamscapes debriefing sessionThere are numerous benefits to away days and holding team building events away from the office, but from a training and development perspective the most significant of these is the opportunity they presents to create a non-threatening, distraction-free environment in which new approaches and methods can be learned and tested. By simulating workplace scenarios in such an atmosphere, team leaders can see how participants would naturally respond to the situations presented, rather than seeing what would happen when people cannot step outside their defined job roles or when their responses are stifled by the rules of their surroundings, whether they be formalised by policy or simply accepted by convention.

By the same token, if your training or teambuilding is constantly interrupted by telephone calls or memoranda passed under the door while in session, the effects will be undermined before the learning has had a chance to set in.

The grid below highlights the benefits that can be gained from a day using Teamscapes for your team building.

 

Teamscapes Task/Benefit Matrix

Teamworking Co-operation / Collaboration Creativity Analytical Problem Solving Fun / Ice-breaker Leadership / Co-ordination Communication Sales / Negotiation
Cascade Yes Yes   Yes Yes   Yes  
Crossover

Yes

Yes     Yes   Yes  
Doctor Doolittle Yes Yes Yes

Yes

  Yes Yes  
Electric Fence Yes   Yes Yes  

Yes

Yes  
Japanese Water Garden Yes Yes   Yes   Yes Yes  
Labyrinth Yes

Yes

  Yes   Yes Yes  
Minutes to Zero Yes     Yes Yes   Yes  
Moonstone Yes

Yes

Yes   Yes    Yes  
Secret of the Camellias

Yes

  Yes Yes   Yes Yes  
Sword in the Stone Yes   Yes Yes   Yes

Yes

 
The Sundial Yes Yes     Yes   Yes  
The Well Yes   Yes Yes   Yes Yes  
Blockheads Yes Yes         Yes  
The Block Exchange Yes Yes   Yes   Yes Yes Yes
Trade-off Yes Yes       Yes Yes Yes
Teamworking Co-operation / Collaboration Creativity Analytical Problem Solving Fun / Ice-breaker Leadership / Co-ordination Communication Sales / Negotiation

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