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An exhilarating memorable and exciting high performing team experience The Apprentice Challenge High Performing Teams To be part of or to have led a high performing team is a rewarding memorable and insightful experience It is a tangible experience You feel part of something great other people want to be part of it too you experience collaboration camaraderie and support like never before As a team you thrive on meeting new challenges head on and collectively you know that you are stronger than any one individual helps participants understand the qualities of a high performing team It provides in depth feedback around personal impact approach style and contribution The setting is the maze of Camden Market and atmospheric and imposing Etcetera Theatre and involves an Apprentice style challenge From the off teams are under pressure and pitched against one another to complete a series of demanding Leaders and their teams need to tasks requiring strong team work understand and create the right and coherence Teams have to think environment and conditions for high and work quickly and effectively as performance It is a complex process they plan communicate and execute and it requires courage and high levels Participants explore and experience of effective team working the concept principles complexities and traits of high performing teams This experience pushes boundaries challenges and stretches participants The 2 day experience provides further It critically examines an individual s opportunity for learning consolidation approach and style to team leadership Participants carry out a detailed and their individual contribution as a analysis of their first day experience member of a high performing team and formulate personal and This memorable and fun experience team based action plans The whole experience was fascinating and really relevant to my role It was facilitated in a clear easily absorbed and very engaging way University of Southampton The Apprentice Challenge High Performing Teams

A race against the clock to try and recreate a masterpiece success hangs on great teamwork The Van Gogh Experience High Performing Teams The dictionary definition of a masterpiece is a work of outstanding artistry skill or workmanship Other words that are synonyms with the definition are triumph showpiece gem or marvellous feat All of these definitions elude towards the finished article the masterpiece and not the journey that the artist has been on to create that finished piece We believe that it is actually the journey that shapes the skill and workmanship needed to produce the much celebrated finished article that the team embark on and not just the finished article This experience can be used in a number of different scenarios ranging from the launch of a new vision statement or strategy through to a cultural bonding or team bonding exercise Our Vincent Van Gogh experience is most definitely about the journey This experience will literally bring the idea of the bigger picture to life By working together to create a masterpiece the emphasis throughout the journey that each delegate will take illustrates how each individual contributes to the bigger picture the importance of the skills that they bring whilst enhancing creative thinking and You may think it is strange to embark collaborative communication There on a team exercise based on a world are a number of underlying learnings famous artist that was known for throughout the exercise that work his solitude and who actually hit the on leadership and delegation peak of his prime after he died but development and the importance there is method in our madness no of project planning from concept pun intended through to completion A really fun hands on experience highlighting our current team working practices and those we need to adopt going forward It invigorated our interactions and reset the team dynamics Senior Leadership Team Large Retail Organisation The Van Gogh Experience High Performing Teams

Learn the art of mixology and apply your newfound knowledge to create your personal brand A Cocktail Masterclass Creating Your Personal Brand If you think about it a cocktail is not too dissimilar to any organisational or team culture With a cocktail you put lots of different ingredients together demonstrating different flavours colours and textures give it a mix and hope that you have created the best possible drink that s out there Whether you are looking to define a new brand embed an existing brand as an organisation or as a team this cocktail masterclass will take your employees on an enlightening journey that will compel them to collectively identify the necessary ingredients to reinforce the chosen brand The Linac cocktail masterclass is a fantastic bonding experience for any new or existing team It creates a real high energy buzz away from the normal day to day activities of your employees giving them the opportunity and the headspace to reflect and interact around the team behaviours its charter brand and more generally how they approach different activities and scenarios This experience develops consistent strategic brand and leads to strong brand equity which ultimately means added value for your company s products and services A fun and beneficial way for your team to come together The spirit and humour in the room was well balanced with the serious need to address our training requirements We will take away learning from this experience which will be used at work tomorrow Head of Intermediated Corporate Sales Vitality UK A Cocktail Masterclass Creating your Personal Brand

Exploring human inner state and driving personal performance well being and resillience Playing Your A Game Every Day of Every Week Playing your A Game every day of every week is about you being the best possible version of yourself To achieve this people require an understanding of how their internal systems function and how this can positively impact and improve performance and results This experience explores what drives people s behaviour and how performance can be changed by understanding what is going on inside Understanding the mutiple levels and the inter relationships between behaviour thinking feelings raw emotion and physiology helps achieve shifts in performance Playing your A Game is an experience that deeply explores the neuroscience and phenomena that drive how we function and how we can change our behaviour by tuning into our physiology and emotions and controlling these critical elements The focus is on how to optimise physical and mental wellbeing in order to increase both overall efficiency and resilience in what is becoming an evermore challenging work environment Through a thorough process of multi faceted self exploration they will construct a plan of action that will enable them to make changes to how they maintain and control their operating state within the workplace For people starting their first role or are relatively new in role the workshop is critical foundation learning and ensures they can cope with the transition For more experienced people it provides an excellent source of personal improvement with up to 38 reduced non value added time achievable There has been some great feedback from the apprentices They have found it invaluable and it has helped them to better look after themselves ask for support and be better organised and resillient Supply Training Manager Food Drinks Manufacturer Playing Your A Game Every Day of Every Week

A unique EQ leadership teamworking and personal development experience Off the Bridle From the Inside Out Horses live in the moment and have no preconceived ideas they bypass our emotional centre and respond only to our energy field if they see a block in our aura they respond accordingly A horse sees negative emotions such as fear anger frustration and insincerity held in our aura as unexpressed energy They give you immediate and honest feedback about how you are relating to them The way we approach horses is often how we approach our other relationships and interactions This tailored experience provides a striking and emotionally stimulating vehicle to explore the complex realms of leadership team working and emotional intelligence EQ It is a deeply fascinating and quite often a life changing experience heightening people s inner emotional awareness and powering new levels of leadership team working and personal capability In today s VUCA world work place leaders are required to work in a fast paced technologically complex and often confusing environment They face new challenging situations regularly that call for them to draw upon high levels of emotional intelligence understanding and resilience The experience deliberately takes people away from their everyday working environment and comfort zone in order to deeply explore their levels of self awareness and emotional intelligence Powerful personal and team based multi sensory experiences amplify accelerate and anchor learning in a way that permanently changes behaviour and mind set People often refer back to these experiences for years afterwards and describe them as enlightening and life changing We ran this event for our teams It provided such deep insight that it helped us change to the way we wanted to do things and it has improved our team working and business performance HR Director Sol Melia Hotels Off the Bridle From the Inside Out

A team based trading exercise demonstrating the principles of high performing teams The Dealer s Exercise High Performing Teams Organisational harmony operational collaboration and rhythm across a company s value chain often remains out of reach Silo d cultures inter departmental barriers miscommunication and inefficiencies from area to area can cost a business time and money and lost revenue cross business collaboration communication and wider team working are the real underpinning behaviours that are key to individual team and overall business success The experience re creates the working environment of a trading floor A pressure cooker of activity Getting your employees to work with noise and energy requiring speed different teams departments or sites of thought and action It brings across your business can unearth a whole new dimension to work a multitude of time consuming place pressure Teams need to challenges Different cultures be motivated sharp and work behaviours and approaches all together to succeed It s a tough come together creating uncertainty operating environment but misunderstanding and in some cases one that is hallmarked by team conflict working efficiency and ultimately collaboration The Linac Dealers Experience takes teams and individuals on a journey This experience is brilliant for highlighting and exposing the bringing lots of different business negative impact on culture the non functions and teams together added value and the loss and waste highlighting the importance of of operating in silos The experience collaboration across the wider value culminates in a realisation that chain We found the event fast paced challenging and enjoyable with excellent linkage to high performing teams which was extremely relevant to us HR Team Sodexo The Dealer s Exercise High Performing Teams

Understand how to optimise your performance and productivity both in and out the office Balancing Biometrics Improving Performance under Pressure High performance and productivity levels are instrumental to a thriving business and more and more is being asked of senior leaders and CEO s to future proof their organisations The Linac Balancing Biometrics experience is all about optimising performance and productivity and helping individuals to understand how they can be the very best that they can be every day of every week By gaining a greater understanding of your human state with the help of biometrics we are able to analyse and understand what happens to your body when stress and anxiety levels rise and the impact that this has on your body mind and ultimately your performance and productivity levels By taking a closer look at you from the inside out we are able to give you an insight into the impact that your thoughts feelings and emotions have on your performance and why you may be performing at sub optimal rates at certain times This in turn provides you with a deeper understanding of how you can strike greater balance and perspective in your overall approach to work and life and be in control of the controllable The Linac Balancing Biometrics experience will help to lead you down a path of increased productivity clarity of thought decision making and generally improved outcomes both in and out the office An incredibly insightful and thought provoking experience which has enabled me to capture actions that will be beneficial to me both in my professional and private life Senior Manager UK Charity Balancing Biometrics Improving Performance under Pressure

Find your sea legs and set sail on a voyage of self discovery The All at Sea Experience A Voyage of Self Discovery This experience provides participants with a unique opportunity to develop leadership teamwork and communication skills whilst learning how to sail There are many different ways that this experience can be tailored for your team depending on your desired outcomes for the day but one thing is certain it will be a mental workout like no other Exposing each individual to highly stressful situations in a safe and memorable environment taking everyone completely out of their comfort zones by presenting constant changes and unknowns at every opportunity the group will learn to adapt and thrive throughout the day Pre existing relationships are abandoned and new relationships are tested repeatedly Each team member will develop not only as an individual but as a leader finding different ways to inspire lead and work together resulting in a better understanding of each others role and the value they bring to the team This experience will leave each team member with a tremendous feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day and some critical skills development and insight that can be transferred back into the workplace A voyage of personal discovery is the best way to summarise this experience A never forget opportunity for myself and the team The need to re assess and re evaluate individual s needs and our teams goals was incredibly challenging in such a pressurised and ever changing environment Senior Leadership Team Utilities Company The All at Sea Experience A Voyage of Self Discovery

In a fast paced professional kitchen learn how to create your unique personal brand Signature Dish Experience Creating your Personal Brand A signature dish is a recipe that identifies an individual chef place or culture It is normally unique and can be thought of as the culinary equivalent of an artist finding their own style or an author finding their own voice Translate this into a corporate world and corporate speak and we can start to view culture and brand in the same way that we would view a signature dish The signature dish experience brings employees together in a unique team building exercise An experience that takes place in a professional kitchen creates a highly pressurised environment for a team to work in where it is not only the heat but tempers that can rise to boiling point Working in teams employees will go through a series of high pressure exercises that will test their listening communication leadership and collaboration skills to draw out what they bring to the team and highlight the importance of the role that each of them plays within the wider organisation The aim of these exercises is for each team to design a menu that they believe truly reflects them as individuals and their team brand This means that each employee will need to have a deep understanding themselves their team members and the values beliefs and behaviours that they share A great and honest insight into what makes them them Finally the team brings their menu to life for a handpicked audience of taste testers who will not only be tasting the delights that they have created but will be observing them to feedback on the role each team member has played how they communicated and worked as part of the team and ultimately what they think of their signature dish A high intensity experience which really challenged and stretched me Lots of great light bulb moments and some very valuable and well structured reflective exercises Regional Director UK Retailer Signature Dish Experience Creating your Personal Brand

A simulated production line team based activity with a few spanners in the works Nuts and Bolts Experience High Performing Teams The Linac Nuts and Bolts experience is an interactive team based activity designed to draw out the desired qualities for the optimum team dynamic This one day experience can be used in many different scenarios to assess the potential of future talent team working effectiveness develop the skills that teams and individuals require within the business and identify potential gaps for individual growth and team optimisation The team or teams are responsible for assembling and packaging a specific product to defined quality standards in the fastest possible time As the team is against the clock this exercise naturally creates a highly pressurised environment that each individual can relate to within the confines of their day to day activities This exercise naturally draws out the competitive nature of the individuals involved and unveils the qualities that go hand in hand when working as part of a team under pressure It helps to identify the importance of team unity contribution and collaboration and how high performing teams are achieved The teams and the individuals will take away key learnings to support the desired team culture and underpinning behaviours your organisation desires The experience creates a fresh and balanced approach to team leadership creative thinking collaboration and supportive behaviour when working as part of a team A fast paced fun and interactive session that is hugely beneficial to any new or existing team A creative and practical high energy exercise which caused me to see effective team working from a different perspective Very enlightening Team Leader GlaxoSmithKline Nuts and Bolts Experience High Performing Teams

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