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We arrange team building and leadership development events in the heart of KZN, utilizing the battlefields, horses and a chuck wagon to illustrate business principles that apply to the workplace. The need for teamwork increases every day within South Africa's ever changing and evolving corporate landscape. We create an atmosphere where people willingly participate, enjoy and learn from the experience. This results in the delegates feeling both positive and uplifted.

The turbulent history of South Africa is the backbone of our program that uses history and horses to develop staff at all levels. All South Africans should have a cognisance of where they come from, in order to understand where they are now and where they are going. This crucial input is the thread that pulls different components of the program together.

Through accurate accounts of real battles, delivered on site by a specialist battlefield guide, we highlight issues like communication, leadership, reconnaissance, hierarchy, initiative, strategy and mobility, relating them to your business environment. We listen to your needs and help you provide the solution by tailoring our program to your specific requirements. Horses add the physical aspect that gives our program legs, as our intervention involves mounting participants on well trained trail ponies and riding as did the soldiers of yesteryear through virtually unchanged and rugged country. For non-riders there is a mule-drawn chuck wagon that lends its own challenges.

The program is introduced with an entertaining talk by a specialist historian entitled "The Roots of the Rainbow" that traces the bloodshed of our past through to the emergence of our peaceful democracy, highlighting the ability of our nation to overcome amazing odds. Listeners are encouraged to move forward with positive attitudes.

There is real and lasting change only when the soul is touched and this happens as we reflect on those who died in battle and feel the heart of Africa echoing in the hoof beats of the horses.

Suitable for small groups of up to 30 participants.
 

 



 
·   Builds effective new teams
·   Lifts performance of existing work groups
·   Helps different personalities to work together for maximum productivity

The "Discover your Strengths" program works like this:

·   The strengths (or talents) of participants are identified by means of testing (test available on the Internet)
·   Once the top 5 strengths of each individual have been noted, a trip to the battlefields in KZN takes them into the unchanged landscape where blood was spilled during either the Anglo-Zulu or Anglo-Boer wars. There an account of the action is given by a specialist historian facilitator, accentuating the specific strengths of the respective army commanders.
·   Once back in the comfort of the exclusive battlefield lodge and using the battle as our yardstick, the specific strengths of each group member are discussed, relating to their probable efficacy in the fight.
·   Non-personal & non-accusatory, as no one strength is better or worse than any other, group members learn to appreciate each others' differences & to contribute enthusiastically with their own special talents.
·   Where the group identifies the lack of a specific talent within itself, compensating for this lack becomes a common goal.

There are endless comparisons to be drawn between victory and defeat on the battlefield and success and failure in business and as tales of tragedy and bloodshed are easily remembered, this program is one of the few that has lasting and measurable results in the workplace.

Duration: 2 nights away
Distance: ± 3½ hours drive from Johannesburg
Group size: Best for small groups of up to 20 participants

Contact us: mailto:info@campaigntrails.co.uk
 
 
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