Leadership & Teambuilding / Creative sessions
The outcome of the day
An introduction to approaching leadership, creativity and people connection within a team through a series of hands on arts-based sessions, which will embody important concepts, such as Presence, Passion and Trust.
Using music/theatre/storytelling/poetry etc, builds a new creation myth for any corporation. ‘Out of the chaos of the past, a new seed of creativity can be planted to create a future vision which emerges from the deep connection and expression of the group in the here and now.’
Via a range of tasks and exercises the group will be encouraged to consider the following questions:
- What is leadership?
- What sort of breakthrough are you looking for?
- What is vision?
- Do you have vision?
- Does you work have direction?
- Is it the direction you want?
- What is Creativity and innovation?
- How does ‘creativity’ fit in the ‘real world?’
- What values should a team have?
- How do we sharpen the qualities we aspire to?
Coaching Teams Methodologies
In our experience, we have found that in order to access personal creativity and to foster authentic collaboration as a group, several key areas must be addressed.
Trust
Genuine self expression can only be present, if there is a sufficient degree of trust throughout the whole group. Through a series of stimulating and challenging icebreakers, we create a safe, yet exciting environment to encourage a mutually supportive atmosphere.
Presence
By letting go of past ideas, preconceived judgments, cynicism and fear of failure, we arrive in the present moment, with an empty, yet alert mind which is fully aware of all potentialities, but is not attached to any outcome. This allows for creativity to flourish, and future visions and strategies to emerge.
The Session
Behind the fun and the novelty of a drumming session lie a whole host of 'subtle energies' that can reveal hidden resources and generally deepen our connection to the here and now. Through embodying this source of creativity, we present an effective metaphor for co-creating as a team, and for enhanced relationships, based on trust and honesty.
Through the process of making music, we can access our intuitive mind. Participants are encouraged to listen with their whole body, thereby deepening the group connection. Themes such as improvisation, texture, arrangement and dynamics are explored, resulting in the group creating their own short piece as a finale to the session. There normally follows a session of feedback and evaluation.
It will also point to the need for courage (which comes from the French word Coeur – or heart), to step outside of ones comfort zone.