Off-Site Leadership Training Days

Empowering decision-making within teams

Bridge the gap between strategic, operational, and tactical levels to empower decision-making throughout the organization and create alignment.

Developing a series of organizational values helps knit the team together and create a supportive and engaged culture.

  • Creating spaces in time for shared experience
  • Rewarding team-based behavior with activities
  • Team bonding exercises

Activities

Participants split into small groups and commit to ‘Survivor’ themed activities designed to test their leadership, critical thinking, team building, and resilience. 

  • Adrenaline: Conduct a gel-blaster training serial with the accompanying scenario.
  • Crossing:  Simulated river crossing with equipment to build a simple machine on the opposite side.
  • Construction:  Build a predesigned formation with multiple complicating factors.
  • Problem: Solve an organisationally relevant issue, creating a sequenced and prioritized plan.
  • Memory: Find items located in an area and investigate the scenario.

Goals

Leadership

Dynamic Vision and Goal Setting

  • Establishing and communicating a compelling shared vision
  • Setting and achieving ambitious team goals outside an office context

Communication under Pressure

  • Practicing clear and effective communication in high-stress situations
  • Enhancing active listening and feedback skills during challenging activities

Decision-Making in Uncertain Environments

  • Making rapid and informed decisions in unpredictable scenarios
  • Evaluating risks and consequences in real-time under pressure

Conflict Resolution in Team Dynamics

  • Identifying and resolving conflicts swiftly during activities
  • Applying mediation techniques effectively in the field

Motivating and Leading by Example

  • Demonstrating impactful leadership through action and influence
  • Encouraging and inspiring team members in demanding settings
Team Building

Trust Building Activities

  • Engaging in impactful activities that promote deep trust within the team
  • Establishing and maintaining trust in diverse, challenging scenarios

Enhancing Collaboration

  • Practising effective collaboration during complex team challenges
  • Understanding and leveraging individual strengths to maximise team performance

Communication and Feedback in Teams

  • Promoting open and honest communication within the team
  • Providing and receiving constructive feedback effectively in real-time

Conflict Resolution and Management

  • Identifying and addressing conflicts promptly during activities
  • Applying conflict resolution strategies to maintain team harmony

Team Goal Setting and Achievement

  • Setting and pursuing ambitious team objectives in varying contexts
  • Tracking progress and celebrating team successes dynamically
Critical Thinking

Situational Problem Identification

  • Recognizing and defining problems in intense activities
  • Distinguishing between symptoms and root causes in real-time

Analytical Evaluation in the Field

  • Breaking down complex challenges during activities
  • Using analytical tools and techniques to evaluate critical information

Innovative Problem Solving

  • Brainstorming and implementing creative, effective solutions on the spot
  • Encouraging out-of-the-box thinking in high-pressure scenarios

Applying Decision-Making Frameworks

  • Utilizing frameworks OODA and ASDA
  • Making informed decisions with confidence in the context of activities
  • Prioritizing and sequencing tasks

Reflection and Learning in Action

  • Reflecting on experiences and extracting valuable lessons
  • Applying insights to improve performance continuously
  • After action reviews (AAR)
Resilience

Stress Management Techniques

  • Identifying and managing stressors in demanding environments
  • Practising effective stress reduction techniques during activities

Adaptability and Flexibility in Action

  • Responding to changes and unexpected situations with agility
  • Demonstrating adaptability and flexibility in diverse scenarios

Emotional Intelligence in the Field

  • Understanding and managing emotions effectively during activities
  • Enhancing empathy and relationship management in real-time

Building Mental Toughness

  • Developing a resilient, tough mindset through challenging experiences
  • Overcoming setbacks and maintaining unwavering perseverance
  • Implementing practical techniques in different settings
  • Balancing physical and mental responses during intense activities

Leadership is not about you

It is about trying to write yourself out of a job by empowering others to take over and head towards success. 

Our Leadership Training and Development is designed to:

  • Help the team understand the strategy 
  • Enable them to operate in your absence
  • Empower them to make effective decisions using strategic and intuitive thinking
  • Allow them to lead confidently

We lead by example

Engage The Eighth Mile Consulting to develop a culture of servant leadership, accountability, and resilience in your workplace. Our leadership training will assist you in growing good leaders and enabling your teams to become a united and adaptive workforce that can face any challenge with confidence.

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Meet Our Facilitators

Our team is drawn from hands-on practitioners and professional coaches who have actually delivered what they preach. Each of our leadership training experts has a reputation for delivering positive change to organizational cultures and delivering complicated projects and tasks.

Drawn from lessons learned in the military, and in business, we make leadership principles tangible and relatable through real-world examples, personal anecdotes, and case studies.

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