Team Building Programs, Leadership Development,
& Give Back Activities
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Are you simply seeking a Give-Back Activity or CSR event, or are you searching for one of the most profound tools to create deep emotional relevance and understanding? Our programs go beyond surface-level engagement to tackle concepts like customer-centricity, collaboration, purpose-driven leadership, quality, and employee engagement. If this resonates with you, you may find value in what we offer—if not, we might not be the right fit.
We work with organizations that serve others through products or services that make a meaningful impact on people’s lives. This aligns with the fundamental law of commerce: to serve humanity. If your organization is not rooted in this mission, we’re unable to help. However, if you understand that humans learn best through metaphors and emotional connections, and you’re ready to invest the time and resources to make the experience meaningful, then you’re ready for this journey.
Our clients have accomplished incredible results, such as building over 25,000 bicycles for children and providing more than 85,000 prosthetic hands for amputees. Often, they had no idea that the “Business Simulation” they were about to undertake would yield real products and genuine value for others. These groundbreaking programs, created by Bill John and Lain Hensley of Odyssey Teams, existed long before “CSR” and “Give-Back” entered the business lexicon. This is your opportunity to leverage your time, money, and energy with a program that has the potential to make a lasting impact. You may only get one chance to do this right.
As you review our programs, you’ll notice we’ve titled the service components to help illustrate the kind of impact you can create. However, these are not the titles of the sessions themselves. The true focus is to work together, practicing and demonstrating your organization’s values in a deliberate and powerful way. The “product” your team builds will remain a secret until the time is right to reveal the purpose and “why” behind the experience. Please resist the temptation to frame this as a CSR or Give-Back activity—the outputs will speak for themselves, but they are not the focus.
The Build-a-Hand® program has been a client favorite since its inception in 2008. Through building hands for amputees around the world who cannot afford prosthetic devices, your group will access the potential of their heads, hands, and hearts to build a better team, a better organization, and a better world. Clients have built more than 80,000 hands for amputees in over 90 countries.
The Board Meeting is a community service project that focuses on brand awareness, customer-centricity, quality assurance, time management and collaboration. You’ll receive orders to design and build skateboard kits for your customers, but your team will build much more than that in the process.
The need for teams to be united and working towards a common goal has never been more critical. Through expert facilitation, participants engage in an artistic project and discussions that bring organizational goals, values and behaviors to life. The Team Mosaic is a reminder that every piece counts when working towards the bigger picture.
Life Cycles™ is a team building program that centers on the influence and impact anyone can have by collaborating for the good of others. Your team will build bikes for deserving children while experiencing firsthand how their actions directly impact their clients and coworkers.
If you’ve never experienced an Odyssey Keynote, you’re in for a wild ride. Odyssey Teams’ Keynote Speakers incorporate profound business and life experiences that resonate with global audiences ranging from the C-suite to new hires. Popular keynote topics: Change Agility, Purpose-Driven Work, Collaboration, Communication and Innovation.
The name says it all. Leadership Essentials consists of customized fast paced sessions packed with discovery conversations and business simulations designed to bring forth the best in leaders and those they lead. After 30 years in business and over 100 years of combined facilitation experience, we have a deep pool of knowledge to share.
The keys to any team building activity are collaboration and communication. Playhouse Challenge™ focuses on several approaches to “concept to completion” as team members must execute by refining their communication and collaboration skills. By inspiring the team to re-think about the way they approach a group effort, effectiveness and efficiency are enhanced.
Play-it-Forward™ is a team building activity that turns a simple bag toss game into a purpose driven experience. By having the team consider how to reinvent this classic game, everyone benefits from looking at projects in a new way. What business wouldn’t stand to benefit from a more innovative team?
Imagine the possibilities if you and your team were less stressed, more peaceful and able to focus better in challenging situations. From board rooms to basketball courts, Mindfulness Training has been the secret ingredient for countless world-class teams and leaders striving to be their best.
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