Abbot Risk Consulting (ARC)
Summer Conference
Project Overview
Building on the success of our 2016 event, ARC wanted to put on another show stopping event for their team.
Abbott Risk Consulting’s last Summer Conference at Norton House Hotel took place in 2016, where Maximillion provided ARC with an extremely well received “It’s A Knockout” event for their all-staff group.
For their 2019 Summer Conference, ARC were looking for ways to build on the success of the 2016 event with another outdoor team challenge that was as interactive, competitive and as fun as their “Knockout” experience.
The scope of our involvement widened over the 2019 Conference with the inclusion of some themed evening entertainment, as well as engaging staff with some individual and team-based development that could be linked back to the workplace.
The Challenge
ARC wanted to put on a 2-day team-building and development event, with some knock-out entertainment thrown in for their team.
This 2-day programme, led by Operations Director Ross Gardiner on day one, and Lead Facilitator Mike Tierney on day two, was designed around the following objectives:
Day 1
To provide the group with fun, themed, afternoon team-building and evening entertainment experiences that would also provide opportunities for interaction, participation and light-hearted cross-team competition.
Day 2
To facilitate a development day, bringing a blend of theory, practice, and experiential learning to support team-based development.
Our Solution
We planned and delivered a range of fun and engaging team-building games and workshops to help ARC celebrate a successful year!
For their 2-day event, we provided a blend of our signature team-building events and workshops.
This comprised of pre-event online profiling, supported by interactive, and experiential activities and workshop sessions during the day, designed to raise awareness of the impact of behaviours on team performance and effectiveness.
Day One
On day one we engaged the whole group with our brilliant Pole Position team challenge, delivered under a canopy of sunshine and blue skies and around a specially designed track set out in the venue grounds. Pedal power ruled in this low octane – high adrenaline Grand Prix classic!
The activity challenged teams over a three stage process where they had to design and construct their very own super kart before racing in a series of qualifiers and finishing with the grand finale. The event concluded with podium results, and a constructor’s prize. The event was selected to appeal to all on the day, be it those with the engineer mind-set, the artistic creatives, or the competitive ‘racing’ driver types keen to expend some energy.
The fun continued into the evening of day one over dinner, with table teams being challenged to identify ‘whodunnit’ in one of our interactive Cluedo-inspired Murder Mystery events.
To fit with the nature and style of the Norton House venue we recommended a ‘classic fireside’ storyline – “The Cook Who Corked It” – which starred characters that were somewhat familiar from the board game.
Day Two
For day two, the emphasis shifted to facilitated team development, initially comprising a BELBIN Team Roles workshop for the whole group in the morning.
The session was delivered on the back of the online Team Role profiling administered to all staff in the run up to the Conference. This required everyone to complete a BELBIN Team Role online Self-Perception Inventory, then invite four Observer Assessments to add weight to their own SPI profile, and enable the production of a full, interpretive Team Role Report including 360° observer feedback.
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