Resilience PLAYshop

NEW! Virtual Version Now Available

Looking for a virtual workshop for your suddenly remote team? We have converted this PLAYshop into a virtual format. Click below for more details!

VIRTUAL INFO

Some Teams We Have Played With!

Tough Times Don't Last. Tough Teams Do.

Summary:

The modern workplace is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. The way teams respond to these factors often determine their success.

Great teams are resilient. They thrive through change and adversity and bounce back from difficult and challenging experiences. The good news is resilience can be learned, nurtured and developed.

The Resilience PLAYshop is the ultimate modern-skill building workshop! Through it's immersive games and content, teams will learn to avoid common mindset traps & become solution-focused with a CAN-DO attitude. This PLAYshop will increase confidence, energy & morale to ensure team success!

For Teams That Are:

Client - facing (sales, etc) or leadership-driven
Undergoing massive change or growth
Under constant stress or pressures

Used By Teams To:

Learn strategies to thrive through negativity & adversity
Become solution-oriented, adaptive to change and comfortable with uncertainty
Cultivate a positive culture of focus, energy and engagement

We use the power of PLAY to teach 'modern day business skills' with a focus on workplace wellness.

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How It Works:

PLAYshops are fun, experiential & highly impactful! This team building workshop can take place right in your office or at any locally scheduled event, conference, retreat, etc. All materials provided and teams of 8-200+ can be accommodated. There are 3 components to creating a high performance, resilient team that adapts well to change:

1. Group Games

Fun and interactive games that are designed to get teams to break down barriers and learn about themselves and the group at large.

2. Positive Psychology

The research behind what makes life worth living and aims to discover and promote the factors that allow individuals and groups to thrive.

3. ‘Art-ivities’

Fun experiential activities to bring it all together. Don't worry….no artistic abilities necessary!

Resiliency PLAYshop - Outline

(team building workshop)

Objective: Adapting a growth mindset (vs fixed mindset) and avoiding mental roadblocks, especially through change/uncertainty

INTRO

FOP Intro, How We’ll Learn, Aha’s Woohoo’s & Huh’s.
Opening Activity: GoStopNameClap. What is resiliency? Why important for teams?
BIG IDEA: Resiliency is about being proactive vs reactive. Resilient teams have proper tools/habits in the first place

Key 1: Resilient Emotions (Engage)

Content – Negativity Bias. Truth/Dangers of negative emotions & how to deal (new info/CTA), 2 Mindset traps (complaining, criticism) & solutions (Own Director, Ally)
Sample Games – Hot Seat Emotions, Emotional Name Swap, It Could Be Worse, Status Walk, Defenders
Discussion (Partners/Group Share) – What negative emotions have you felt at work? What is it calling you to change/how can you alleviate?

Step 2: P.L.A.Y in face of uncertainty (Sustain)

Content – Persist through play. Unknown continuum/Endowment Affect. P.L.A.Y Mindset (Permission to play. Let go right/wrong. Acknowledge present. Yes And)
Sample Games - Trifecta, Mind Meld/Reader, Swedish Storytelling, Snapshotz, Fake Experts, Switch Change Rotate
Discussion (Partners/Group Share) – Apply P.L.A.Y mindset to area of work identified earlier (uncertain or causes stress)

Step 3: Fail Joyfully (Rebound)

Content – Failing joyfully, 3 Myths of Failure (distortion, perception, FOF), Rethinking Failure (no right answer, just new info, revel/play).
Sample Games - Nah!, Failure Ovation, 21, Clapparama, Bunny Bunny, Bippity Bop
Discussion (Partners/Group Share) – How can a culture of failing joyfully be cultivated? What role can you play?

Step 4 – GROWTH Mindset (Learn)

Content – Fixed Vs Growth, 4 Steps to Develop a Growth Mindset (Hear Fixed, Recognize Choice, Talk Back, Take Action!) Mindset Secret. Call each other out!
Sample Games - Shapemakers, Fortunately/Unfortunately, Reinvention, Reframe/Solvers, Dubbed Movie, Group Order
Discussion (Partners/Group Share) – What ways can you playfully ‘call each other out’ and/or create a culture of growth mindset? Example with 4 steps?

FINALE

Artivity*: FAILURE TOY GAME - A 30+ min guided Art-ivity to round out the PLAYshop! Teams will be guided through several rounds with a ‘Resiliency Toy’, where they learn resiliency, ‘joyful’ failure and adopting a growth mindset.
Recap, Takeaways & HomePlay

* Artivity only available for PLAYshops longer than 3 Hours

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Choose Your Format

Choose your preferred format below for your resilience workshop. We accomodate teams of 10-250+

'Cartwheel' FUN!

From $2500* 2 Hours

Ideal for shorter & small-medium sized team meetings or gatherings
4-6 Group Games + 1 (condensed) Theme
Contact us for a quote!**

Flagship 'Somersault'

From $4000* 3 Hours

Ideal for larger team meetings, conferences or retreats
6-8 Group Games + 1 Standard Theme + 1 Artivity FINALE
Contact us for a quote!**

Flagship Half Day 'Party'!

From $5000* 4 Hours

Ideal for larger & longer team meetings, conferences or retreats
7-10 Group Games + 1 Robust Theme + 1 Robust Artivity FINALE
BEST VALUE! Contact for a quote!**

*Contact us for a full quote. Food is not included. Travel and convenience fees extra. Discounts for startups, schools, social enterprises and non-profit; Lets chat to figure out your needs!