What Is Corporate Outbound?
Corporate Outbound Training (OBT) is a training methodology rooted in experimental learning in the outdoors and is organized in an open-air environment distant from common settings, like a tour to a green countryside with serene terrain, trees, rocks and hills.
Outbound Training comprises of an informal surroundings, bounded by nature and silence, where individuals turn more natural and thoughtful, leading to a comprehensive and effective learning process.
Success, performance and behaviors all through outbound training activities are reviewed via a process of discussion known as debriefing, to recognize behaviors that boost performance or pave way to failure or low performance.
Strategies are developed to cope with factors that obstruct, and these strategies are then put to practice in the exercises that follow, to analyze their efficiency and eventually help the employees learn to change behaviors or processes back at office.
In the Outbound Training Session, the facilitator instructs the group to achieve a target, but does not give details on how to productively complete the activity. Participants need to work to get a solution independently and together as a team, and should communicate and gain knowledge from each other so as to be successful. The learning initiates with the experience leading to reflection, conversation, study and evaluation of the entire experience.
The prime focus with the Outbound Training approach is to implant skills on organizational needs that include Team Building, Effective Communication, Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Conflict Management, Quality Improvement, Mentoring as well as Talent Development.
Structured Learning Cycle
The outbound facilitation comprise of well thought-out experiential learning cycle comprising of several stages such as:
1. Experiencing/Action
2. Analyzing and reflecting on the experience
3. Extracting learning from the reflection
4. Applying and examining the learning with active experimentation
5. Analyzing and reflecting on the active experimentation
Corporate Outbound Training- Customization & Delivery
Corporate Compass, one of the top team building companies offer a range of customization options for the outbound training sessions and outdoor team building activities as per demands of the client.
The works of many specialists and psychologists have been studied and exercised to design successful experiential training programs. The client can select his training delivery option and activity duration.
Corporate team building exercises, outdoor training or employee management/development workshops increase business performance through experiential learning. The outbound activities build an effective learning platform and different challenges. The adventure combined with activities encourage self-discovery and a dynamic insight into one’s self behavior and the team’s working pattern.
The debriefing sessions at the end of every outbound training activity facilitates in reflection, employee retention and absorption of concepts. Expert facilitators effortlessly help team members to co-relate the learning from these outbound activities to office issues.
The natural surroundings and outbound activities add to the entertainment quotient of the outdoor training. These team building program easily help in acceptance and participation of employees as well as openness to risk taking, coming out of comfort zones, experimentation, accepting feedback and adapting to transformation in behavior.
The outbound training exercises are also apt for cross-functional teams and across different hierarchies.
Benefits of Outbound Training:
Outbound Training programs have been found to be useful in increasing self-development, social and emotional growth, teamwork and leadership qualities. Other areas comprise of behavioral change and personal efficiency.
After spending time outdoors, team members are inclined to bond together in a way that is not likely to happen in concrete office space. These programs demonstrate that employees can become more organized, detaching their inhibitions, opening up easily and becoming more open to learning.
It also proves that irrespective of differences in cultures and ethnic backgrounds, employees can live and function together and that it is innate in human nature to be supportive. In an atmosphere such as this, it becomes easier for a smart and experienced executive coach or facilitator to recognize the weaknesses and strengths along with suggesting innovative coping behavior for challenging areas.
Some of the Benefits of Outbound Training comprise of
- Real-time and realistic knowledge
- Self Development
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication Skills
- Problem solving skills.
- Team building
- Leadership Development
- Conflict Resolution
- Change Management
- Personal/Professional Effectiveness
Outbound Training for Competency Areas:
Our areas of skill development in Outbound Training comprise of:
• Leadership Skills
• Change Management
• Giving Feedback
• Delegation Skills
• Motivation Skills
• Creativity & Innovation
• Problem Solving
• Working in Teams
• Team Leadership
• Communication Skills
• Emotional Intelligence
• Time Management
• Confidence Building
• Decision Making
• Personal Impact
• Assertiveness Skills
• Goal Setting
• Stress Management
• Conflict Management
• Interpersonal Skills
• Listening Skills
• Persuasion Skills
• Team Bonding
• Trust Building
• Strategic Thinking
• Collaboration
• Negotiation Skills
Why Choose Us?
At Corporate Compass, we believe all individuals and organizations are unique and thus Corporate Outbound Activities must be customized in order to be most effective. Our approach is highly inclined towards experiential learning which serves a deeper purpose rather than just taking some team games and winding off the sessions for the sake of companies human resource initiatives.
Customers find our outbound training highly attractive owing to its affordable pricing, best value for money and guaranteed return on investment. Our main trainer is a certified coach, top practitioner, corporate leader with years of industry expertise. Ask us for a customized proposal today!