Mount Olympus Team Building Walk
Are you and your team looking for an opportunity to enhance team development?
Are you running out of time and team is still not at high performance?
Do you need your team to be effective and organic development is just not enough?
Let you and your team to be whisked away to the mountains where you will have no choice but to charge your team connection & think clearly about your purpose and next steps forward.
Choose a hiking ascent & immersive team coaching experience focused on team development.
We are offering team development program that starts with intensive coaching retreat followed by team coaching conversations.
Building a strong, cohesive team is a cornerstone of organizational success. In conventional settings, team development can take weeks or even months to navigate. Traditional methods, such as workshops and indoor coaching, have their place, but taking team-building efforts into nature and incorporating physical and mental challenges can dramatically accelerate the process. Nature-based team building can enhance efficiency and compress the timeline for team development. When a team is whisked away to the mountains and faced with physical and mental challenges, team members have no choice but to charge their team connection.
Nature-based challenges build confidence and a strong sense of achievement, reinforcing the team’s ability to perform under high expectations. The skills and bonds formed during these activities translate seamlessly into the workplace.
Facing physical and mental challenges in nature teaches teams how to cope with stress and adversity. These experiences build resilience.
Outdoor activities often present unique and unpredictable challenges that require creative solutions. Teams learn to think outside of the box and leverage each member’s strengths, improving overall problem-solving abilities.
In a corporate environment, individuals often assume specific roles that can pigeonhole their abilities and interactions. These roles are shaped by job titles, departmental hierarchies, and pre-existing dynamics, which sometimes obscure the true potential of team members. Natural settings remove the distractions and hierarchies of the office, encouraging open and honest communication.
Incorporating nature and physical challenges into team-building activities can significantly enhance the efficiency and speed of team development. By accelerating the stages of team building and fostering strong communication, bonds, resilience, problem-solving skills, and morale, nature-based team-building exercises offer a powerful and effective alternative to traditional methods.
An essential component of nature-based team building is the presence of skilled coaches who guide the team through the process.
Coaches help create a safe and supportive environment where team members feel comfortable stepping out of comfort zones and being vulnerable. This trust-building aspect is crucial for long-term team cohesion and effectiveness.
By stepping out of their comfort zones, team members discover new strengths and capabilities, which boosts their confidence and willingness to take on challenges. This not only enhances individual growth but also strengthens the overall team dynamic.
Coaches facilitate reflection sessions where team members discuss their experiences, insights, and learnings. This reflective practice helps solidify lessons learned and integrates them into the team’s overall dynamics.
Where? Mt Olympus, Greece
Need we say more?
The abode of the famous 12 gods, the throne of Zeus and the highest point in the Greece at 2918 meters. A variety of microclimates, beautiful flora and breathtaking views.
“Suffice to say it’s a SPECIAL place. You will feel it ;)”
How?
Retreat takes 5 days.
Day 1
Day1 @ noon with transfer to Litochoro village for designing alliance and preparation.
Day 2
Day2 we start with ascent on Mount Olympus.
Day 3 & Day 4
Day3 and Day4 @ mount Olympus.
Day 5
Day5 descent from mount Olympus with transfer to the coast and program conclusion @ evening
The Venues
Accomodation Venue in the village of Litochoro at the foot of the mountain for the first and last nights of the team retreat.
This is for you if you are:
- A purpose driven leader serious about gaining clarity of team vision and next steps
- Dedicated to building & supporting a team you don’t feel the need to control
- Up for an invigorating physical and mental challenge
- Committed to walking your talk and being part of something bigger
- Energized by stretching yourself and sharing that experience with your team in doing the same in the great outdoors.
This is not for you if you or your team:
- Have a low tolerance for sweat, bugs and donkey droppings
- Require a pristine bed with white sheets
- Love your comfort zone and actively avoid change & transformation
Your hosts
Hrva & Maria
“Leadership, Team Building Coaches and Mount Olympus believers”
An American-Greek team building and leadership coach for small family businesses and founder of a community and event series for people centered professionals who value relationship building and spending quality time together in the great outdoors. Passionate about work/life integration, outdoor recreation, building and nurturing relationships, collaborations, self-leadership and cultivating peace, possibility and prosperity.
She brings her generous space holding skills and natural mediator role and knack of noticing and naming the common thread in group environments to the table as well as her 15+ years of experience with event planning, project management and team leadership. And of course, her life long experience with and love for Mount Olympus.
A Croatian leadership and team coach dedicated to making the world a better place. Passionate about self-leadership enhancement and relationship development, people and nature and ready for bold conversations and bla, bla, bla… I am bringing chocolate.! And 20+ years of experience from human resources and corporate environments leading teams and working with individuals, teams, and organizations as a development coach, consultant and facilitator and Bla, bla, bla…
I believe that people are resourceful and whole, with no need for fixing. I am most energized by witnessing and facilitating the transformation of individuals and teams emerging from a coaching mindset and self-leadership.
Also, I bring many learnings from the precious experience of surviving my 20-years old son’s teenage years and watching him grow into the young man I admire and continue to learn from today.
I am a lifelong learner with a knack for finding humor in almost any situation.
I have enjoyed hiking all my life and have hopelessly fallen for mount Olympus thanks to Maria and I know you will too. 😊
Contact
We are happy to set up a zoom call to discuss your interest, share further details about the program and address any questions or concerns you might have.
” Press pause on the momentum of your daily life.”
Coach: Hrvojka Kutle, Croatia
e-mail: hrvojka@spiralaizvrsnosti.hr
WhatsApp: +385 916008922
Coach: Maria Telikizoglou, Greece
e-mail: maria.telikiozoglou@gmail.com
WhatsApp: +30 6980489843
Recharge. Reload. Recalibrate. Re Engage.