Newsletter-Autumn/Winter 04
The last few months have seen Outdoor Insights running a diverse range of training programs with our clients in some very different venues. These have included:-
Department of Infrastructure, Planning & Natural Resources-Aboriginal Support Unit.
The dry ‘moonscape’ landscape of the World Heritage Area listed Lake Mungo in the SW corner of NSW was the venue for a very different team skills and staff development program. |
| "The Mohawk Walk" |
Staying at the Mungo Lodge Resort some 120km dirt road drive north of Mildura, the conference started with a traditional ‘smoking’ ceremony conducted by the local tribal elders. This warm welcome helped highlight the cultural significance of this area to Aboriginal people and set the tone for the program.
A challenge for Outdoor Insights staff working in this harsh but beautiful bush landscape’ was to find large enough trees to erect the ‘low wire’ activities like the ‘Mohawk Walk’ and ‘Wild Woosey’! Other program activities included the ‘Fantastic Flying Machines’, which brought out the creative talents of the participants.
Repforce International
The start of the new financial year, rapid growth
and organisational changes prompted leading specialist recruitment
company Repforce International to request an Outdoor Insights training
intervention in July.
Using the indoor and outdoor facilities of the Westpac College at Ingleside, Outdoor Insights stepped the participants through the Team Management Systems-Individual Profile to help them understand better, the work preferences of themselves and their colleagues. This theory was then supported with a range of outdoor experiential activities to highlight the behaviours of a ‘high performing ‘ team.
Luke Drummond, Senior Consultant with Repforce International wrote after the program: -
“All staff certainly finished the day with a better understanding of why team work is so important”.
“A great success overall!”
Using the indoor and outdoor facilities of the Westpac College at Ingleside, Outdoor Insights stepped the participants through the Team Management Systems-Individual Profile to help them understand better, the work preferences of themselves and their colleagues. This theory was then supported with a range of outdoor experiential activities to highlight the behaviours of a ‘high performing ‘ team.
Luke Drummond, Senior Consultant with Repforce International wrote after the program: -
“All staff certainly finished the day with a better understanding of why team work is so important”.
“A great success overall!”
Department of Defence
Outdoor Insights long association with the IPP
Branch of the Department of Defence was continued with a series of
programs earlier in the year. Based in the Jervis Bay area, of the NSW
South Coast, the first night was based at the unique “Paperbark Camp”
where the participants were taken through some challenging team problem
solving activities followed by a thorough business review and planning
session.
The
second half of the program so a change of pace and a focus on
teambuilding, as the group swapped their laptops for Expedition Sea
kayaks! Using the relatively sheltered waters of St Georges
Basin, the group were given instruction on kayaking skills, packed
their belongings then journeyed to a secluded beach and camped for the
night, cooking a gourmet Bbq dinner under the stars! The program
concluded the next morning with team members having to navigate their
kayaks back home. TMS Accreditations
Outdoor Insights Managing Director- Bob Killip was
recently selected by Team Management Systems (TMS) to join a group of
its most experienced consultants to form the TMS “Umbrella Group”.
Comprising of Master Trainers for the suite of TMS feedback
instruments, membership of this group has been restricted to
consultants from only three training organisations in NSW. 
Other TMS accreditations include Outdoor Insights Training Consultant, Andy Halliday, who has recently has been accredited with running the Window on Work Values Profile.
This powerful work-focussed feedback instrument can be combined with experiential activities, to create training programs with awesome results!