Challenging Team Event for Building Trust & Safety - The Wall
Challenging Team Event for Building Trust & Safety - The Wall is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- In advance, assess your group’s physical abilities and spotting skills as required for this exercise.
- Ask your group to stand on one side (smooth face) of the wall.
- Objective : Challenge your group to pass every member of their team over the wall as quickly and as safely as possible.
- For safety purposes, team members can position themselves as spotters on either side of the wall at any time, ie when a participant is actively being passed over the wall, everyone is a spotter.
- No more than four people are permitted on top of the wall at any time, including the person being passed.
- Any person who is off the ground (including those positioned on the wall) must have at least one person spotting them at all times.
- Allow up to 20 minutes to complete the task (or other time as will challenge your group.)
- The Wall Challenging team event to build trust & collaborative safety.
- As a challenging team event, The Wall requires exceptional teamwork that emphasises top-level communication and spotting skills.
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Prompts to use +
Ask your group to stand on one side (smooth face) of the wall.
Objective : Challenge your group to pass every member of their team over the wall as quickly and as safely as possible.
For safety purposes, team members can position themselves as spotters on either side of the wall at any time, ie when a participant is actively being passed over the wall, everyone is a spotter.
Any person who is off the ground (including those positioned on the wall) must have at least one person spotting them at all times.
Allow up to 20 minutes to complete the task (or other time as will challenge your group.)
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Challenging Team Event for Building Trust & Safety - The Wall. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Ask your group to stand on one side (smooth face) of the wall.; Objective : Challenge your group to pass every member of their team over the wall as quickly and as safely as possible.; For safety purposes, team members can position themselves as spotters on either side of the wall at any time, ie when a participant is actively being passed over the wall, everyone is a spotter.; Any person who is off the ground (including those positioned on the wall) must have at least one person spotting them at all times.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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