Exciting, Challenging Team Event For Trust & Safety - The Ladder
Exciting, Challenging Team Event For Trust & Safety - The Ladder is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.
How to run it
- Gather your group around a step ladder (3 metres) lying on the ground.
- Challenge your group to invite and support every person to climb up the ladder on one side, step over the top and then climb down the other side while it is held tightly by the rest of the group.
- Encourage your group to consider how they can manage this task as safely as possible.
- At a minimum, instruct your group to adhere to these two safety measures:
- Position at least four feet against the base of the ladder’s feet to prevent them from slipping; and
- - All participants not holding the ladder must be a spotter, focusing on the climber at all times.
- Allow ample time for your group to complete the task.
- The Ladder Challenging team event to build trust & problem solving.
- The Ladder is the ideal team-building event for teams that are ready for advanced experiences because it creates powerful bonding moments through shared responsibility.
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Challenge your group to invite and support every person to climb up the ladder on one side, step over the top and then climb down the other side while it is held tightly by the rest of the group.
The Ladder Challenging team event to build trust & problem solving.
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