A Team Building Experience You Will Not Soon Forget
A lot of companies and organizations are beginning to discover the benefit of having highly effective teams working together towards a common goal. Treasure Hunt Adventures offers a unique team building experience that will stimulates comradery while at the same time developing leadership and building team spirit.
The most popular event that we have is the "treasure hunt" which employs problem solving and decision making. It includes breaking down a big problem, into smaller parts then working together to solve it. Our treasure hunts are
based based on the sport of orienteering and our clients love them!
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The treasure hunts can take place at conference centers, hotels or, for the truly adventurous, in the forest. They are cooperative AND competitive. So Everyone wins!
No one else has an event like this in Chicago, Illinois or anywhere in the country. It's what we call TRUE team building because it starts out as a competitionbut morphs into a cooperative endeavor as all teams must work together to find the key.
To schedule your next event call us at 845-225-2539
or use our easy online request form.
The Davinci Adventure
Want a team building adventure with the excitement of a best selling book and movie? Now your company can experience the thrill of the search for the ancient Grail. This is typically staged in at the The Art Institute of Chicago Museum. Teams interact with the artwork using a maps while searching for clues that will help them break the Cryptex Code. This is a great team building exercise that incorporates adventure, appreciation and intrigue.
Call now to book your Davinci Adventure.
Other Team Building Events
Apart from our world famous treasure hunts we also offer:
Pipeline - An interactive team-builder that encourages all to work together
Table Top Nascar - Teams build a cars out of Lego and race each other down a high tech track
Orienteering - traditional orienteering programs (using a topographical map and compass)
Icebreakers - Helping your group get familiar with each other
Portable Adventure Series - Time-tested team challenges
We are all different, from the way we were raised to the things that we believe; which makes it completely normal for each person have his own opinion on how things should be done. However, if you bring this scenario to the workplace or any organization, it can lead to conflicts and decreased productivity. One way that such problems can be dealt with is through team building. Team building allows a group of people to work towards a single goal, putting aside personal interests.
It’s not easy trying to get people to work towards a single goal, but team building activities help simulate the outcome you want in a non work environment. If you run a search you will find that there are dozens of games and activities which you can use to try to help people work together more effectively. The question is which is the best team building activity? The best way to decide is by knowing what you need to address.
A group which has problems working together because they are not familiar with each other or not comfortable around each other will benefit from ice breakers. One the other hand, if you have a group where each or many of its members now each other but are simply to working together to their full potential you will need something like a treasure hunt. A Treasure Hunt event put on by Treasure Hunt Adventures breaks down the group into smaller teams and then later on will merge the teams and have them work together as a whole to find the treasure. This will allow each member to see how important it is to do their own roles, yet work towards the single common goal.
Leadership, critical thinking, analysis and problem solving are can be addressed with team building activities which include puzzles or building things. This can range anywhere from simple knot untying activities all the way down to building a soap box derby from scratch. Quests and treasure hunts as mentioned before can also be a good way to strengthen these traits.
Making sure that you pick the right team building event and it is properly run is vital to achieving the best results. If you are in Chicago or anywhere in Illinois and feel like you are having trouble, then you should consult an expert. You will find that Treasure Hunt Adventures can help you not just with finding the right activities but with setting up the entire event as well. Be sure to check them out to make your next Chicago team building activity a success.
To schedule your next event call us at 845-225-2539
or use our easy online request form.
