Ask yourself as a leader:

• How many days has my team spent in training, learning things we could not apply when we came back to work?

• How many times have we sat through classroom training that bored us to tears?

• How many times this year will my team be Climbing to New Heights where we need to rely on one another to succeed?

Ask yourself as a leader:

• How can we learn to work together by putting the emphasis on fun rather than work?

• How can we learn to trust one another in real life, not in theory?

• How can we learn to build our skills and collaborate together?

Duck Sense Climbing to New Heights:

• teaches teams to collaborate rather than compete

• teaches teams to rely on one another

• teaches teams to recognize and adapt to different behavioral styles.

How the Program Works

• First your team will spend an hour and a half in an informal classroom setting identifying their DiSC? Behavioral profile. They will identify their own and other's preferred style of Dominance, influence, Supportiveness or Conscientiousness. Master Peking Duck will lead demonstrations of behavioral styles in ways your team will recognize and never forget.

• Next your team will train to climb the wall. A professional climb master will teach your team about the equipment, the knots and the strategies needed for ascending a 35" high climbing wall.

• After lunch your team will work together in a practical, hands on experience to help as many people conquer the wall as possible. Teamwork, cooperation and encouragement will flow through your team as they coach, cajole and commiserate over the personal and technical challenges of wall climbing. For the most highly skilled there is an opportunity to achieve individual goals in a free climb session as well as participate in the team event.

• After all that activity, your team will relax in a casual setting and enjoy a movie. How casual? Anything from chairs in a circle to pillows and blankets on the floor. Your team will watch your choice of a Hollywood favorite that shows people overcoming obstacles to work effectively together.

• The day ends with a one-hour workshop to put it all together. Your team talks through a facilitated conversation to recognize what they have learned during the day:

The Results You Will See:

In just one day the program sets three agendas for your team to use as part of their every day interactions:

At the end of the day, your team will remember the fun, the challenge and the satisfaction of learning together and of developing important relationships through hands on activities and play.

Climbing to New Heights Details:

• Duck Sense Climbing to New Heights can be customized to fit groups of varied sizes, but works best with 10 to 20 people.

• The program requires an eight-hour day for a group of ten. An 8:30 am start time and a 5:00 PM finish gives ample climbing time and discussion time. The schedule can be modified to allow more time in one of the three activities at the client's request, or to shorten the day by removing an activity.

• DiSC is administered as a DiSC Classic 2.0 from Inscape Publishing. Each participant will take the DiSC Classic online prior to the program date.

• Clothing is very casual. Climbing requires loose clothing for maximum flexibility. Jeans are not recommended. Shorts are appropriate in season but climbers should remember that they will be 30 feet in the air with their teammates watching them from below. Court or cross training shoes are appropriate. Hiking boots are a good choice.

• We will make all the arrangements to make sure your team has a great day, from special foods to equipment and training, to popcorn and pop for the movie. Just bring your own pillows and blankies.

• The Duck Sense Team will meet with you to do a gap analysis of where your team is and where you want it to be so that Duck Sense Climbing to New Heights is custom tailored to meet your team's needs. Some common themes are:

About the Duck Sense Team:

Tom Nugent is a leadership and executive coach who has thirty-two years prior experience as an executive, driving profit, leading teams and developing people. Tom focuses on helping people become more productive and more successful at work by overcoming obstacles, learning new skills, and focusing on relationships.

Tom has training and experience in Situational Leadership, developing a Teachable Point of View, managing the change curve and building high performing teams. Tom is a member of the Detroit Association of Psychological Type and the American Society for Training and Development.

Richard Paul is an award winning speaker and author. He unlocks the secrets of how to think and how to be quality driven. By making light of his own personal/professional challenges Richard enables leaders and team members to reflect on their own issues in a humorous, non-threatening approach. With the help of Master Peking Duck, and other ventriloquist characters, Richard makes team-building fun.

Richard’s collective twenty-eight years as a CEO of a public relation/events organization, and his past and present non-profit board of director leadership, promotes individualized expertise and equality. This unconventional team strategy not only has heightened employee/supplier moral but has also generated substantial profits.

Richard Paul is a character builder, whose eye-opening seminars have challenged and stimulated administrative partners and team members to recognize the value of a diversified open-minded organization that allows people to contribute their expertise and share in one common vision.

Master Peking Duck is a three feet four inch tall training guru, best known for starting the Duck Sense brand with his audio CD of the same name. In Duck Sense, Master Peking Duck shares seven hilarious motivating lessons on how to free the mind from destructive foul thinking and reinforce and replace them with positive, radiant, ducky thoughts, creating a happier, healthier frame of mind. Climbing to New Heights is Master Peking Duck's first attempt at climbing in a group, and he shares his witty observations about climbing VS flying, and about the true nature of human behavior.