Things You'll Need:
- Food
- Trail guide
- Water
- Camping equipment
- Maps
- Compasses
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Step 1
Fix a goal for your survival weekend. Your company's mission may be to improve customer support through proactive resolution of customer complaints. A wilderness survival weekend where problem solving is the focus is one way to instill this behavior in your staff.
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Step 2
Plan the duration of your survival weekend in the wilderness. Since most camping facilities will require long-distance travel, you should plan for at least 1 to 2 days for your team building event.
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Step 3
Organize transportation to and from the team building event for your staff. This can be something as simple as a carpool sign-up sheet posted in the break room or as elaborate as a chartered bus to the start of the trail.
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Step 4
Make sure people are well informed about what to expect on this wilderness survival weekend. You should provide your staff with a list of equipment and clothing they should bring along, unless you decide to provide everything that will be required during the weekend.
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Step 5
Develop a scenario to achieve your team building message. For example, if you want to instill a spirit of support and trust within your group, design a series of way-finding or scavenger hunt activities within the wilderness. Overcoming physical obstacles such as climbing or whitewater rafting is another good exercise.
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Step 6
Incorporate basic wilderness survival skill training into your event by hiring an experienced guide. Topics that might be covered include edible plants, wound treatment in the wild or way-finding without modern technology.
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Step 7
Use camping challenges to bring your employees together. Appoint teams in charge of providing shelter by pitching tents, cooking meals or wood gathering and fire building.
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Step 8
Encourage your team to use this time to evaluate how they work together with fellow employees. They should examine their interactions carefully throughout the weekend. A brief evaluation questionnaire provided at the end of the weekend is one way to encourage this kind of self-examination.









