Group Initiatives
So-called "group initiatives," involving real and imaginary
ground-based obstacles, present physical, mental, and
emotional challenges that invite a group to explore teamwork
strategies and demonstrate for themselves the importance of
planning, cooperation, and communication.
The success of a group in
meeting the challenges of an initiatives sequence will
depend not only upon individual strengths but also upon
creativity, tenacity, strategic planning, shared risk
taking, the allocation of resources, and the ability to
create a climate in which individuals are able to trust each
other and in which each member’s contributions are
recognized and valued. In the process, members should
discover their collective power to meet the ongoing
challenge of work in other settings. Whatever the focus of a
program, nearly every group comes away from the experience
with a renewed sense of community and common purpose.
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