Intelligent Sailing

The 'Intelligent Sailing' experience

Initial shore-based sessions will profile the individuals in the team and provide theoretical information, based on the outputs of the profiling tool. This will provide both individuals and the team, areas to focus on relating to their preferences, strengths and development areas. Onboard the yachts we then create a series of exercises that allow each individual to explore their own behaviour and contribution to the team. This experience-based approach enables the individual to arrive at their own solutions, maximising their learning. The experience requires observation from, and interaction with the facilitator.

We are able to explore a wide variety of team and leadership situations, including the following:

• Explore the result of switching roles
• Creating the winning team
• Taking individuals out to observe the team and give feedback
• Inter-boat action and competitiveness
• Cooperation and collaboration
• Focus and goals
• Aiming for win/win

Meredith Belbin sums up one of the most common dilemmas facing managers today - "Simply putting a number of people together and expecting them to work as a team is not enough”.  To address this, we work with a number of tools to help you identify where your teams current strengths are as well as where they could most develop to reach the peak of their effectiveness. We then use our boats to provide the active learning environment, the pressure, and the incentive.

The tools we mainly use, but are not restricted to, are Belbin, Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI),and Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI).

And Back to Business…

Once back on shore, our skilled facilitators enable the teams and individuals to explore the behaviours displayed and see where these may have helped or hindered the situation. Discussions will be continually and directly related back to the existing workplace environment. Finally, the shared conclusions of the groups are drawn together and specific, practical suggestions for immediate and future change in the workplace are made.

It’s all about YOU

The entire event, content of the shore-based theory sessions and structure of the yachting sessions depends upon your business and team objectives. The event can then be tailormade and the impact maximised to improve team performance in your workplace and deliver your required return on investment.

To find our more about Merchant Yachting's Intelligent Sailing® programme and solutions custom designed to your business, call Merchant Yachting on 023 8021 5397 or send us an enquiry.