Schneider Electric in Nashville Gets Help in Dealing with Change

Like many of our clients, Schneider Electric came to us with a very specific goal in mind: they needed help dealing with the repercussions of some major corporate change.

Not only that, but they needed it right away!

With only a week to get ready for the customized workshop events, we all worked very hard to pull everything together.  Judging from the impressive results of the workshop, it all came together beautifully in the end!

First, we ironed out the kinks with some ice breakers.

Before we begin any team building games and challenges, we always do ice breakers. With a group that’s dealing with some internal issues stemming from changes in the workplace, it’s even more important to set the tone with some effective ice-breaking activities.

This group from Schneider Electric in Nashville, Tennessee had recently suffered through some organizational restructuring, and they had a new VP.  Things like that can set a group on end, disrupting productivity in a big way.

Corporate team building games that get everyone on the same page serve to realign the group and build trust back to up healthy levels.  Only then do we begin the team building challenges that follow.

We had to deal with a little change ourselves: the assigned room for this workshop was an IT training room, set up in a traditional classroom style.  Since our workshops are more interactive, we moved to the cafeteria, which suited our needs perfectly.  Good thing the workshop facilitator arrived a day early to check out the space!

Then we addressed corporate change with Minefield.

The Minefield activity is a great one for building trust and strengthening communication.  Team members must guide one another through a “minefield” of small physical obstacles, using only words.  There’s a direct link between good communication skills and success in this team building game.

The takeaway from this activity was the importance of your peers when navigating unknown territory…the perfect metaphor for corporate change!

Then the fun began: building bikes for charity!

Now that teams had worked to a certain level of trust and communication, they could put it all together and compete to earn bicycle parts and tools for assembling their donations.

Gears for Years was the chosen charity for the Schneider Electric group, and a representative arrived to see that the bikes went to the local charity: a shelter for children in downtown Nashville.  They provided a gratitude plaque for the team, and presented it to the Schneider Electric group as their way of saying thanks for giving back.

 

Schneider Electric in Nashville Gets Help in Dealing with Change