High Performance Team Building Corporate Sailing Events
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Speech 1 - Leadership and teamwork
Believing You Can Win
Global Challenge 04/05 the world's toughest yacht race
In the highly competitive world of ocean racing the Global Challenge Yacht Race has always been unique - billed as the world's toughest yacht race - it's a grueling ten month dash around the planet by 12 teams in identical yachts.
However, neither route nor crew is quite as it seems - apart from the professional skipper, the 17 crew onboard are paying amateurs - indeed 70% have never sailed before. It's also the only race that sails around the world the wrong way, from east to west against the spin of the earth.
For those who command the teams this is the leadership challenge of their lives. A test of their ability to not only make these crews believe they can complete it, but the far harder task of making them believe they can win.
Learn from one of the top skippers what it takes to create and lead a high performing team in one of the harshest natural and competitive environments known to man. Built as a powerful multi-media presentation, including stunning excerpts of actual race footage, this seminar is truly unequalled for inspiring, motivating and educating your teams.
Designed for conference format, or full / half day learning seminar with interactive breakout sessions.
"Everybody wants to win - only a few believe they can"
High Performance Safety
Global Challenge 04/05 the world's toughest yacht race
In the 2004-05 Global Challenge, BP Ocean Racing Team was charged by their sponsor with racing around the world without accident or injury. Since the team was competing in the world's toughest yacht race, many raised concerns as to whether this was possible. But with the help of BP's safety specialists they took on the challenge, developed a safety culture that was second to none, and went on to be one of the top performing boats in the race.
This novice sailing team redefined ocean racing's traditional level of acceptable risk and adopted the safety values and attitudes of a global energy company. For the skipper and crew it was all to do with changing perceptions, attitudes and behaviours.
Learn from the skipper of bp explorer what it takes to create and lead a high performing safety culture in one of the harshest natural and competitive environments known to man.
Built as a powerful multi-media presentation, including stunning excerpts of actual race footage, this seminar is truly unequalled for inspiring, motivating and educating your teams.
Designed for conference format, or full / half day learning seminar with interactive breakout sessions.
"Far from holding you back, safety makes high performance possible"