The Helium Stick teamwork activity is easy to lead and offers a powerful lesson.
I’ve successfully used this activity to help the leadership of an
organization realize that having a company mission is one thing and
making it a reality is another. I did this by leading the group in a
four-hour company mission and vision statement workshop.
After everyone was in
agreement about the mission and vision statement and understood it I had the group
do the Helium Stick activity.
Here is the metaphor I shared with the
group: The tent pole was the company vision and by successfully
lowering it to the ground they achieved their vision.
What happened
next was eye opening! The tent pole immediately went in the OPPOSITE
direction from where they were trying to go.
After 50 minutes of
trying to lower the tent pole to the ground they succeeded.
In the
debrief I asked the group if they experienced any parallels to real
life while doing this activity. YES they said…everyone had to be
committed to the process, blaming and excuses didn’t make things
better, staying calm and focused was critical, and so on.
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