Pumping in Arizona at Spring Training

Just returned from Spring Training and a rousing version of Pumping the Colors. Well OK so the two are not really connected but my long time quest to attend Spring Training was finally accomplished thanks to my fabulous client kicking off a significant management development process in Phoenix during the month of March.

I use Pumping for a rather aggressive kick-off event.

This four month long process is highlighted by small group, weekly coaching sessions. To make those sessions instantly productive I typically use Pumping the Colors to do both team building and team effectiveness training. A class of 20 is subdivided into coaching teams of 5 people. On the Pumping day I run 4 simultaneous teams. It's noisy, challenging, fun of course, and memorable. The small teams and tight timeframes create just enough stress to bond the teams and the energy levels feed on themselves. Running four teams means you really have to focus the debriefs to get to the team effectiveness issues but it's possible if you're really clear on the things you want to accomplish. The day goes by in a blurr but they have the pocket cards and weekly sessions to implement what they learned. Inevitably when we evaluate the program at the end of the four months Pumping is one of the highlights both from a participation and application point of view.

If you're interested in discussing PTC just give me a call @ 510-654-0312.

Birdi