The Empire Hotel & Country Club’s, Brunei Darussalam “team building program “by Sumantri

The Empire Hotel & Country Club’s, Brunei Darussalam “team building program “by Sumantri

Brunei Darussalam 27th October 2010. The Empire Hotel & Country Club’s, Brunei Darussalam recently held two days team building program at Ulu-Ulu Resort Temburung. About 27 employees consist of General Manager,Executive Committee member, managers and assistant managers joined this event from 26th October to 26th October 2010.

Experience journey to Ulu – Ulu Resort Temburung

All 27 participants depart from the hotel at 7.30 am and transfer to Kiangeh jetty in Bandar Seri Begawan. From here we board speedboat for 45 minutes proceed to Bangar town. Arrive at Bangar town go for quick toilet and continue to Batang Duri by Bus for another 20 minutes, at Batang Duri we were welcome by two ladies in Iban costume Then travel upstream in longboats to Ulu-Ulu resort national park watching for wildlife on route. The longboat trip 12 kms adventures upstream through the rapids wet and exciting. Occasionally the longboat needs to be pushed over shallow water, or a river section must be walked around while the boatmen negotiate the rapid. Arrive at the resort we were welcome by the resort management team and our team builder.

Unlocking Human Potential

Unlocking Human Potential was the main title for two day management team building, facilitate by EQ Training &Development Sdn.Bhd with three facilitators for this program, Mr. Shangkar Santhiram, Mr. Suresh Sundaram and Mr. Andy Gerald Ho.

Compare to other team building, what I’d like from this team building Program were the program delivered with a mixture of classroom theoretical sessions (30%) that are interactive and fun; visual aids in the form of short video clips (10%); indoor activities and case studies (30%); outdoor team activities (30%). Where other team building program dominate nearly at 90% outdoor activities.

Class begins with introduction from facilitator and opening remark by Mr. Desmond Acheson, The General Manager of The Empire Hotel & Country Club and follows by the “program rule”. Class then divided into three team, namely “ B 2day and Fox 2morow” as my team, “Rainbow Warrior” and “Trengiling” each team consist of 9 participants. Team leader selected require to explain the team name, the rules also stated every one aim to win the most number of points, the winning team will receive a prize. Each team was also developing presentation and a war cry. Everyone were also requested to remove their professional title and come up with own name with whatever people want to call you during that two day event, so my name is AA and I am ordinary employee. Program was also introduced how to recognize those who contribute toward the team by sharing their opinions by speaking out on the public, Rosliza then selected as a clap master.

Facilitator engaged the participants in interactive discussions that draw attention to self-awareness concepts. Through these sessions, participants understand their own roles and get aligned to their goals. Once this is done, Facilitator will make parallel the participant personal goals to the organization’s goals. Change is only achieved when people decide to change! The sessions are based on the works of renowned management & team building experts like Bob Proctor, Anthony Robbins, Stephen Covey, Napoleon Hill, Alvin Toffler, Robin Sharma to name a few.

This cover approximately 50% of program and include:
• Understanding the power of the Mind in relation to personal leadership;
• What are the main the obstacles for change?
• The power of the Team: How to collectively achievable more;
• Personal growth through skills and knowledge power; the concept of Kaizen;
• Re-programming the Mind: Developing new habits;
• Vision and Goals: Understanding personal & organizational Goals;
• Aligning personal goals with organizational goals;

Outdoor activities

Self-motivation is an essential ingredient in successful personal leadership. Facilitator offers the participants’ real & experiential learning sessions. Everyone has what is termed as ‘down-times’; where they face a dip in motivation. If they are unable to re-ignite passion at will, the lack of motivation becomes widespread. In this program, Participants requireto maintain motivation through our specialist activities. Activities that fostered the bond between team members included kayaking, treasure hunt, jungle tracking via suspension bridge and canopy walk ,The Canopy Walkway rises over 60 metres from the ridge top to above the tree tops. Watch the mist take in the view and wait for other jungle

My learning Outcomes

I understand my role in my organization more clearly;
I aware of why and how to develop the ‘winning team’ ttitude;
I leave feeling empowered;
I understand the power of the Mind;
I will resolve conflicts constructively;
I learn about working under pressure without losing the team spirit;
I know how to become energy givers in the organization;
I will see the common vision & shared goals of the organization;