Workshops
Switchback champions individuals, teams, and organizational leadership in engineering environments that offset the challenges of high-stress, high-impact work. Workshops are designed to be interactive and participant-centered. They are customized to meet the needs of individuals and achieve agency-identified outcomes. Group sessions are no-fault, strengths-based, collaborative and fun!
Institute Workshop: Speed Leadership Exercise
Institute Group Exercise
Emergenetics Session with Phoebe Physicians Group: Albany, GA
Emergenetics Session: Seattle, WA
Team Building Exercise: Steamboat Springs, CO
Workforce Resilience Workshop: Pueblo, CO
Workforce Resilience Workshop Poster Session
Some Workshop Suggestions - Or Customize Your Own!
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Emergenetics: Meeting of the Minds
Great for Executive Leadership Retreats and Team Building Events!
Enhance Communication
Increase Efficiency
Build more cohesive teams
Elevate Effectiveness of Meetings and Presentations
Have Fun!
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Workforce Resilience: Full- & Half-day
Examine elements of workplace culture that serve as accelerators and barriers to employee engagement
Understand the importance of supervisory relationships and ways of increasing retention based on positive performance management
Engage in activities that illustrate the strengths of effective teams
Design strategies to offset challenges of day-to-day work
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Team Building & Collaboration
Explore strategies for leveraging brilliant minds around us to optimize performance and response
Game an idea or initiative and explore 5 methods for creating greater chance for future success
Explore 7 elements necessary for gathering the right people and data to form connections that will decrease polarization and increase collaboration
Unleash the power of true collaboration
Retreats
Switchback, in partnership with Heart J Center, provides team building and restorative retreats for the response community (health, medical, firefighter, emergency management) in a truly unique environment. Topics are customized to fit your needs for teams and individuals. Retreats are also designed for individuals from any agency not coming with a team.
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Restoration and Recovery Retreats
Switchback Institute provides one- and two-day retreats as a chance to catch your breath and unwind from high impact work.
These retreats provide an opportunity to share challenges, connect with others who have similar experiences, identify resources for reconnection, and take a much needed, restorative break.
Typically these retreats are done with teams from a single organizaton but they can also be done with participants from a variety of teams. To learn more or if you would like us to reach out to your employer to partner on planning a retreat click below.
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Rhythm of Nature Retreats
Switchback Institute & The Ripple Affect have created a unique retreat experience the first of which will be at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico.
This “Rhythm of Nature” retreat is helps us to tap into our circadian rhythms and the seasonal timekeepers that allow us to hear the still voice deep within that longs for reconnection, restoration, and renewal.
More information and registration information can be found on the Ghost Ranch website. Click below!
Fun!
Interactive
Relaxing
Engaging
Restorative
Active
Invigorating
Team Focused
Personal
Encouraging
Beautiful
Grounding
Rejuvenating