Teamwork to the Rescue at The EDGE’s Excel Series
The Excel Series is a single structure composed of seven high-level. challenges. We incorporate the Excel series into programs with the team as part of a Team Development Program.
Alpine Tower Inc developed the Excel Series after a course designer with a search and rescue background discovered he could apply the strong lesson of teamwork he learned in that field to a ground-based group of challenges.
It is a very versatile set of challenges including
- components involving a mock rescue scenario in which one participant is carried in a rescue litter over various challenges. The team is given a set of gear to help them traverse the elements, and within a set of safety guidelines, they must transport one of their team members from one element to the next.
- A series of traversing challenges using belongings rather than a person
- A cooperative team traverse across course elements without a litter
The EDGE recommends the series for groups of 12 to 48 participants at a time.
The Excel Series can help teams:
- Improve problem solving skills;
- Develop or strengthen communication skills;
- Inspire creativity;
- Foster leadership;
- Identify and maximize group members’ strengths;
- Make and realize team goals.