Corporate Events + Team-Building Retreats
I work with groups and companies, on-site or at events or conferences, to create personal clarity and interpersonal connection, and foster individual leadership. A company consists of individuals, each with a unique story and specific gifts. I talk to individuals one at a time throughout the day, spending 10-15 minutes with each person. I delve into how an individual's vision aligns with the greater vision of the company, how they have expanded personally, and how who they are as individuals has contributed to the company's mission.
The process involves:
Pointed questions and deep listening, which help individuals to put their experiences into words.
Creating a short, custom poem or letter, and reciting it back to them, which provides a special kind of recognition of their contribution.
Offering a poetic reading, which serves as a reflection of the value an individual provides.
The framed poem is kept as a continual reminder of that individual's value to the company, a memento and a gratitude for home or office.
By the end of the event or conference, I have gleaned the value each person offers and how that adds value to the whole. At that point, I create a custom poem or letter for the company (or department), and offer it to the leadership.
Not only does this experience provide an opportunity for company leadership to give thanks to its team members, but it reaffirms what it is they're really doing together, what value their organization is truly providing, and captures all of this in words to be read again and again.
Reading poetic reflection to David at the Ring Central Corporate Holiday Event in Charlotte, NC