Personal Development
At Big Bar Guest Ranch our management and other courses are based on experiential situations and take place in surroundings that are removed from the business of “business”. These courses are presented in the pristine setting of the Cariboo wilderness. Each course is created to offer stressful conditions that will stretch participants both physically and mentally while retaining the social patterns of the group within the workplace. The challenging tasks we create resemble those encountered daily in life at work, only tougher, so the individual’s personality and leadership style emerge more clearly.
Tasks are models that can be discussed and analysed, thereby creating insights, and alternatives along with building stronger resources and new patterns of action.
Personality is comprised of a set of thoughts and emotions, character and body. Our courses cover each of these aspects and participants can, in light of new insights, formulate an individual strategy for their own personal development.

Our Goal
Our goal is to enhance each participant’s self-confidence and to develop their strengths. By using common and individual tasks in unfamiliar surroundings, each member of the team is stressed in unique ways and is thus encouraged to tap hidden resources within themselves. Some of the properties that will be enhanced through this training are: decision making, how to inspire, to resolve conflict, to develop creativity and observational abilities and many other skills that will reinforce positive human interaction thereby enhancing the workplace.

Our Methods
Our courses are experimental situations where participants have the opportunity to test themselves. Participants will be confronted with a series of tasks such as: building a raft, a bridge, a tower and the like. Before solving a specific set of tasks, a theory session will be held to cover subjects like conflict management, motivation, decision making and communication. All tasks are performed in magnificent, natural surroundings and participants are able to explore the area using our horses as they solve the tasks that have been set.
The outcomes are based on each persons experience as an individual and as a team member. After each exercise, each team member is given open, honest, positive feedback by both other team members and by professional instructors.

Leadership Courses
Each of our courses is targeted towards leaders at the management level who want an intensive experience for an updated self-assessment as a basis for strengthening specific areas of personal development.

Instructors
Our instructor corps consists of highly trained and experienced specialists.
Chief psychologist, who is a Dane has worked on team building, leadership training, etc. for 17 years.
The composition of the experienced instructors ensures that all participants can feel safe and in good hands.

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