Team building that changes how you work, not just how the day felt.

These workshops are a fit for small businesses, leadership teams, corporate departments, nonprofits, schools and universities, healthcare teams, startups and growing companies, and remote or hybrid teams meeting in person.

Whether your team is struggling, growing quickly, or simply needs to reconnect, we build the program around your goals. This is not for a group that only wants entertainment for a day. If a family business is still stuck on unclear roles inside the family itself, start with the Owner Reset Intensive.

• Communication: help people listen better, speak clearly, and solve problems faster.
• Trust: create confidence between coworkers through shared challenge and meaningful interaction.
• Leadership: develop initiative, ownership, and stronger decision-making at every level.
• Collaboration: break down silos and help departments work together more effectively.
• Morale: reconnect people to purpose, and create energy that lasts beyond the event.
• Adaptability: teach teams how to respond when plans change and pressure rises.

We use experiential learning, outdoor leadership principles, and hands-on facilitation. Your team does not just talk about teamwork. They practice it. Activities may include outdoor team challenges, problem-solving initiatives, leadership simulations, trust-building activities, strategic communication exercises, and reflection with a facilitated debrief. Every workshop is customized to your group size, culture, and outcomes.

1. Before: a strategy call with the leader, plus a short team survey on communication, trust, and role clarity. We use that to customize the day, and share a short read-out with the leader before the workshop.
2. Workshop: an opening that names what the team wants to work on, then two or three hands-on challenges. Each challenge is followed by a facilitated debrief that ties the experience back to real work.
3. Close: the team commits to three or four specific changes, each with an owner.
4. After: we send the written deliverables, including a one-page summary within a week, then hold a 45- to 60-minute check-in call with the leader at 30 days. Full-day and multi-day programs also include a 60-day follow-up survey.

Choose a half-day workshop, about four hours, for a retreat, a meeting, or a quick reset. Choose a full-day event for deeper culture work and leadership development. Choose a multi-day retreat when the organization is ready to make a real shift. We run programs on site or as destination experiences in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and nationwide by request.

Additional people are $150 each over the limit. Travel and venue are extra for destination or out-of-state programs. Dates are set after the strategy call.

These are the materials and follow-up that come with the workshop. The day itself stays in the process above.

• Pre-workshop survey summary: a short read-out of what the team said about communication, trust, and role clarity, shared with the leader before the day.
• Team commitments sheet: the three or four specific changes the team agreed to, each with an owner and a check-in date.
• One-page workshop summary, sent within a week: what happened, the main themes from the debriefs, and the commitments.
• Leader action guide: two or three things the leader can do in the next 30 days to back up the changes, such as a standing agenda item or a quick weekly check on the commitments.
• A 30-day check-in call, 45 to 60 minutes with the leader, to review progress and adjust.
• Optional photos from the day.

For full-day and multi-day programs, there is also a 60-day follow-up survey, compared against the first one, so you can see what changed.

The workshop is led by Dr. Robert Forto, The Adventure Strategist, through Peak Experience and Dreamchaser Leadership.

Robert is a certified facilitator and a university leadership instructor. He uses experiential learning, not lectures, so the team practices the work instead of only talking about it. He has built and led small businesses, and he has led sled dog teams where roles, timing, and clear communication matter. He holds a doctorate in strategic leadership and works with teams in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and beyond.

We do not believe team building should feel forced, awkward, or forgettable. Leadership is not built in theory. It is built in moments that require trust, action, and accountability.

If this is a family business and the family leadership team is still the bottleneck, start with the Owner Reset Intensive. If the workshop shows that supervisors need stronger leadership skills, the Manager Upgrade Intensive is the usual next step. For ongoing support after the 30-day check-in, ask about The Peak membership.