Our program designs vary from an afternoon of sailing on the Bay, to a yearlong engagement with monthly meetings. All meetings are held on the catamaran Cat Ballou. The environment is spectacularly suited to creative endeavors. We can accommodate full classroom-style meetings, energetic brainstorming sessions, and intimate focus groups. We've picked just a few of our offerings below to acquaint you with our curriculum. We like to include sailing in each meeting to clear the mind and refocus on life's fundamentals.

These products are generally custom designed to maximize your impact and reduce the fade. You will notice that we continually refer to our customers. We believe you should speak to at least a few of our customers before we talk seriously. It is our philosophy that we both have an obligation to be very clear on expectations and potential outcomes before we engage. Our customers find these meeting highly energizing.

Free Invitational Sails and Development Products throughout the year we offer free three-hour invitational sails on Cat Ballou to acquaint H.R. staff and trainers with our services. We have 3 such events coming up this year. Call us at 916-483-0349 for details.

Sometimes the best opportunity for team building and problem solving is sharing experiences in a completely different environment. Cat Ballou is perfect for weekday get-away for your team members. Fresh air, beautiful vistas, and the exhilaration of a 15-knot yacht underway, refocuses the mind. History and culture are a collection of shared experiences, and the stories passed from generation to generation will define your culture. Why not create history, and impact culture for your team? Your associates will share the moments on Cat Ballou for years to come, and eagerly anticipate your next team-building session with us. Ask our customers.

Corporate groups have the opportunity to master the art of leadership and teamwork through a unique, custom designed sailing experience. Participants are provided with challenging "real world" exercises designed to improve communication and cooperation. They problem solve, work share, and learn to facilitate each other in a constantly changing environment, that requires instant adaptation. Our professional consultants provide an experience that has long term tangible effects.

Good communications begins with clear value definition and appreciation for our diversity as people and team members. We have given our behavior profiles to hundreds of professionals and corporate team members across the country. Please feel free to look in the endorsement section of our site to read what our customers have to say. Our customers tell us the class is a lifting and exhilarating experience. This class is given dockside with a follow up sailing adventure to create a shared experience and a day that lasts. Please call to speak with our customers regarding this clarifying and impactful day.

Often, one of the most productive days combines a session of Communications and Value development, followed up by an honest bottom-up appraisal of your team or system. The organizational climate survey measures your team in 7 key areas:

1. Communication
2. Warmth and Support
3. Decisions
4. Responsibilities
5. Rewards
6. Organizational Clarity
7. Team Spirit

• Perceived
• Assets/Challenges

Task forces can be formed and meetings can continue at your site or on the yacht. Please call our office for further discussion and a referral to one of our customers.

As you know your most important asset is getting scarcer as the competition heats up. If you are still hiring, you have a diminishing pool of resources to pull from. Learn the process of recruiting, selection, hiring, all driven by your company's core values. You cannot buy loyalty. Expand into how to retain the great employees you are recruiting by building their next steps into your system. Again we would be glad to refer you to our existing clients.

Few companies have gone through the core value discovery process. It is driven from the bottom up and involves every person in your organization. The corporate core values clarify your company's decision-making process. They bring your team members together in a sense of mutual purpose. Values-transcend profit and productivity. Value driven companies know that values are the end game and profit and productivity are byproducts of a successful pursuit of value. Please call our office for further discussion, and a list of our customers to speak with.

• Core Value Determination
• Business Purpose Determination
• Customer Definition
• Value Proposition
• Primary Strategy