Workshops
Switchback champions individuals, teams, and organizational leadership in engineering environments that offset the challenges of high-stress, high-impact work. Workshops are designed to be interactive and participant-centered. They are customized to meet the needs of individuals and achieve agency-identified outcomes. Group sessions are no-fault, strengths-based, collaborative and fun!
Institute Workshop: Speed Leadership Exercise
Institute Group Exercise
Emergenetics Session with Phoebe Physicians Group: Albany, GA
Emergenetics Session: Seattle, WA
Team Building Exercise: Steamboat Springs, CO
Workforce Resilience Workshop: Pueblo, CO
Workforce Resilience Workshop Poster Session
Some Workshop Suggestions - Or Customize Your Own!
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Emergenetics: Meeting of the Minds
Great for Executive Leadership Retreats and Team Building Events!
Enhance Communication
Increase Efficiency
Build more cohesive teams
Elevate Effectiveness of Meetings and Presentations
Have Fun!
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Workforce Resilience: Full- & Half-day
Examine elements of workplace culture that serve as accelerators and barriers to employee engagement
Understand the importance of supervisory relationships and ways of increasing retention based on positive performance management
Engage in activities that illustrate the strengths of effective teams
Design strategies to offset challenges of day-to-day work
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Team Building & Collaboration
Explore strategies for leveraging brilliant minds around us to optimize performance and response
Game an idea or initiative and explore 5 methods for creating greater chance for future success
Explore 7 elements necessary for gathering the right people and data to form connections that will decrease polarization and increase collaboration
Unleash the power of true collaboration
Retreats
Switchback, in partnership with Heart J Center, provides team building and restorative retreats for the response community (health, medical, firefighter, emergency management) in a truly unique environment. Topics are customized to fit your needs for teams and individuals. Retreats are also designed for individuals from any agency not coming with a team.
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Healthcare Recovery Retreats
Switchback and the Heart-J Center’s Healthcare Heroes Retreat provides a two-day, one-night chance to catch your breath and unwind from the COVID response. Click the button below to send us a note if you would like to learn more or if you would like us to reach out to your employer to partner on planning a retreat.
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Restore Retreats
Switchback Institute & Heart J Center have created a unique retreat experience for members of the response community.
These “Restore Retreats” are customized to meet the needs of your team as you regroup and recover from the pandemic, fires, floods, and other recent events that have taken a toll on emergency workers.
You'll have the chance to help restore Cow Camp's house and barn, while restoring yourself and your team.
Fun!
Interactive
Relaxing
Engaging
Restorative
Active
Invigorating
Team Focused
Personal
Encouraging
Beautiful
Grounding
Rejuvenating