TeamBuilders Announces New Pursuit Course at Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
The course is one of three Pursuit facilities that TeamBuilders is developing in the state of Florida.
Palm Harbor, Fla. (PRWEB) August 10, 2005 -- TeamBuilders, a performance
development company based in Palm Harbor, Fla. and the Boston area, announced
today it will build a special training course at Mission Inn Golf and Tennis
Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
The course will be used for Pursuit
training. Pursuit is an organizational development program TeamBuilders
developed and introduced last year.
“Pursuit has proven to be a highly
effective -- and highly popular -- organizational training program, and our
clients have embraced it enthusiastically since we introduced it last fall,”
said Nick Conner, TeamBuilders’ vice president of program development. “This new
course in Howey-in-the-Hills is specially designed for the Pursuit program, and
it will give us a beautiful venue that clients should find extremely
comfortable.”
Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort is located in Florida’s
rolling hills in Lake County, 35 minutes northwest of Orlando’s major
attractions. It is a popular vacation destination and is easily accessible to
major highways and interstates.
Lake County is a boater's dream with
1,400 lakes covering 202 square miles. Lake Harris alone is a 13,788 acre fresh
water lake and, through a network of locks, canals and lakes, provides boaters
with access to the Atlantic Ocean.
The new outdoor course is designed
specifically for Pursuit, which incorporates the sport of geocaching, Conner
said. Like Geocaching, Pursuit is a problem-solving simulation that relies on
Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receivers, two way radios, the Internet and
other tools that lead teams from location to location in search of clues and
coordinates. Ultimately, the teams must find their way to a pre-established
goal.
“Pursuit allows teams to work together toward a common goal while
utilizing the very latest high-tech positioning tools,” said Conner.
Pursuit simulates real-world business problem-solving challenges,
according to Conner. Teams must determine and prioritize objectives before
moving on to the goal, just as they must do in the real world.
Pursuit is
only the latest TeamBuilders innovation. The company consistently brings new
ideas to the performance development arena -- ideas that keep TeamBuilders
clients coming back for new programs that inspire and motivate their leaders and
teams.
Earlier, TeamBuilders introduced the Five-Star TPI® Team
Performance Indicator, an assessment instrument that allows clients to
accurately measure the effectiveness of their team performance programs.
Five-Star TPI® provides a success measurement capability that extends months
after the team building program has been completed.
ABOUT TEAMBUILDERS:
Founded in 1998, TeamBuilders is a leading performance development company
which designs customized leadership, team and organizational performance
development programs for groups of any size. The programs feature a combination
of intellectual and interactive challenges, unique assessment tools and action
planning sessions. Sessions are about doing different to do more. TeamBuilders
has worked with organizations throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada
and Europe. It operates an Outdoor Learning Center at the Mission Inn Golf and
Tennis Resort outside Orlando, Fla. Its Mobile Learning Initiatives allow
TeamBuilders to deliver programs at nearly any location in the country. For more
information, call 800-446-1172 or visit www.teambuilders.com.
ABOUT MISSION INN GOLF AND TENNIS
RESORT:
Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort blends casual elegance and superb
service with world-class recreation. Located in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., just
35 minutes northwest of Orlando, Mission Inn features three resort restaurants.
Mission Inn’s two championship golf courses boast rare tee-to-green elevation
changes of up to 80 feet. Its nautical center on the Lake Harris chain provides
boat rentals for fishing, sightseeing and power boating. The 1,000-acre resort
features 200 beautifully appointed rooms, suites or villas.
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