BON AppéTEAM!
BENEFITS OF TEAM BUILDING IN THE KITCHEN
•Understand working styles
•Expand interpersonal as well as culinary skills
•Improve corporate synergy
•Better understand clients, friends, spouses and family
•Group interaction, trust- building
•Goal setting, brainstorming, time management skills
•Solve a problem and create a plan of action
•Discover the right balance between recipes & formulas, rules &creativity
•Focuses on skills that can be applied to the workplace
•Become aware of the contributions of others
•Cooperation rather than competition
•Fun and tasty!
Participants will learn about thinking and working styles. We will help team members understand individual roles and the impact their styles have on the group. Team dynamics and personality styles are explored. Effective group techniques will also be shared - like the art of brainstorming.
You will learn to PROBLEM SOLVE by:
•Learning to identify and define problems
•Developing an action plan
•Dividing responsibilities and tasks among ALL members
•Sharing resources
•Following specified guidelines while allowing for individual creativity
We assist teams with skill development -- the emphasis always being on the team experience. We will create a setting where team members interact while creating a culinary masterpiece!
TEAMS WILL THEN SHARE THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR!!
Kitchen team building can be arranged in Abilene, Kansas, or we can travel to you. Sessions can be held at a community center, church, corporate kitchen, school facilities, etc. Teambuilding events are priced according to group size, menu requests, facility rental, and travel expenses.
Each team will show their product and briefly explain the process . . .
What was the PLAN OF ACTION? How was responsibility managed? What worked? What needed improve-ment? What might you have done differently?
How did you use the STRENGTHS of each individual?
How can you RELATE it to the workplace?
Teams will then share
the fruits their labors.
ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
Meta Newell West taught Family and Consumer Science at Abilene High School for 33 years. Her catering classes were well known for their quality food preparation and unique presentation. She has attended workshops and classes at The School of Culinary Arts of the Colorado Institute of Art. Presently, she is the catering manager for The Kirby House Restaurant (Abilene, Kansas) . She authored The Kirby House Cookbook. and writes a monthly food column for her local paper. She is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and has completed Facilitator Training through the Kansas Health Foundation.
Judy Leyerzapf has been a teacher at Abilene High School for 27 years, most recently as Library Media Specialist. Her involvement with team building and leadership includes five years on the staff at the KansasState High School Activities Association summer leadership workshop and eleven years as Student Council advisor. In the community , Leyerzapf sits on the boards of the Abilene Public Library and the Abilene Community Foundation and serves as chairperson of the Asset Building Coalition. Her work in the community recently earned her the 2002 Kansas Health Foundation Community Health Leadership Award. She also participated in the Foundation’s Master Facilitator Training.
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