Robyn Benincasa

Robyn Benincasa: Program Outlines

T- Total Commitment
E- Empathy and Awareness of Teammates
A- Adversity Management
M- Mutual Respect
W- 'We' Thinking
O- Ownership of the Project
R- Relinquishment of Ego
K- Kinetic Leadership

TEAMWORK

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Results: The 8 Essential Elements of Human Synergy
What do the world's most successful teams have in common? The ability to upgrade their "teamwork" to Human Synergy! Through her Ordinary People, Extraordinary Results keynote, Eco-Challenge Adventure Racing World Champion and San Diego Firefighter Robyn Benincasa imparts the attitude and mindset that allows groups of ordinary people to accomplish truly extraordinary things together. Attendees will not only walk away completely thrilled with this unique visually and viscerally entertaining look into the world's most amazing extreme teams, they will also leave with some simple and easily applied skills that will allow them to create Human Synergy with all of the teammates in their lives, from colleagues to spouses and family.

The 8 Essential Elements of Human Synergy: Total commitment, Empathy and Awareness, Adversity, Management, Mutual Respect, ‘We’ Thinking, Ownership of the Project, Relinquishment of Ego, Kinetic Leadership.

Extreme Teams: "The 8 Essential Elements of Human Synergy
The focus of the "Extreme Teams" keynote is on the "8 Essential Elements of Human Synergy" required to foster empathy, effective communication, shared responsibility, mutual respect, and a real sense of interdependence among teammates. Using the platform of the Eco-Challenge "expedition competition" for her amusing stories and hard-won insights, World Champion Adventure Racer and Firefighter Robyn Benincasa will share the inside secrets of team success in the most challenging situations; from leadership and "followership" skills to dynamic role shifting. This unforgettable program will not only inspire you, but provide concrete take-home skills for developing synergy with all of the teammates in your life.

Building World Class Teams - 1/2 Day Seminar
When individuals bond together and utilize their individual strengths to create team synergy, there is no end to what they can accomplish. The focus of the World Class Teams Seminar is on these "8 Essential Elements of Human Synergy" required to foster empathy, effective communication, shared responsibility, mutual respect, and a real sense of interdependence among teammates. Using the platform of the Eco-Challenge "expedition competition" for her amusing stories and hard-won insights, World Champion Adventure Racer and Firefighter Robyn Benincasa will share the inside secrets of team success in the most challenging situations; from leadership and "followership" skills to dynamic role shifting. This unforgettable program will not only inspire you, but provide concrete take-home skills for developing synergy with all of the teammates in your life.

Seminars for 10 - 500 people can be held just about anywhere - as long as the furniture is somewhat mobile and the participants are ready to have fun!

Building World Class Teams Seminars Include:

• "Things I Never Knew About You" Ice Breaker Games
• "The 8 Essential Elements of Human Synergy" Workbook for all participants
• "The 8 Essential Elements of Human Synergy" Multimedia Presentation
• Interactive Experiential Teambuilding Exercises (Designed to bring the 8 Essential Elements to Life)
• "Coach the Teams" Video Workshop using incredible adventure footage from the Eco-Challenge
• Team Debrief Session - Real world discussion and planning session geared toward Bringing "The 8 Essential Elements of Human Synergy" to your work and home life.

LEADERSHIP

Lead Like Gumby: Flexible Leadership That Gets Results
According to research from the Harvard Business Review, a company's profitability increases by up to 1/3 when managers create a more positive corporate climate through Flexible Leadership. In Robyn's Lead like Gumby: Flexible Leadership that Gets Results keynote, she combines well-respected academic research with amazing Adventure Racing and firefighting footage that illustrates great (and not so great) leaders in action in the most extreme challenges on earth. The result is an in depth and powerful look into six distinct leadership styles that, when utilized interchangeably and judiciously, are proven to have a positive effect on the corporate climate--the simplest way to increase the bottom-line. Your leaders will emerge with a deep understanding of the most effective way to engage and motivate their team.

High Performance Leadership
Created for the HPL (High Performance Leadership) Program at IMD Executive University in Lausanne, Switzerland, this research-based presentation is geared toward mid to senior level managers who wish to gain further insight into the particular leadership styles and behaviors that are proven to have a positive affect on both productivity and organizational climate-thereby reinforcing the bottom line.

MOTIVATION

Extreme Performance: Why Winners Win
What are the 5 most common attributes of people who make a lifelong habit of winning? In her Extreme Performance: Why Winners Win keynote, World Champion Eco-Challenge Racer and Firefighter Robyn Benincasa uses the model of Adventure Racing to highlight the mindset and common attributes of world-class athletes, teams and leaders in their quest for victory---and provides some real world guidelines and principles for reaching the top of the podium in any endeavor.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Extreme Change: Adapt, Overcome and Win As One
Change is the only thing that stays the same. It is our response to that change that dictates our success. How do the world's most consistently high performing teams ALWAYS find a way to get to the finish line or achieve their goals against all odds? Are they lucky, blessed, immune to setbacks?

Nope. The best of the best experience times of great turbulence and upheaval just like everyone else.

It’s their attitude and mindset that makes or breaks the team. Is your team ruled by the hope of success or the fear of failure? Winning and 'not losing' are two completely different mind sets that lead to vastly different outcomes. In Robyn's Extreme Change keynote, she shares incredible stories of triumph through adversity and outlines the simple and concrete methods that world class teams utilize to shatter the norm, see challenges versus roadblocks and embrace setbacks as a chance to learn and excel.