Skills Taught with BATS Improv On-The-Go:
Spontaneity:
Successful business leaders, decision-makers and companies have something in common with improvisers: We are adaptable, attentive risk-takers capable of responding in the moment. Sometimes we need to learn to be present to notice and appreciate the gifts that the moment has to offer in order to think on our feet and respond more effectively.
Team spirit:
We believe that teamwork and collaboration are often healthy practices, yet most work groups have experienced too little in skill development to be better team players. Use improv to strengthen team dynamics, to build rapport and trust, and to harness the power of making your teammates look good for supportive collaboration.
Leadership:
Teams need leadership - either identified or internalized - to function effectively. Capitalize on the principles of awareness, commitment, positive approach, risk-taking, empathy, and shared control to enhance your ability to contribute to your team's vision and success.
Focus:
Learn methodologies for being present and staying in the moment. We don't need to know the end of a story to begin telling it.
Risk-taking:
The quality of our stories is improved by daring to risk mistakes. In accepting and embracing mistakes, we co-create a greater story. Taking risks fuels creativity, and applying collaborative creativity leads to innovation. Failing gloriously, early and often, good-naturedly, and graciously leads to greater future successes.
Communication:
Stories help with presenting ideas. Common stories strengthen teams. Beyond talking and listening, we explore delivering and receiving messages, and using our body language and nonverbal communication cues to
enhance our story.
Negotiation:
Improv skills make us better at integrative negotiation, which resembles creative problem-solving. Use the tools for listening, inquiry, reading non-verbal cues, connection, trust, quick-thinking, confidence, creativity, seeing possibility, and being present (in the moment and with others) for more mutually beneficial outcomes.
Brainstorming:
Sometimes the best ideas come not from independent individuals in isolation, instead by allowing ideas to percolate inside your brain over time and through collaborative idea generation and problem-solving with others. Express your ideas without self judgment, and learn new ways to listen, think expansively, and build on the ideas of others to experience more success with this process.