200 years ago Meriwether Lewis and William Clark began a voyage that would change America and Americans forever.  The story of two Southern men, a black slave, an Indian girl and her baby, a ragtag supporting cast and a large dog, rowing and walking across a virgin continent continues to thrill people, decade after decade.

This timeless story of the human journey casts an everlasting spell on the imagination.  And the Lewis and Clark expedition is the primal American story.

Because the journey is everything… this guide-led corporate teambuilding program in the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area is the perfect metaphor for today’s work teams.

Every day teams and leaders are called upon for greater dedication, innovation and passion.  By rediscovering the original American traditions of encountering the frontier and finding our best qualities rising to the challenge, employees return to work with perspectives grounded in 200 years of American history.

Solid teambuilding principles ensure this experience begins, returns and lives on in the workplace.  A brief overview includes:

  • Participative team consultation and assessment
  • Presentation of Lewis and Clark materials:
    • Book - Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose
    • Movie ­ “Lewis & Clark ­ The Journey of the Corps of Discovery”, a PBS film by Ken Burn
  • Development of theme analogies between the team and the Lewis & Clark expedition
  • Preparation for the journey
  • Boundary Waters Canoe Area expedition
  • Return to the workplace and debrief experiences, lesson-learning, goal-setting
  • 1-month follow-up team consultation

For a written history of the Lewis and Clark expedition, see the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation at http://www.lewisandclark.org/history.htm

For a review of Undaunted Courage, see the Stephen Ambrose site at http://www.stephenambrose.com/undaunt.html

For information on the PBS film “Lewis and Clark ­ The Journey of the Corps of Discovery, see the PBS site at http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

There's something here for everybody - history, adventure, and science, too.  Join us for a journey into living history, and experience one of the most remarkable chapters in America's past and your team’s future.