Team Building & Corporate Workshops

Here at PGT, we take Improv seriously. Because we know the true power of Improv training.

When Google recently released the results of its study, Aristotle, they were surprised, but we weren't!

Among the seven most important qualities of Googleís top employees, guess what didnít even make the list? STEM expertise. But the list did include skills that will look familiar to anyone who has ever studied improv:

• communicating and listening well
• possessing insights into others, including different values and points of view
• having empathy toward and being supportive of oneís colleagues
• being a good critical thinker and problem solver
• being a good coach
• being able to make connections across complex ideas.

and most importantly

• creating psychological safety among teammates; team members feel safe to take risks and be vulnerable in front of each other

If your company is anything like Google, then you are also finding these 'soft skills' are the most valuable assets among your employees. But, of course, you can't just send a memo and tell your employees that the new company policy is to "communicate well and be empathetic."

These are skills that have to be practiced. They are muscles that have to be stretched.

Did your employees study theatre in college? Were they in their High School Drama Club? Then you are in luck. These are the powerful lessons that a quality arts education cultivates in our children!!!

They didn't?

It isn't too late! PGT Executive Workshops brings all the lessons of the theatre straight into your office!

What skills can you expect your employees to gain at a PGT Improv Workshop?

• emotional intelligence
• generosity
• curiosity toward the ideas of their teammates
• empathy
• emotional safety

To succeed in a PGT Corporate Workshop each and every participant must feel confident speaking up and making mistakes - it is all part of the game!

In a team with high psychological safety, teammates feel safe to take risks around their team members. They feel confident that no one on the team will embarrass or punish anyone else for admitting a mistake, asking a question, or offering a new idea. That is the very core of the "Yes, AND" rule of Improv! Get into the room with PGT Corporate and watch your team get on their feet, work together, listen and respond, and give each other the floor, all while laughing, having fun, and getting to know each other in new ways.

Really, there is no skill Improv DOESN'T teach that wouldn't make YOUR company better! Plus, Improv training is seriously fun for the whole team.

Bring PGT to your work place, and watch the power of Improv training do some serious work for you. To discuss team building workshops for your organization, please contact Jill Abusch, Artistic Director at jill@playgroup.org or call (914) 946-4433.