Improv Comedy workshops are powerful corporate training tools for team building, leadership, sales and customer service skills. Simply playing these games develops creativity, critical thinking, public speaking, self-confidence, self-awareness and more.
We start every session with our three #1s.
- My #1 Rule: HAVE FUN but never at another’s expense.
- #1 Improv Rule YES AND… teaches Psychological Safety, the #1 factor in team success.
- #1 Comedy Skill, Listening, is also the #1 Skill in a great leader. Listening with your eyes (active listening). Listening with the willingness to change.
We warm up with a series of ice breakers. Silly fun that prepares the team and individual for story and play, the most effective learning tools. Then we play games that develop YES AND… teach us to think on our feet, out of the box. We finish with a master class in performance games, challenging the team while entertaining each other.
The New York Improv Theater is a one stop edutainment center for corporate team building, office / holiday parties and more. Our comedy shows and workshops deliver high impact results. Clients include Google, Mercedes Benz, META /Facebook, TikTok, JP Morgan Chase, Accenture, Morgan Stanley, Twitter, Roblox, Rimowa, EI Digital, Accenture, Datadog HQ, Milbank, BING/Microsoft, Band of America – Merrill Lynch, Home Depot, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson, Louis Vuitton, Coach, UBS, BDO, AMEX, Master Card, Macy’s, 360i, IBM, GM, Kraft, UNILEAVER, HBO, Prudential, Convene, Conference Board and many more…
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY + Performance Drive = “YES AND…” USING IMPROV to enter the LEARNING ZONE
In 2015, Google released the findings of their 4-year study into what makes a successful team. Project Aristotle found that the most consistent factor behind team success is Psychological Safety – meaning every member of that team feels safety to contribute and feels of value to the project.
“YES!” is all about accepting your colleagues and their contributions to the team. We create a safe space and level playing field for all. We accept our colleague 100% as is. EVERYTHING they say and do. We do not judge. We do not fear. We trust each other AND ourselves. “YES!” is Psychological Safety.
“AND…” is all about contributing valuable work and information to the team. We are going to take this to the next level by accepting our colleagues, their work, and then build upon with our own contributions. “AND…” is performance drive. Performance drive is not a selfish process. We have a collective ambition to grow and achieve together as a team.
When the whole team embraces “YES! And…” we enter the learning zone together. No challenge is insurmountable when we work together in a supportive exchange of ideas and actions.
