Leadership Sprints
One-day team building events
Get your team together to develop an actionable, impactful, and innovative solution to support a community in need. A focused, three-hour challenge that scales easily across multiple teams in your organisation.
Perfect for teams who want to:
- Build relationships and collaborate
- Develop personal skills and self-leadership skills while giving back
- Have fun and be creative while getting out of their comfort zones
- Develop commercial understanding and cultural awareness
So... what will your challenge be?
Your actual challenge will be tailored to the skills you want to develop as an organisation. For now, we can show you an example challenge so you can get a flavour of what you’ll be working on.
When the challenge is set, you’ll be given additional information about the location, skills and interests of the involved parties. You will also have the opportunity to ask us questions about your challenge via Whatsapp on challenge day.
Example challenge: Farming for a sustainable income
Lydia is 24, she lives in a remote village in Nepal with her three children.
Their home is a one-room hut. There is no running water in her home, the village shares one tap. A recent initiative from the Chinese government added one electricity socket per home, but the reality is that she cannot afford to use electricity.
Her husband is away for months at a time, foraging in the mountains to sell bark and roots for herbal medicines. She grows potatoes in a small field. The family eats potatoes for about nine months of the year; after that, the crop has rotted, and they face hunger until the next harvest.
She has asked for help to improve her yield so she can better provide for her family. Children can only attend school if their parents can afford uniforms. When asked how we might help, she said people often focus on children’s education – but what about young adult farmers like her who lack access to farming knowledge?
Your task:
Propose how to spend your budget of £500 to help Lydia create a sustainable source of income for her family (not a one-off handout).
Keep your solution simple, practical, and relevant for the world in which she lives.
In your proposal please include:
One-page business plan (clear costs, activities, timeline, risks, and expected income).
1–2 pages explaining your thinking (why this will work locally, how success will be measured etc.)
Optional: a 1–2 minute video to bring your idea to life.
Make your idea robust, realistic, and easy to implement. Keep it engaging and informative.
FAQ
How long will the challenge take?
The challenge is designed to take around 3 hours per team – but you get to choose when.
We’re not tracking your time, so it’s up to each team if they spend more or less time on the challenge. Simply pick your start time, stay organised, delegate smartly, and see what you can achieve.
How do we access our challenge?
When your challenge begins an access code will be sent to your email address. Enter the code into the ‘Race Players Portal’ on our website to view your challenge.
How do we submit our answers?
Please send in one submission per team via email to basecamp@theleadershiprace.com
What happens during the live call?
All teams are invited to attend an online live judging and feedback session after the deadline.
The judges will go into a breakout room for a 30 minute deliberation. During which, players will be invited to share their learning and ideas with each other in a facilitated learning session asking questions around how they found the challenge, the positives, the negatives and everything in between.
Once the judges have finished their discussions, the winning team will be announced live on the call. The winning solution will be implemented within days and follow up photos and videos posted on the leadership race website.