Executive Oasis

Abu Dhabi Team Building by Executive Oasis International

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Abu Dhabi Team Building

Are you an executive spearheading your company’s recovery from the economic fallout from COVID-19 and preparation for the forecasted recession?

Abu Dhabi faced one of the biggest challenges in its history due to the impact of COVID-19 on tourism.

For the past 15 years, Executive Oasis International has facilitated executive retreats and team building in United Arab Emirates to help local and foreign companies:

  • Design & execute innovative strategies to stay ahead of the competition.
  • Break down silos and improve cross-functional communication.
  • Manage growth, change and uncertainty.
  • Manage diverse work teams.

Abu Dhabi Go Safe COVID-19 Portal

Abu Dhabi

Choose Your Oasis

Black Gold Quest – Dubai Team Building

The Quest for Black Gold: Uncovering Hidden Business Opportunities)

Group Size: 6 – 20 (6 – 60 – Post COVID-19)

Delivery Options:

Face-to-Face: 1 1/2 – 2 Days

Virtual: Four 2-hour weekly sessions

Available: Face-to-face: Dubai, Abu Dhabi

Season: Mid-October – Mid-April

Benefits:

  • Chart your course in the midst of uncertainty.
  • Uncover Hidden Business Opportunities
  • Cross-functional Teamwork

Your team has been cooped up for MONTHS of self-isolation…give them some fresh air and a fresh perspective in this safe, social distanced business simulation.

This highly interactive desert team building simulation integrates facilitated business team building exercises with outdoor team challenges.

The Quest for Black Gold draws rich parallels between searching for oil in the desert and uncovering hidden business opportunities for your organization.
This Dubai desert team building simulation familiarizes teams with a suite of brainstorming, problem-solving, and decision-making tools to help your team identify new target markets and market niches for your products or services.

Activities:

  • Orienteering, GPS challenge, oil rig assembly
  • Dune Bashing
Desert Survival

Desert Survival: Dubai Team Building Simulation

Group Size: 6 – 20 (6 – 60 – Post COVID-19)

Delivery Options:

Face-to-Face: 2 1/2 – 3 Days

Virtual: Four 2-hour weekly sessions

Available: Face-to-face: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman, Jordan

Season: mid-October to mid-April

Benefits:

  • Chart your course in the midst of turbulence & uncertainty.
  • Managing change
  • Improve Cross-functional Teamwork
  • Refine Your Marketing Strategy

Your team has been cooped up for MONTHS of self-isolation…give them some fresh air and a fresh perspective in this safe, social distanced business simulation.

This highly effective desert team building simulation integrates facilitated business team building exercises with outdoor team challenges.

Desert Survival draws rich parallels between the lost in the wilderness theme and charting your course in the business world.

This Country team building simulation familiarizes teams with a suite of brainstorming, problem-solving, and decision-making tools.
Your team will use this toolkit to analyze and resolve the specific business challenges confronting your organization.

Activities:

  • Orienteering, GPS Challenge, Firestarter Challenge, Outdoor Cooking (post Covid-19)
  • Dune Bashing, Sandboarding, Overnight Camping (optional)

Group Size: 6 – 20

Delivery Options:

Face-to-Face: 1 1/2 Days

Virtual: Four 2-hour weekly sessions *

Lemons to Lemonade: Squeezing Opportunities Out of Adversity When Business Goes Sour

The fallout from COVID-19 will continue for the foreseeable future.

Our brand-new virtual team building simulation guides your team through the process of transforming your business to thrive during a time of turbulence and uncertainty.

Bespoke Abu Dhabi

Custom Crafted, Bespoke Team Building

If none of our existing simulations “hit the mark”, rest assured, our capabilities extend to custom designing an approach to address your organization’s specific needs.

  • Bask in the luxury of a secluded desert camp.
  • Get a behind the scenes look at Ferrari World.
  • Experience the roar of engines during an F1
  • Grand Prix.
  • Get pampered at a luxury hotel that will give you a glimpse of what a stay in a Sheikh’s palace is like.

Need a custom curated business simulation, executive retreat, or team building?

Many of our team building simulations began as off-the-beaten-track executive retreats to inspire discerning clients.

Our owner, Anne Thornley-Brown, specialized in instructional design for many years so we have the capability to design and create custom curated experiences to fit your specifications.

Give us your:

  • dream experience
  • objectives
  • timeframe
  • budget

We’ll do the rest.

Your dream…our design. A winning combination.

The Quest for Black Gold Uncovering Hidden Business Opportunities

We have had royalty attend our events and we have used venues patronized by royalty.

In Dubai, we also have a number of luxury corporate events that are perfect to integrate into executive retreats for companies that need to impress clients and express appreciation to top performers.

  • Experience the thrill of world class polo.
    bask in the luxury of silk carpets and soft cushions.
  • Create gourmet dishes during cooking team building competitions.
  • Camp out overnight or enjoy a sultan’s feast under the stars at a private oasis owned by a sheikh.
  • Relax during a gentle drive on the dunes – it’s more environmentally friendly than dune bashing.
A Quick Glimpse at Abu Dhabi

A Quick Glimpse at Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, one of 7 emirates comprising United Arab Emirates, had undergone dramatic transformation from Bedouin tribes wandering the desert to an affluent oil rich metropolis. It’s an ideal destination to unpack the themes of change, transformation, and uncovering hidden business opportunities.

As strict containment measures were implemented, COVID-19 impacted two important pillars of the economy: oil production and luxury tourism.

International passengers arriving at Abu Dhabi airport are required to wear a tracking device during the 14-day quarantine period.

Negative COVID-19 Certificate Required for Travel to Dubai
(Valid for up to 96 hours from time of PCR test)

Covid-19 sent the price of oil plummeting to all-time lows as people stopped moving around in order to limit the spread of the virus.

The Economist

What our Clients Say About Us

Virtual Team Building

Bob Boaldin, Founder/CEO, EPICPCS, Elkhart, Kansa

The retreat went well. Anne provided useful techniques and was enthusiastic and informative. The Leadership Team enjoyed themselves and learned so much about the value by each participant from our Leadership Team.

Bob Boaldin
Founder/CEO, EPICPCS, Elkhart, Kansa

Michael Waterfield, Vice-President, Xerox Canada

Great selection of contests, right combination of competition and fun….provided a great opportunity for teambuilding in a fun and semi-competitive environment. It was very professionally organized.

Michael Waterfield
Vice-President, Xerox Canada

Akhtar Zahid General Manager Blue Nile Dairy Company Ltd. The Dal Group of Companies (Sudan)

We had a great time and took away a number of good learnings. I have no hesitation in recommending Executive Oasis International to any interested companies.

Akhtar Zahid
General Manager, Blue Nile Dairy Company Ltd. The Dal Group of Companies (Sudan)

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