Center for Organizational Advancement

The Center for Organizational Advancement (COA) offers insight-oriented programs year-round. We offer outdoor experiences on our two woodland ropes courses, and indoor experiences at your preferred site. All COA programs can accommodate from nine to 200 participants per day. Experiences may vary from a few hours to several day-long sessions depending on the needs of your team.

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The COA is a center for team learning and growth. Facilitators use a variety of experiential learning approaches to help your team sharpen its effectiveness. Experiential learning is essentially "learning by doing". Experiential learning allows individuals and teams to think creatively and adopt different views and perspectives about life situations. Experiential learning takes many forms: group interactions, facilitated discussions and individual team-focused workshops.

Creating Advancement

Whether your team is in the board room or on the baseball field, the key to advancement is insight into the dynamics that underlie your team's performance. In order for your team to be successful, team members must embrace change. They must understand why change is important, and how it will impact their team.

Community: The COA offers programs for community, school, scout, church, athletic and personal-growth groups. Community programs focus on a variety of team-related topics including leadership, motivation, adaptability, trust, cooperation, goal setting and communication. They are primarily based on our outdoor ropes and challenge course.

Schools-in-need: The COA offers Together, Educators and Corporations Help (TEACH) for school and extra-curricular groups that are unable to fund a COA experience. The TEACH program partners schools with businesses who will assist in funding the class. In exchange for this tax-deductible donation, the adopted class offers a special "thank you" by assisting with a special volunteer project or providing a related community service.

Corporate: The COA offers customized programs for corporations and businesses of all sizes. We offer four levels of programs - that can be used successively or independently - depending on the needs of your organization:

• Networking programs
 - Build a solid team foundation by developing basic teaming skills, enhancing creative strategizing and celebrating success.
• Enrichment programs
 - Sharpen team effectiveness by exploring team-specific issues relevant to the work environment.
• Intervention programs

 - Use assessment tools and conflict resolution techniques to mediate the underlying issues that prevent your team from working effectively.
• Integration programs
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Partner facilitators with your staff to address the corrosive interpersonal and organizational issues that are impeding your team’s success.

Inspiring Success through Insight

At the Center for Organizational Advancement (COA), our specialty is people. We understand what makes people personally and interpersonally effective. We recognize the many obstacles that can push individuals and teams off track.

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All Programs

COA Programs Overview

Basic All-Group Info Letter

Youth Programs

Program Information
Active Learning
Sports Teams

Participant Information
Parent Letter
Health Form
Registration Form

Adult & Business Programs

Adult & Business Program Brochure
Health Form
Registration Form

Learn More

Learn how we can help you find solid solutions to getting your team back on track - or prevent it from derailing in the first place.

Mail: The Center for Organizational Advancement
Rogers Memorial Hospital
34700 Valley Road
Oconomowoc, WI 53066

Phone: 262-646-1396

Email: coastaff@rogershospital.org