GRIT Adventures

Team Development Events
These dynamic and adaptable events can take place in a variety of settings, including hotels, conference spaces, parks of all sizes, urban areas, and schools. Each event incorporates engaging team challenges and games, with structured facilitation before and after to enhance learning and reflection. Events can range from 1.5 to 4 hours, depending on the group's needs and objectives.
Every event is customized to align with the participants' learning objectives and abilities. Teams of four to five will navigate a mapped course, locating checkpoints along the way. At each checkpoint, they will complete a team challenge and engage in guided reflection questions designed to spark meaningful discussions as they travel through the course. Challenges vary in difficulty and scope, requiring collaboration to tackle both physical and mental tasks.

Workshops:
Building Emotional Resilience - Nurturing Inner Strength
In this session, we will explore the concept of emotional resilience and learn practical strategies to cultivate resilience in the face of life’s challenges. By developing emotional resilience, you can intentionally respond to adversity, adapt to change, and thrive in the face of difficulties. This workshop will provide you with practical tools and strategies to grow your capacity for resilience and stay buoyant during challenging times. We will cover how to acknowledge your experience, gain emotional clarity, prioritize self-care, show yourself grace and compassion, and use it as an opportunity for growth.
Strengthening Connections: Have Fun Building Stronger Bonds in Any Setting
Bring your family or come alone for this engaging and enjoyable workshop designed to foster deeper connections among friends, families, or colleagues. The interactive session is crafted to bring people closer and enhance relationships through shared experiences and activities that promote understanding, trust, and communication. We will explore the concept of any group functioning as a team and how adopting a team mindset can strengthen relationships, increase connection, and foster a supportive and positive environment where everyone thrives. By reframing your relationships as more than just a group of individuals and recognizing and embracing each member's experiences, strengths, and talents, you can create a flourishing team. You’ll take away practical strategies and a newfound appreciation for one another, creating a foundation for stronger, more resilient relationships. This workshop will include a team scavenger hunt requiring participants to work in small teams to find checkpoints and complete team challenges in and around the hotel.
The Power of Story – Shaping Your World Through Narrative
Stories are the lens through which we make sense of the world. They shape our perceptions of what we enjoy, who we are, who we aspire to be, and how we interpret our experiences. This uniquely human gift holds a profound influence over our emotions, decisions, and interactions. When we dwell on the past, feel overwhelmed in the present, or worry about the future, our internal narratives become more than thoughts — they manifest as emotional and physical realities. These stories shape how we see the world and engage with it. Understanding the transformative power of storytelling is the first step toward reclaiming control over the narratives we choose to believe. In this webinar, you’ll discover how to recognize the stories guiding your life and learn practical tools to become the deliberate author of your journey.
The Power of Story: Navigating the Mental Maps We Create
This workshop is the second part of our two-part webinar series on The Power of Story, building on the foundation of how narratives shape our lives. In the first session, we explored how the stories we tell ourselves influence our emotions, decisions, and interactions. Now, we take the next step: understanding how these stories form the mental maps we use to navigate the world—and how we can reshape them when they lead us astray.
Our mental maps help us interpret experiences and find our way through life’s challenges, but they aren’t always accurate. When we feel stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain, it’s often because the map we’ve created no longer serves us. In this session, we’ll explore how to recognize, adjust, and rewrite these internal frameworks to navigate emotional landscapes with greater clarity and resilience.
Through interactive discussions and practical exercises, you’ll learn how to shift your internal narratives and become a more intentional guide of your own journey.

Jesse Tubb served 28 years in the US Army and is the founder and creator of GRIT Adventures, an experiential learning outdoor program that utilizes adventure racing as a vehicle for teaching valuable life skills. Through this program, teams and organizations gain a greater understanding of their own capabilities, develop resilience, perseverance, conflict resolution skills, mindfulness, self-awareness, and learn to work effectively with others.

Jesse is a certified Life and Engagement coach, ACC ICF certified coach, a Mental Fitness coach through the Positive Intelligence program, served as a Master Resiliency Trainer in the Army, and is an endorsed mental fitness coach with the US Adventure Racing Association. He holds a Resilient Building Leadership Professional-Trainer (RBLP-T) Certification, trained with the University of Pennsylvania Resilience Program, and completed the Mindfulness Mentor Training program through Cloud Sangha with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. As a member of the advisory board for TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors), he provides workshops on developing emotional and mental resilience for the families of fallen service members.

He has spent the last 17 years competing in various endurance sports around the world. His accomplishments include competing in the 2019 Eco Challenge, an 11-day race in Fiji filmed on Amazon Prime, winning both the 2018 US Adventure Racing Association National Championship and the 2022 24hr Adventure Racing National Solo Championship, and numerous podium finishes in ultra marathons and triathlons.

The team development activities and workshops can occur in a variety of settings. We can create fun and engaging experiences in hotels, urban environments, parks, schools, and beyond. Each event is crafted to the specific needs and abilities of the group. We'll find a way to make it amazing!