Cultural Awareness:
Wherever you work, be it a domestic farm or a multinational company, in today’s work culture where globalization is influenced everywhere, it’s becoming very crucial that somebody has to deal in a multicultural environment, which may involve communicating with your clients or meeting with your colleagues. So, adaptability with various ethnic groups makes your interaction much smoother. A bicycle tour where generally you get to meet lots of unknown strangers from various cultural and lifestyle backgrounds helps to build the skill to interact with an unknown people quite friendly.
In my experience, when I was traveling around Malaysia, even though it was a bit challenging to communicate in their local language, especially with the shopkeepers, however, I could able to develop the skill to communicate in such a way that we both could understand our intended thoughts even though it was not much fluent. It boosted my confidence to interact with any person regardless of the language barrier. On the other hand even in my office where I had to communicate with colleagues from different territories to solve my software development project’s issues, the ability to empathize with other cultures was significantly helpful to maintain a team bonding among the colleagues.
Out of box thinker:
In today’s competitive world, every employee is expected to contribute innovative ideas or at least provide new opinions or solutions. But the ability to view the same situation to be solved from a new perspective is a habit somebody has to build, not necessarily it can only be built while thinking inside the business arena. While you go for a cycling trip in an unknown territory, normally you tend to observe the different lifestyle of the dwellers, their way of acting on some of your familiar tasks in a different manner, their way of trading staff; which broaden the horizon of your thinking capacity. Eventually, you become a person who can provide various solutions for the same problem. It is one of the traits that today’s professionals are evaluated for. Providing newer ideas to your professional situation not only increases the probability of solving in a better way, but also helps to earn recognition among your peers.
Networking:
The network is like new worth. The more diverse connections you develop, the more opportunities you create for your life. Especially in the professional world, a wide range of employment connections helps easier reach the intended organization. It also helps to bring newer clients. Who knows, your next career or personal development mentor you might meet on your tour. On a cycling trip, it’s not restricted that you only stop by the restaurant for your basic necessity. Many people would be curious to know about your travel story, and many show a willingness to speak with you. That’s a great opportunity to exchange ideas on various topics with the people you meet while on the tour. Many of them even become your lifetime friends . These are the connections you establish beyond your immediate localities.
