Four separate training activities to assess
               teamwork, time management,
            decision making and leadership.

4-in-1 Activities
Assessing Key Competencies
A Northgate  Training Game

Fantastic value training material - ideal for assessing and developing four sets of core competencies of teamwork, decision making, managing time and leadership in your staff.

All four activities are designed for a 60-minute session but there is enough additional material to extend sessions to two hours. Use with any number of participants, working together in small groups or teams.

Each team is given a task and an observer to record on an easy-to-use Observer’s Form, individual competencies displayed by team members.

Observers are not essential because at the end of each task teams review their own performance using Team Assessment Forms (or Individual Assessment Forms) but they add another dimension to the assessments and provide good debate material for the debrief. Observer's views and team views can be wildly different. All forms are easy and quick to complete.

The result is a fantastic amount of useful material on which to build discussion and establish key competencies. Finally Handouts to take away summarise the key lessons.

Training Activity 1 Teamwork
This game explores team roles interpersonal skills / giving and receiving information / handling conflict / harmonizing / valuing all members.

Each team member has his/her own brief. The team must reach agreement on two major issues facing a publishing company. The Briefs ensure there are conflicting ideas at the table. An excellent demonstration of teamwork issues - including harmony and conflict resolution, negotiation, interpersonal skills and influencing others.

Training Activity 2 Decision Making
Explores defining the decision making issue / seeking information / evaluating options / listening to views / influencing others / compromise.

Participants rank a list of 15 ‘crimes’ in order of seriousness. They then, as teams, repeat the process. An expert ranking is revealed and individuals and teams score their work. Consistently shows that teams outdo individuals. But the main thrust of this activity is the team interaction to arrive at consensus. How are decisions reached?

Training Activity 3 Managing Time
Managing Time game explores setting deadlines / maximizing resources / prioritising / getting started early / delegating / coordinating to process / finishing on time.

In just 30 minutes teams complete a creative, organizational task, preparing a one-minute radio advert, but there’s a major constraint. Few teams complete the task perfectly (although there is time for two attempts – and some steep learning).

Training Activity 4 Leadership
This training game explores leadership styles / role of the leader / introducing change / monitoring staff / listening / providing motivation and vision.

Teams are briefed on their role as either leader (‘manager’) or team member (‘employee’). The manager has instituted a change in an open plan office - the employees are not happy. How does the manager cope with the employees’ objections and feelings? Can good leadership prevail? A 15-20 minute meeting is followed by a general Debrief and comparison of each team’s experiences. How the manager/leader presents the case is crucial.

Trainer's Role

1. Choose one of the four training activities. Before the session print the required number of Briefs, Forms and Handouts (all stored and clearly explained on the CD)
   
   
2. Briefly introduce the session and issue a copy of the Brief to each team and an Observer's Form to each observer. Allow the activity to proceed to completion. All timings supplied
   
   
3. Issue Review Forms and allow time for individuals, teams, observers to complete them
   
   
4. Lead a Debrief by first listening to what teams and individuals have to say about their performance and listen to
   observer views. Use the guidance notes in the Trainer's booklet to go through each point on the Review Forms and structure (and control!) the discussion
   
   
5. Establish the overall lessons of the session
   
   
6. Issue Handouts to each individual to take back to the workplace.

Full details are provided in the Trainer's Notes.

Comments from Users of this Training Material

“What a great value pack!”

“Well structured, easy to use and capable of delivering excellent messages.”

“Highlights a wide range of key competencies in such a simple format.”

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Timing:            Each game runs for 20 to 60 minutes + Debrief.

Numbers:         Any number of people.

Who:               Staff at any level.

PC required:    None.

Licence Free:  When you buy this training material, there are no restrictions on the number of times you can use it.

Cost to buy this game (of 4 activites) to facilitate it yourself: £295 + delivery and VAT (if applicable).

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