A training activity ideal for teamwork,
                      approaches to problems
                      and time management.

Balancing Risk
A Northgate  Training Game

A very versatile training activity which is short and punchy, making it ideal as an ice breaker or energiser.

It is suitable for any team development programme to bring out a host of key learning points about teamwork and team roles, approaches to problems and time management. 

It also provides a great opportunity to look at the workload balance. It’s about the balance between taking on too much work and thereby putting oneself under pressure – which in due course adversely affects performance – and being too cautious, and not taking on enough to achieve one’s full potential and job satisfaction.

It also can be used very effectively as an assessment tool in recruitment where individual skills, behaviours and attitudes can easily be observed.

Because it is a short and lively teamwork activity it also makes in ideal icebreaker and energiser .

See how risk averse your organisation’s culture is and find out who can keep the coolest heads. High points seem attractive but getting them is a risky business!

Teams begin with a simple task of matching up a series of 20 advertising slogans to the relevant company. Getting the right match scores points.

After 10 minutes teams can ask for additional challenges that also score points. Available for them are:

• 10 Brainstretchers
• 10 Numlets (e.g. 14 D in a F)
• 10 Matchstick Problems and
• 1 Mega Mindbender.

Teams can ask for as many or as few of the above as they want and can have more at each 10 minute period. The catch is that if they ask for any item and they cannot do it or if they get it wrong they lose penalty points. It’s a risky business!

Just how far will they go? The team with the highest number of points wins!

Learning Benefits

• highlights just how risk averse the team is, or isn’t
• encourages group discussion on risk assessment
• the importance of time management
• challenges problem solving and lateral thinking abilities
• ideal for team bonding sessions
• fun, light-hearted activity with underlying team lessons.

Users Comments

“Thought I’d let you know that I had the first run of the new game Balancing Risk this week with a team of managers and it worked very well. Thank you for your quick response to my request and getting the game to me in time.”

“Balancing Risk is a great activity that gets teams thinking about the amount of work they can take on.”

“Excellent activity! But our team took too many risks - and paid the price!”

“I recommend this to anyone wanting an activity that is engaging, requires individuals to work in teams and is a lot of fun.”

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Timing:            50 minutes for this activity, plus a debrief.

Numbers:         Up to 4 teams with 3 to 6 delegates in a team (for each training activity).

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 (including a trainer's manual) to facilitate it yourself: £295 + delivery and VAT (if applicable).

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We offer a wide range of activities and games so please contact us to discuss your requirements. We want to ensure that you obtain the maximum benefit from your purchase.

Elite Training European Limited is a leading UK corporate team building and business games training company. We will be pleased to supply the material and facilitator(s) to run a business simulation game, training exercise or team building activity for you.

  "On behalf of the team a big thank you to both yourself and Liz for
   making our conference such a success as it was.”                                                     S. Moore - Lovell Partnerships Ltd

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This training activity like many of the business games we sell it allows you to build your collection of ready made trainer-led activities or tailor your own training program. The activities are ideal for your training course, seminar or conference.

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