Duration: 75-90 minutes
Description
All organisations - from small teams to giant corporations - are just like super tankers. Once they are underway, it can be very difficult to stop them, or even change direction! The most frequently observed characteristic of a winning team is that it has a clearly stated mission and well-planned common objectives. This exercise can be used to demonstrate the practical importance of developing a good plan and the six key questions of a good leader:
- Where are we coming from?
- Where are we heading if we keep going as now?
- Where are we now?
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- Where do we want to be?
- By when do we want to be there?
- How will we get there?
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Only then will they realise how important it is to think ahead, plan for contingencies and draw up different scenarios. With only a map and a few clues to their whereabouts and destination, team members must plan the route of a 200,000 ton super tanker through narrow fjords to its final berth. There are several alternatives, some more hazardous than others, so the team must:
- Appoint a Leader
- Set clear objectives
- Allocate roles (including timekeeping!)
- Proceed logically, modifying their plan if necessary as they go
- Listen carefully to each other
- Make planning decisions
- Interpret ambiguous or unclear data
Training Objectives:
- To teach the six essential leadership and planning questions
- To show the difference that good leadership makes
- To demonstrate the need for co-operation, sharing and strategy in a team - especially during the planning of a project
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