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Golden Gate - Bridging the Gap
Overview
Golden Gate is a 3 hour experience that provides participants with a method for improving team work. It is ideal for large groups and is suitable as an indoor or outdoor programme.
The participants have to function together as one sole organisation, in different teams and sub-groups, in order to build a huge bridge. This fun, collaborative activity on a fascinating theme can be easily adapted to a multilingual environment to complete your seminar's agenda.
The Activity
Congratulations ! Your team has been chosen to participate in the bid for a contract to build a bridge in your community. You are a young engineering firm and this is your first big contract. Your team is composed of engineers and architects. Check your pencils, your rulers, your hammers, fill your toolbox, the building project awaits !!! This is the GOLDEN GATE simulation. You have to realise a project from beginning to end : create a bridge that fulfills all the contractual requirements.
Themes studied
- The different phases of a project,
- Behaviours that encourage good team performance,
- How to direct and control a project,
- The importance of vision in project management,
- How to maximise available resources,
- The operational advantages of management by project,
- The influence of organisation on collective efficacy,
- How to overcome obstacles linked to required specifications,
- Achieveing great things by working toether,
- Optimising team work,
- The power of Leadership,
- The importance of effective communication,
- The impact of using the appropriate resources,
- The necessity of having the right objectives : clear objectives lead to success,
- The role of motivation,
- The importance of control and correction (regularisation) phases,
- How to detect and resolve conflicts,
- How to divide tasks,
- The right level of control ,
- Deciding as a team.
Results
- Greater team efficacy,
- Reduced frustration and remotivation,
- Alignment of individual and collective objectives,
- Increased productivity,
- Motivation and personal satisfaction on achieving the project.
Average length : 2 to 3 hours