Supertanker – a leadership and planning game

All organisations – from small teams to giant corporations – are super tankers. Once they are underway, it's very difficult to stop them, or even change direction! The most frequently observed characteristic of a winning team is that it has a mission and well-planned common objectives. However, planning and objective-setting can't be taught by talking to teams about the danger of capsizing or running aground.

The Super Tanker allows the team to experience the six steps to a good plan:

• Where are we coming from?
• Where are we heading if we keep going as now?
• Where are we now?
• Where do we want to be?
• By when do we want to be there?
• How will we get there?

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 clue cards as 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
• Proceed step by step in answering the six planning questions
• Listen carefully to each other's information
• Make planning decisions by interpreting ambiguous or unclear data

Training Objectives:

• To teach the six essential steps in the planning of any project
• To demonstrate the need for co-operation, sharing and strategy in a team - especially during the planning of a project

Time: 75-90 minutes

Delivery: All materials required for this exercise are provided in a downloadable .pdf file including full trainers instructions, clue cards and solution. You will be able to download the exercise as soon as payment has been accepted.

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