Wine suspension - a team challenge
Featured in the The Team Leader's Development Manual training manual
By Mike Fenwick
Category: People Management and Motivation
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
Leading a team quite often means that the team leader needs to formulate plans, agree those planes with the team, and then put them into operation under pressurised situations. This training activity gives participants the opportunity to experience this in a controlled environment, then to analyse the skills they used to carry out the challenge, together with the relevance of those skills to their everyday work.
The participants are split into two groups and each group given 45 minutes to plan how they will transport a glass of water over a distance of 2 metres between two tables. The water must not spill, and the groups may only use the equipment provided. After the challenge, the groups assess the skills they used to complete the task and analyse the relevance of those skills to their everyday work.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to demonstrate to participants the need for careful planning and problem solving by the team leader, as well as demonstrating how team leaders need to involve others in that process.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 01:35:00 |
| No of Pages: | 11 |
Resources: View standard resources for Fenman training activities
Additional resources: 2 equpment kits comprising various small items.
Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers as part of a management development programme or team-building event. It can also be used in programmes on communication, considering colleagues, creative thinking, decision making, developing others, leadership, problem solving, teamwork, and time management.
Download the training activity, Wine suspension - a team challenge as featured in the Fenman training manual; The Team Leader's Development Manual