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Deadline 30 Minutes!™ | Time Management Training Activity
Deadline 30 Minutes!™ | Time Management Training Activity
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9 reviews
5.0
9 reviews
This 30 minute activity is an ideal training activity to demonstrate the need for teams to manage their time, be accurate and work together. Great as a starter or icebreaker, or for use as part of a teamwork, time management or communication skills course.
Tests teams' ability to define a task
Identifies relevant team roles
Stresses need for attention to detail
Emphasises need for good time management
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$450.00
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Product details
- Type Training Activity
- Timing 30 minutes + debrief
- Use Face-to-Face
- Target Audience All Levels
- Min Participants 4
- Max Participants* 20
- *More delegates? Contact Us
- Computer Required Optional
- Printer Required No
- Supply Format Hard Copy
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- Factsheet Download
Northgate says...
"Teams should spend the first 5-10 minutes working out exactly what the task is, how best to go about it and sharing some vital information - but most teams don't! Instead, they jump straight in and it's a case of 'more speed, less accuracy'. As well, the best teams tend to have a strong coordinator who brings it all together, accurately, on time and in good spirit."
- Tests teams' ability to define a task
- Identifies relevant team roles
- Stresses need for attention to detail
- Emphasises need for good time management
- Demonstrates how to break tasks into manageable parts – and delegate
Ideally suited to:
Assessing a range of teamwork skills in a very short space of time. Suitable at all levels for demonstrating the need for a thought-out process, clear communication and paying attention to detail. One slip and it all goes horribly wrong!
Team members each have different Briefs which they cannot show to each other. The clock is ticking and teams have exactly 30 minutes to complete the task. They’ve got everything they need but information is spread across several team members’ Briefs – so good team communication is vital.
Each Brief also contains a hint of a possible role for each team member. But time is tight! Someone needs to keep an eye on the time and there needs to be a good coordinator, a good finisher and some capable team members. Quality of work and attention to detail are vital.
- Divide participants into teams and explain the nature of the task.
- Issue Briefing Materials and resources to each person.
- Write the current time on the flipchart or whiteboard and tell the teams to start.
- Observe the teams at work.
- Stop the activity after exactly 30 minutes and check who has completed the task successfully.
- Lead a Debrief on the learning points.
Full guidance supplied in the Trainer’s Notes.
- Trainer's Notes
- Trainer's Introductory PowerPoint
- Optional Countdown Program (internet access required)
- Team Briefs 1-5
- Team Review
- Plastic Tokens
- Money Bags
- Post-it Notes
This activity is for face-to-face classroom use. It is supplied as a hard copy pack and the digital files are supplied via the Northgate Trainerhub.
Our licence offering is designed to provide exceptional value and flexibility for your organisational training needs.
Upon purchase, each Northgate activity includes a five-year licence for repeat use, with up to a maximum number of delegates per training session. The maximum number of delegates permitted for this activity is 20. This grants you the freedom to use the activity repeatedly, with the specified maximum number of delegates, for five years.
All Learning and Development (L&D) professionals based at the same site (or ‘remote hub’) as you are granted access to these resources, including to the digital files on the Trainerhub via your site-specific Trainer Dashboard, fostering a collaborative spirit within your immediate team.
Should you wish to make this activity available to a wider audience within your organisation, additional licences are required. We understand the varying needs of different organisations and aim to provide flexible options to suit your requirements.
For further information on our licence terms, please contact us. We are here to assist you in enhancing your training initiatives and ensuring a seamless and hassle-free licensing experience.
To use with more than 20 or for multiple site licences please contact us for a quote.
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Danielle Case, Learning & Development Advisor, Corona Energy 'Deadline 30 Minutes!' is a great activity and our managers thoroughly enjoyed it. It was great to see the different management styles and approaches in action - and it was something different for our managers as they haven't experienced anything like this type of training before. Great fun!
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Martin Rejhon, Owner and Trainer, New Impuls, s.r.o. We find both ‘Leadership in Action!’ and ‘Deadline: 30 Minutes!’ easy to use and very useful in our training programmes.
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Johanne Malin, Principal Consultant, Inspirational Development Group I ran 'Deadline 30 Minutes!' and it’s brilliant – will definitely be using it a lot.
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Simon Hares, Training Consultant, SerialTrainer7 Ltd The brilliant 'Deadline 30 Minutes!' is fast-paced, outcome-focused and a ton of fun!
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Michael Heath, Michael Heath Consulting Many thanks for all the input Mike. The'Deadline 30 Minutes!' exercise went really well and - even though no-one got it right (one group almost did but made a tiny error in adding...) - there was a lot for us to talk about afterwards.
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