Lost in the Cradle of Gold: Participants Workbook

Help Your Team Survive This Realistic Consensus Activity
Discover Your Ability to Set Priorities and Reach Consensus
Lost in the Cradle of Gold challenges you and your team to make the right decisions that will determine if you can survive in the "Empty Quarter" in the middle of the Arabian Desert and then go on to locate the fabled mines of King Solomon.
With Lost in the Cradle of Gold you determine which items are most important for survival in a forbidding climate–such as gasoline, salt tablets, a knife, a tea bag, wool shirt, plastic bags, charcoal, or a hubcap? First you rank the fifteen items in order of importance individually and then you determine which things are most important as a member of a team. Afterward compare your choices with what the group selects and determine the group performs better than any one individual alone.
Get Lost in the Cradle of Gold and, by testing your knowledge and survival skills in a challenging and fun–filled simulated activity, you will learn how to work with others to solve problems and hone your team synergy, consensus, and action–planning skills.

Spis treści:
Lost in the Cradle of Gold.
The Situation.
Your Task.
Guidelines for Reaching Consensus.
Group’s Task.
Answers and Rationale.

Nota biograficzna:
Lorraine L. Ukens is the owner of Team–ing with Success, a consulting and training enterprise specializing in team building and leadership development. Her wide range of business experience, spanning more than twenty–five years, is applied in designing, facilitating, and evaluating programs in a variety of human resource development areas. Ukens is the author of more than ten books including the bestselling simulation, Lost in the Amazon, and her most recent collection of activities. The New Encyclopedia of Group Activities from Pfeiffer. She received her M.S. degree from Towson University where she curr ently is an adjunct faculty member.

Okładka tylna:
Help Your Team Survive This Realistic Consensus Activity
Discover Your Ability to Set Priorities and Reach Consensus
Lost in the Cradle of Gold challenges you and your team to make the right decisions that will determine if you can survive in the "Empty Quarter" in the middle of the Arabian Desert and then go on to locate the fabled mines of King Solomon.
With Lost in the Cradle of Gold you determine which items are most important for survival in a forbidding climate–such as gasoline, salt tablets, a knife, a tea bag, wool shirt, plastic bags, charcoal, or a hubcap? First you rank the fifteen items in order of importance individually and then you determine which things are most important as a member of a team. Afterward compare your choices with what the group selects and determine the group performs better than any one individual alone.
Get Lost in the Cradle of Gold and, by testing your knowledge and survival skills in a challenging and fun–filled simulated activity, you will learn how to work with others to solve problems and hone your team synergy, consensus, and action–planning skills.