PressTime®
PressTime®, a computer-driven behavioral simulation, captures the fast-paced and diverse decisions that project managers and team members make daily. PressTime® enables participants to improve team interactions and team building, enhance strategic planning and problem solving, and explore the added value of cross-functional teams.
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Scenario
Participants in PressTime® are managers in the second largest manufacturer of offset printing plates. The company currently holds about one-third of total market share. The company's major competitor recently introduced a superior plate which sells for the same price.
A cross-functional team of managers has been assembled to put an improved printing plate on the market in six months or less.
The team members include a marketing manager, planning manager, manufacturing manager, business manager, HR manager and technical managers who report to a product development manager (up to eight team members total) in a matrixed structure. The team is charged with selecting, developing and bringing a product to market. While meeting this challenge, numerous complex technical, financial, marketing, and personnel decisions must be made.
Outcome
* Improve teamwork and interpersonal communication skills
* Develop strategic leadership and problem-solving skills
* Develop improved decision-making capabilities
* Identify participants' team leadership strengths and development needs
* Enhance the ability to lead critical organizational projects
PressTime® is a powerful simulation that:
* Compresses real-world situations calling for decisions into a learning opportunity
* Compels individuals to interact in ways that reveal their typical interpersonal styles
* Creates learning opportunities through feedback from trained observers
* Produces multiple sources of feedback on team and individual performance
* Employs measurable factors to determine the success of the team
* Provides a model for planning and implementing projects
* Builds negotiation skills and teamwork to meet goals and objectives
* Promotes the value of cross-functional teams
* Develops strategic leadership and decision-making capability
* Models quality management and personnel decisions
* Creates team effectiveness through group interaction
Trainer Skills
Experience with level 4 simulations, good group facilitation and debrief skills, feedback delivery experience, individual development experience, team development experience, organizational development experience
Cost
After certificaton and licensing: Materials per team of 8 participants is $765.
Minimum participants: 5
Maximum participants: 8
Specifications
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Mid-Level Managers |
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1.5 days |
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1 training room, 1 breakout room per team |
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Overhead projector, 2 laptops per team |
Recommended number of facilitators:
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1 per team; 1 extra if more than 2 teams |
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Yes |
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4 |
Facilitator Guide Required?:
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Yes |
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Yes |
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