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This worked so well. I had a global HR team of 50 people who had never worked together before, so it had to work as an icebreaker, collaboration, communication and time management exercise. It paid off; within seconds they were all desperate to get stuck in. I re-worked it slightly as these people do not work together, so I took out the work out your own priorities for the week bit.
I added in, that they must prioritise some wellbeing time for themselves, i.e. 2 tea breaks and a lunch every day. They were not allowed to add time on to their day and they had to also factor in some 'me time'. This really worked for them to get to know each other better too. I also interrupted them a couple of times, explaining that they will get interrupted in their day, I asked them to think of things that Brian had forgotten, this really worked well in the feedback, as they take for granted that when people hand things over they do not have time to check if everything was thought of.
One team decided to outsource the whole wedding to someone who was qualified to do the work as they were not and wanted to ensure the customer got the best wedding ever.
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Karon Campbell
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I used this exercise as part of a time management course to help reinforce the importance of managing time.I had 7 delegates so we had a group with of 4 and a group of three. Both groups completed the exercise in the allocated time of 30 minutes using different approaches. They all enjoyed the exercise as it was not work related however, it did reinforce the main purpose of the course which was how to plan and prioritise more effectively. I would definitely recommend this exercise.
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Shirley Palmer
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I started our Time Management session with this activity. It made for a great ice breaker as the teams debated how to change the schedule. The information offered in the trainer notes were very useful. I went through the schedule bit by bit and it proved interesting the other methods that the delegates would use.
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Previous Member
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I used The Wedding Planner exercise at the end of the session to summarise what we had learnt regarding time management, prioritisation and organisation. I split them into two groups of three and gave them half an hour to work out what they were going to do. They seemed to struggle a bit at first and get in a bit of debate how they should organise it. They suggested afterwards that they would have liked some scissors to chop the tasks up and move things round (why didn’t they ask!) After half an hour we discussed what they had come up with and both groups had done it slightly differently. They both understood though that they could delegate tasks and lump similar things together to get things done quicker. In particular they saved time by not travelling so much. Again we linked this back to their role and they thought about how they could organise their own time better.
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I used the Wedding Planner as a group exercise in an Assessment Centre. I was looking for an exercise that would require the candidates to show their planning, organising, decision-making and communication skills (amongst other competencies); this exercise is ideal because it covers all those bases. It was run as per the brief and I followed it up with some additional reflective questions. I was able to get exactly what I needed for the purposes of selection and I would recommend it as an exercise in this context too. Thanks Trainers’ Library – it meant I didn’t have to come up with a whole new exercise from scratch!
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Previous Member
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We completed the Wedding Planner in a Time Management session recently, it was a fun and fantastic way to show how to priorotise. All of the delegates were female and really played up to the role, however I am sure that men would be just as receptive due to the nature of the brief.
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Previous Member
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I've used 'The Wedding Planner' and it went really well in a time management session for Team leaders. They enjoyed the opportunity to work through a scenario that wasn't work related, yet could still highlight the pitfalls that they themselves make during their working day.
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Previous Member
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