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 Mars Surface Rover
(Leadership Version)
Use the Mars Surface Rover Leadership Version to help new leaders incorporate facilitative leadership into their developing style, retrain traditional leaders, and assist managers who oversee several teams or coordinate teams.
Objective - To experience the benefits of a facilitative leadership style
Intended For - Managers and leaders of work groups or teams
Each Game Trains - 3 teams of 5 people
Time Required - 1-1/2 to 2 hours
Product Format - A game developed by the a team of researchers trained in behavioral science and research techniques
Participants will:
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Learn how a facilitative leadership style generates a team atmosphere of trust, respect, open communication, and productivity.
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Discover the drawbacks of traditional (autocratic) or passive (uninvolved) styles of leadership.
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Understand the important balance between too much and too little authority.
How the Mars Surface Rover Leadership Version is played:
Three teams are assigned the task of building a prototype vehicle for ferrying astronauts across the surface of Mars. Using private instructions, team leaders lead their teams either passively, traditionally, or facilitatively. At the end of the game, teams race their finished vehicles. The fastest, most efficiently built rover most often belongs to the team with the facilitative leader!
Facilitative leadership has become an important force in moving to team-based organizations. But before traditional leaders can make this change, they need to know what facilitative leadership is-and how it differs from what they have been practicing in the past. The original, award-winning Mars Surface Rover is a great training game for teaching facilitative leadership skills.
Facilitative Leaders:
- Concentrate on teaching rather than directing others.
- Focus on helping others learn and develop.
- Provide guidance when a group is struggling or needs direction.
- Lead by asking questions rather than giving orders.
- Manage interactions between groups to provide their group with the best work environment.
The Facilitator Guide includes step-by-step training instructions, answers to frequently asked questions, transparency masters, and an optional training design that allows all 3 teams to be led by facilitative leaders.
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