The wild dog in your business

Lessons from the wild

  • Overview

    The aim

    To show managers and team members how teams can perform more effectively.


    About the programme

    In this exceptional local production from the Lessons from the Wild series, the African wild dog, through the use of the most incredible wildlife footage, is used as a metaphor to compare individual behaviour with team behaviour. Experience and nature has taught the wild dog that however skilled at hunting individual animals may be, success cannot be measured in the execution of a single knockdown - the battle must be won day after day after day. The African wild dog has learnt that teamwork is a pre-requisite for success and that teamwork means more than occupying a common space.

    Through the lessons in this programme, learners will develop an understanding of the concept of limitations and vulnerability applicable to the solo player and how and why, together as a team, a group can thrive and survive.


    The key outcomes

    -Learn to share a common purpose for working together and exhibit loyalty to each other
    -Discover that a good team has the right mix of skills and skill levels to meet their goals
    -Accept responsibility for helping to develop and train new members of the team
    -Become a purposeful communicator
    -Exhibit strong discipline and well co-ordinated teamwork
    -Take joy in work; celebrate the successes and share the rewards together


    Programme includes:

    DVD (15 mins)
    Support Material: Guide, Booklet.


    Information:

    Produced by Learning Resources. Release date: 2002

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