The MTa KIT sets new standards in experiential learning.

MTa KIT: Developing Team Skills

Launched in 1992 the MTa KIT set new standards in experiential learning. The 6 long activities and 10 short training games identify and develop team skills i.e :-

planning
listening
sensitivity
communication
respecting others
leadership/followership

In addition each activity has more specific learning objectives (see below)

The MTa Kit:

The MTa KIT consists of:

2 large holdalls of 130 large, very robust polypropylene components
Facilitator manual for each long activity includes facilitator guide, encapsulated participants' brief and reusable review and transfer documentation
Facilitator manual for the 10 short activities

(The hard wearing and durable components can be used both indoors and out and each holdall weighs 10kg . Weight is 20kg for components plus 1.5kg for each facilitator manual)

...read more testimonialsTestimonials:

One of the best ways to learn that I've come across

Mike Hopper - Pfizer

Over the Bridge is brilliant - works every time. It's so good we haven't even thought about modifying it. One of the better investments I ever made.

Richard Preston - The Nichols Group

We use the MTa KIT almost every other day

Training Department - Toyota Car Manufacturing

The most unusual and effective thing we have done: a microcosm of how people behave at work

Graham Smith - Sandwell MBC

MTA has become an integral part of my work; hence our current biggest client buying kits in preparation of a 2005 country wide roll-out of the program that in 2004 has been run only out of Victoria. Seriously I love your product and when I next get to the UK I will buy you all a beer.

Don Ash - RevAsh Consulting

I really like the MTa Kit - I have used it with a wide range of employees including senior management in the Arcadia Group and Pret A Manger and I haven't found anything that's more effective in the market place

Ewan Stickley - Pentland Group

An excellent kit which provide us with many activities to use for our team building and training activities - we use them time and time again. The activities are challenging and well received by our clients

Mick Miles - Elite Training

The Standard MTa KIT (code: KIT-S)

The standard MTa KIT comes with Over the Bridge, Rectangle and The Trailer.

Over the Bridge

Level: introductory, Time 2½ - 4 hours, 5 - 14 Participants

Making a bridge and a vehicle is relatively easy. Establishing and meeting the customer's specification is a different matter. A two-part activity: part one introduces the concepts, part two provides opportunities to change behaviour.

clarifying objectives
planning
introduction to team skills
customer focus

Rectangle

Level: introductory/intermediate, Time 1½ - 2½ hours, 6 - 12 Participants

The task is straightforward (although people may see it differently). The problem is that to succeed everyone who is involved must work together, keep up to date with progress, offer ideas clearly and concisely, listen and respond positively to others'.

planning before acting
revising plans as information is received
listening
the impact on people of poor communications

The Trailer

Level: advanced, Time 1½ - 2 hours, 8 - 12 Participants

The workers have all the materials and information to complete the task, they just need to be 'pointed in the right direction'. Why do the managers interfere and the workers acquiesce?

Old attitudes like "managers use their heads, workers their hands" die hard.

leadership
empowerment and 'letting go'
understanding and accepting the responsibilities of a team member
accepting and valuing others' ideas

Additional Activities

Digital Display (code: KIT-DD)

Level: intermediate, Time 1 - 2 hours, 8 - 12 Participants

Everyone has a task, so looking after yourself first is tempting, and personal achievement satisfying, but what if your success prevents others (and therefore the team) from completing their task? Working with others is one thing, but undoing your own work to help someone else may be a different matter.

individual vs. team needs
awareness of others' needs
taking responsibility for the team
communicating the right thing at the right time

Tower (code: KIT-TO)

Level: intermediate/advanced, Time: 2 - 3 hours, 8 - 24 Participants

Inter-team co-operation seems to be the name of the game, but there are problems: teams cannot progress together. No matter how hard teams try one must win unless they settle for mediocrity. Added to this there is always scope for for double dealing after deals have been made...

openness, honesty and trust
negotiating
communicating within and between teams
win : win
inter-team rivalry

The Frame (code: KIT-FR)

Level: introductory/intermediate, Time 1½ - 2½ hours, 8 - 12 Participants

Two halves of one team with different parts of the same task are separated by: a door, the knowledge that one team cannot divulge all its information, and different work loads. Pressure and frustration build as effective communications diminish. If only people could step back and think...

company vs. department objectives
inter-group working
involving people in decisions that affect them
thinking 'outside the box'
effective communications

Short Activities (code: KIT-SA)

10 short activities that will 'break the ice' or energise a flagging group. All involve lots of action and most an element of competition. Each is quite different, and despite being quick, can be used to make points about elements of team working. The manual includes a matrix to summarise the features of each activity, a simple trainers' guide and re-usable briefs.

involve and energise
change the pace
short and sharp: 8 to 15 minutes
fun, but can make points
3 to 12 people per MTa KIT

The Complete MTa KIT (code: KIT-C)

The Complete MTa KIT comes with Digital Display, Tower, The Frame and 10 Short Exercises, plus all the activities from the Standard MTa KIT: Over The Bridge, Rectangle and the Trailer.