Do you want to put your business on the top step of the business podium?

Well here’s your opportunity to take your place on pole position with Scotland’s newest and most innovative team development programme, one which combines the best in business training with the stimulating excitement of motor sport.

Who for:

Newly formed teams and teams with new members.

Purpose:

To enable the team to achieve its business goals more effectively. The programme will generate energy and enthusiasm and develop a strong 'can do' culture. It will increase the team’s ability to work as a cohesive unit andinspire the belief, desire and skills it needs to perform to its full ability.

Objectives:

The team will learn:

• The value trust, openness and cooperation
• How to improve team and business results through behaviours
• How to accelerate the development of team maturity needed formaximum performance
• How to work to strengths within the team
• How to improve internal customer/supplier effectiveness
• Techniques to remove barriers to teamworking

Results - The team will have:

• Produced a list of wanted and unwanted behaviours for the team
• measured current stage of maturity and established accountability for KEEP/STOP/START actions
• Understand the value of a logical, highly visible monitoring process
• Profiled preferred values/behavioural style and team role and exchanged feedback on the implications of these in apractical situation
• Developed a SMARTI action plan for improving relationships within their own customer/supplier network and delivering personal and organisational benefits back in the workplace from this learning

Motorsport Exercises

Exercises will draw on the analogies of successful motorsport projects with the team undertaking a pit-stop challenge in the workshop leading to a final exercise on the kart track. Exercises are designed to assess and practice a number of team characteristics and improvement methods within the group to optimise outputs and performance. A visible management system should be practiced to communicate results. Evaluation of effects and benefits will be practiced. Continuous linking to actual business scenarios and events will be made during ongoing feedback and review.

BRIAN CAMERON

Brian Cameron is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and a former featured speaker on The Financial Times Business Management training series. Brian has spent his life in the automotive and training sector gaining over 20 years experience with many of the world’s leading car manufacturers. He has had a lifelong interest and passion for motor sport and has combined these experiences to produce a range of programmes that contain a blend of management theory, practice, review, feedback and coaching to provide quality courses with a Motor sport theme.

Longer courses are delivered through his partnership with ARETE Training and Development Limited who are proven at delivering bespoke programmes.

1. What do we do on the course?
   The course is a unique mixture of proven business techniques and methods which are explained in the Training Room. Specific motorsport exercises are undertaken using these techniques to analyse and improve performance. Back in the Training Room the improvements are reviewed and related back to the everyday workplace. A finale event at the end of the day gives another chance to practice these methods in a racing challenge.
2. Can we bring more/less people?
   Each course is designed for an optimum number – in this case 10 delegates. Additional delegates can be catered for up to a maximum of 20 at an incremental cost. Exclusive courses can be run with fewer than 10 delegates for a set fee. Smaller numbers can be accommodated on to set Open Days with other company representatives, depending upon demand.
3. What racing things will we be doing?
   There are some challenging but fun exercises in the workshop and a practical racing challenge at
   the end of the day. This adds a truly memorable dimension!
4. What is the start and finish time?
   To maximise the results for your group we aim to start at 9.00am and finish at 5.00pm with a 30
   minute break for lunch. Times may vary if required.
5. Are longer courses available?
   These courses cover some basic principles. Longer courses and full development programmes
   are available from our training partners. These can be contacted via the Knockhill office.
6. What dates are you holding these courses on?
   Availability of dates is available from the Knockhill office. We would attempt to match the date
   of delivery to your desired timing.
7. Can you do a course for our specific needs?
   Knockhill’s training and development partners will be glad to discuss your individual company needs and tailor programmes to fit using some of the many activities we provide at Knockhill.
8. We already do this training with other providers – how can we be sure it will be aligned
   to what we’ve done already?
   Depending on your needs we can arrange for our training providers to discuss specific cases to
   ensure we do not cover duplicate or conflicting topics or methods.
9. Can we book multiple days?
   Yes, we would recommend that, should you have more than 20 delegates, your group is split into
   more than one day.
10. What relevance are the racing bits?
    The ‘racing’ exercises give three unique advantages to enhance the learning experience:
    1. They allow you to practice the learning from the classroom in an environment with which you
    are unfamiliar, and therefore you have to rely on the basic principles you have been taught
    2. They allow you to practice the learned techniques in a non-work, and therefore no risk way.
    3. They exercises are fun and exciting – emotions proven to make learning more memorable
11. How long do we spend in the Training Room and how long doing the motorsport activities?
    It will vary to a small degree, as part of the learning is to spend time in review after each exercise.
    As a rough guide the split will be 25/75 percent motor sport exercises to Training Room activities.
12. What experience has Knockhill at doing these courses?
    Knockhill is a provider of a large number of motorsport based activities. Our training partners
    have many years experience of delivering business learning. This combination allows us to offer
    these unique courses.
13. What are the facilities like at Knockhill?
    In addition to the many motorsport facilities such as karting, skid pan, racing and many other
    variants Knockhill has bespoke corporate hospitality facilities which provide and cater for groups
    of many sizes. Therefore facilities are comparable to hotels and other learning centres.
14. What do we wear?
    There will be no ‘dirty’ activities so ‘business casual’ would be the most appropriate dress code.
    Knockhill can be cold and the weather inclement so please bear this in mind as we will be walking
    between facilities at the circuit.
15. Will there be more courses available?
    Indeed, the list we are launching the series with is a starter. We intend to research companies
    both locally and nationally to develop a broader portfolio. If you have anything specific in mind,
    speak to us and we will liaise with our facilitators.

TYPICAL TIMETABLE OF YOUR TRAINING DAY
9:00am	Arrival and Registration
9:15am	Welcome and outline of the format and objectives of the day
9:30am	Pit Stop Wheel Changing Challenge – straight into an activity and out of your teams comfort zone! This observed exercise will demonstrate how your team work together, the need for effective communication, planning and leadership… every second counts!
10:30am	Workshop activity in Training room, content dependant upon course chosen.
11:30am	Coffee Break
11:45am	Workshop activity in Training room, content dependant upon course chosen.
1:00pm	Lunch – Another quick pit stop this time to fill your tank with food fuel for the afternoon!!
1:30pm	Further workshop activity in Training room.
3:00pm	Karting Team Challenge – A team endurance race involving tactical race decision making, strategy, quick thinking and analysis of the opposition. It’s fun and a great learning exercise as to how your team mates react when the race is on!!
4:15pm	De-brief of the Karting Team Challenge and review of the days learning experiences.
5:00pm	Departure