Anyone got any good socially distanced or otherwise safe to undertake leadership tasks suitable for blue or bronze leadership?
Doesnât the Risk Assessment specifically states we can only use MTA equipment?
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Make your own RA, or edit theirs.
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Which is useless if you donât have any.
Iâm thinking equipment less, where communication is key.
Weâve used various planning tasks that encourage communication. E.g. each team member gets a slightly different set of information (in separate written briefs that they canât show each other) and they have to discuss and share knowledge e.g. helicopter grounded in desert, minimum fuel, enemy forces inbound and the team have 2 pilots, an engineer and a couple of soldiers. DiscussâŚ
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For something practical a building task where they approach one at a time might work. The distancing could be an extra limitation.
Individual lego sets could work. Jenga, where they use a pen to push bricks out.
Memory challenges like a Kimâs game.
At work we practice sanitising the person as we canât sanitise the equipment.
Like previous posters the planning tasks are good. Itâs just the time taken to find them!
If youâve got a reasonable amount of time get the cadets to come up with some scenarios so they are doing some planning for you.
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The cynic in me wonders if thatâs why they were giving a couple of kits away. Perhaps their sales have increased recently?
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Imagine what else a Sqn could buy for ÂŁ900
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A load of number ones and sashes to keep the WWO busy?
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Is there a decent armed forces recruitment test practice book which may hold a few?
Enough wood and a lathe to make your own wooden version?
Or a 3d printing machine for ditto.
ActuallyâŚ3d printer, not a bad shout.
Might actually get some shooting that wayâŚ
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Surprisingly cheap and relatively simple to learn how to use for anyone who isnât massively thick! Not quite great for covid-age command tasks, but a good STEM project for the squadron if you have someone who is interested to learn a bit about it.
I actually did quite a good âleadershipâ challenge at work. Iâll see if I can dig it out. It was information based so no contact needed, Iâm just trying to find the details of it.
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Iâve ordered a book of planning exercises for inspiration, to be honest, it will probably make more sense in the long term to shift to exercises which donât require loads of kit, because theyâre just easier to run on squadron. The ones on the Cadet Training Portal are ok, but they all expect that I just have a pile of barrels and planks lying around.
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I hadnât even thought that would exist. Would you mind sharing a link?
If you were feeling cheap, the âlook insideâ bit seems to give a complete example scenarioâŚ
Have a watch of the current Taskmaster on channel 4. Mostly all recorded during the pandemic, Ive had loads of great ideas from that show.
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Weâve previously put someone in charge of planning a parade night (2 activities). Kills 2 birds with one stone
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This is actually a genius idea! Not thought about trying that.