CALA Homes
Case Study
Graduate Training, Learning & Development
Situation
CALA’s graduate training Learning and Development team experienced a ROCKET Demonstration. They quickly realised how playing ROCKET with both their new graduate intake and those about to be placed after their two year induction would quickly help them integrate in to the business.
“I recognised that our graduates would benefit from a platform that equips, enables and empowers better business decisions. With a method and approach that ensures better retention of knowledge, skills and commercial awareness; ROCKET meets these business needs. ”
Cat Allison (Learning & Development, Cala Homes)
Task
To help a team of Graduate Trainees with specialist skills but little or no commercial experience understand some of the wider challenges that businesses face. This included the effect of working in silos, lack of understanding and appreciation of other business functions.
“I was looking for a tool that encourages and provokes a strategic approach and more awareness of common business challenges. To get this team to plan on a bigger scale, communicate and be aware of how decisions impact the business on an individual, team level as well as at Board and Director level.”
Cat Allison (Learning & Development, Cala Homes)
Action
In playing ROCKET the team is challenged to take an ailing business from doing OK to doing great! Over four levels players take on roles of core business functions and, with time for reflection in between, strategise, plan and implement their changes.
James (Land Graduate):
Playing ROCKET has ”…taken us from just having a shouting match to actually setting tasks and (almost!) sticking to them. This made me realise how hard it is to balance a group of people”.
Result
The benefits to CALA Graduate Training have been threefold:
i). Enabling them the opportunity to learn in a different environment instantly
ii). Rocket provoked a broader understanding of how to run a successful business
iii). Rocket challenges the effectiveness of individuals and teams that can be related to any business context, providing invaluable learning.
Cat Allison (Learning & Development, Cala Homes)
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