Materials and Trainer's Kits

The basic materials needed to conduct a survival simulation are a Leader’s Guide and one Participant Booklet for each group member. Please note that the materials are copyrighted and cannot be reproduced. Copies of the Subarctic Survival Situation™ can be ordered from any Human Synergistics International Office.

You may be interested in our Trainer’s Kit if you are using the Subarctic Survival exercise for the first time. Alternatively, our Advanced Trainer’s Kit will help to take your teams one step further by using the Group Styles Inventory™ to identify behavior patterns that enable or hinder quality group performance.

Survival Simulation Trainer's Kit
The most cost effective way to get everything you need to get your teams up and running, at a savings of over 20%!  You will receive everything you need to conduct a simulation-based program for 25 people, including:

Participant Booklets (25)
The Booklets present the survival challenge, a worksheet for recording individual, team, and expert answers, and grids for scoring the simulation.

Leader's Guide (1)
Our Guides provide all of the information that you'll need to conduct a successful program, including the expert's decisions and rationale, scoring instructions, program design options, and tips for teaching participants about the skills and processes that contribute to synergistic problem solving.

Observer's Guide (5)
By assessing rational (task) and interpersonal (people) skills, this invaluable tool helps team observers to develop their own coaching skills as they provide groups with feedback on their performance.

Video or DVD (1)
The videos and DVDs cut down on facilitator preparation time, help to keep the program on schedule, and bring "To life" the simulation by showing the situation and available items as well as providing the expert's rank and rationale.

Advanced Trainer's Kit
Take your team to the next level with this kit!  Through it, you will learn that group interaction styles make the difference between excellent and poor performing teams.  By pairing a survival simulation with the Group Styles Inventory™, excellent performing teams can be identified and used as a model while poor performing teams can be analyzed and developed.  You will receive:

Participant Booklets (25)
Leader's Guide (1)
Video or DVD (1)

GSI Inventories (25)
The GSI enables each team member to describe the way in which the group approached the task and interacted during the survival simulation exercise. Each member can score his or her responses, profile the results, and gain an understanding of the styles (Constructive and Defensive) exhibited by the team.

GSI Participant's Guide (5)
Each team of five members can use the Guide to pool their GSI results and develop a composite profile for their team.  The Guide also provides participants with in-depth descriptions of the twelve Circumplex styles as applied to teams and groups.  Additionally, suggestions are offered for strengthening Constructive styles and reducing Aggressive/Defensive and Passive/Defensive group styles.

GSI Leader's Guide (1)
The Leader's Guide provides you with the background and information you need to use the GSI with confidence, debrief the results, and help your teams develop action plans to improve their interaction styles and problem-solving performance.

Other Materials at Additional Cost:

  • 5 GSI flip chart pages
  • GSI PowerPoint Presentation

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