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5 Reasons to Play Elite Commander.

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P2l’s brand new game elite commander is a soft skills workshop aimed at building practical real-life skillsets. This article will delve into 5 reasons YOU should play elite commander.

 

Don’t worry; we’ve got plenty of reasons. 

  1. Value.

While the gaming world offers inherent value in streaming, e-sports, and VR therapy, Elite Commander offers that same value in translatable skills. 

 

This game will teach leadership, conflict management, and problem-solving skills. All developed by the trusted course leaders P2L is known for. 

 

  1. Immersive Landscape.

Elite Commander takes place on a raging battlefield. You’ll be assigned the duty of protecting and leading your team to victory through your choices. 

 

Like the most popular games of the modern age, Elite Commander allows you to submerge yourself in its atmosphere. Therefore creating a unique, valuable experience.

 

  1. Unlockables.

Just like all popular games of the modern era: Elite Commander has a rewards system.

 

These rewards range from stylish cosmetics for your characters to checkered medallions as bragging rights. (Pre-Orders get a unique medal.)

 

Whether you’re playing Elite Commander in the classroom, workplace, or with your friends: these collectables will keep incentive fresh among your crowd.

 

  1. High-End Gameplay.

Developed on Unity by P2L’s experienced programming team, Elite Commander runs like butter. Before release, every frame, bug, and exploit has been carefully smoothed over. They are leaving no room for error or wrongful usage of the product. 

 

As far as 3D game engines go, Unity is among the best. 

 

  1. It’s Enjoyable.

So often will you find games with so much promise and sloppy execution. Elite Commander breaks that trend with a unique and enjoyable experience. 

 

We learn best when having fun, and take it from us; this game is FUN. You’ll be surrounded by three quirky characters, each with distinct personalities and learning styles. Learning to adjust your leadership style to match each member is rewarding enough, and that’s when we leave out the action-packed gameplay. 

Overall, Elite Commander is a fruitful experience for the classroom, workplace, and just casual learning.

 

(If you’d like to pre-book a free copy or arrange a custom version of the game for your school board or business. Contact us here.)

Accountability

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Accountability means an obligation that an individual or team accepts to take ownership of. It is about taking personal responsibility for a job to be done. We can easily achieve this by simply showing up and doing the things that one has committed to. While doing so, we must trust our teammates and know that we can count on each other to get things done.

Why is accountability important?

For an organization to achieve its full potential, it is vital to build a healthy accountability culture across the board.

As a leader, do you face difficulty in getting your teams to showcase accountability?

If you answered yes to the above question, you have come to the right place.

You’ll notice that your employee’s job satisfaction levels increase when you let them own a piece. What does owning a piece mean? It does not mean that you are giving them ownership of your business. You are giving them the freedom to make decisions and making them responsible for their actions at work. Companies that adopt a culture of accountability have proven to improve their productivity by setting expectations and eliminating surprises for their employees.

Make your team accountable

How to build an accountability culture in your organization?

The transformation of your leadership style to accommodate an accountability culture might seem overwhelming at the beginning, but as you embark on this journey, you’ll notice that your teams have aligned with your company’s values and they have become more competent than before.

Let’s look at some of the key elements in shaping your company’s accountability culture.

Define Accountability

The first step in setting up an accountability culture in an organization is for leaders to have a clear definition of what, who, and how chalked out. There should be clarity on the expectations, what are the immediate goals and future goals, their timelines, how to measure growth, and ensuring that the resources to deliver are made available. If you don’t know how to define your company’s accountability culture, we can help you with it. Ask us how at mike@p2linc.com

Discuss Choices

The next step in the path of nurturing an accountability culture in your organization is to have conversations with your immediate team members and employees at the designing stage. We can collate this by conducting surveys, and weekly or monthly meetings. Engaging your teams to know what will motivate them will help you establish an accountability relationship. Giving employees the needed autonomy to accomplish their tasks with a focus on company goals will lead to an increase in productivity.

Identify Obstacles

Then comes the most exciting part of the accountability culture-building process, which is tracking your company’s progress. Collect data to track employees’ understanding of the company’s objectives and their personal goals. Aligning individual growth with that of the organizations eliminates ambiguity and builds healthy employer-employee relationships. That brings us to the next step of communication through mentorship.

Offer Mentorship

It’s time to use the metrics and identify employees who need mentorship. Not having clarity on what’s next builds stress and reduces the ability to perform. Knowing where we stand in the game helps us to figure out our next move. Offer coaching to your executives from time to time so they clearly understand their responsibilities, thus making them accountable for their actions.

Offer mentorship to build accountability culture

Recognize Results

The ultimate step of inculcating an accountability culture within your teams is to recognize every small and big milestone of everyone in the organization. Peer elevation plays an immense role in keeping employee motivation in a healthy place, resulting in them taking ownership of their actions and consequences.

Send in your enquiries to know how you can build an accountability culture that’s best suited for your organization. Our team will be happy to equip you with the five-step model to create accountability within your teams.

 

The Elite Commander Team: P2L’s Innovative Leadership Game.

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 In p2l’s leadership game Elite Commander, you’ll assume the role of the team leader of a ragtag team of soldiers. This team will be your backbone in making it through the harsh game world. Not only does each member have a unique skill set, but also come equipped with their own quirks and backstory. Why don’t we cut to the chase and have you meet the team of elite commander.

Maria Picket (24), Female Sniper.

Trust us; You do not want to get caught within 500 metres of this bullseye baddie. 

 

Maria Picket will be your eyes in the bushes (that sounded better in my head) during your stay as team captain. With a near-perfect track record, her biggest regret remains the single-shot she missed five years ago.

 

This sarcastic sharpshooter is naturally rebellious and uniquely skilled at math and singing (don’t tell her we told you that). Her nature will test your leadership skills and may have you at odds with her time and time again. 

 

Be that as it may, Maria Picket is fiercely loyal to the people she cares about. A strong leader will maximize her potential both personally and on the battlefield.

 

Yao Wang (28), Gunner Infantry 1st Class.

Meet your pollen-sensitive, gold-loving gunner, Yao Wang. A bright strategist held back by his ego and impulsivity. 

 

At first glance, you’d think Yao Wang to be an industry-certified model. He’d love to hear that, half due to his self-absorption and a half due to his fashion industry aspirations. 

 

As the team leader, you’ll guide Yao Wang toward his full potential. Regardless of his erratic nature, a strong captain will capitalize on everything this member brings to the table.

 

His charm, influence, and persuasiveness will be valuable assets to your mission. Just keep him away from flowers, as they may have pollen, and Yao Wangs’ winged yellow enemies LOVE pollen.

 

Staff Sergeant Rob Furlong (28), Medic.

Meet the peanut-sensitive Mother Theresa of your crew, Rob Furlong. The only thing he fears more than spiders is being unable to save his comrades (that got dark).

 

Ever since he was younger, Rob Furlong dreamed of being a doctor. His kindness, compassion, and empathy will prove invaluable to your team. 

A natural statistician by heart, Rob is someone you’ll have to nurture during your stay as a leader. Validating his kind-hearted nature and tireless effort will allow him to shine like no other. 

 

Just make sure he has his EpiPen. 

 

You (?), The Leader.

The final, most essential member of the team is you.

 

As the leader of this band of misfits, you’ll be tasked with adjusting to their unique personalities.

 

The success of this mission is in your hands. Show that you have what it takes to lead your team through hell and back. 

 

This isn’t just a leadership game Reach your full potential, become a true Elite Commander.

Handling Conflict

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Okay, let’s agree to disagree. How many times have you seen this happen in your everyday conversations? Isn’t this an obvious statement for people with differences in opinion to just accept and move on? This needn’t be the case if you investigate the situation carefully.

Have you felt like finding your Zen in the middle of a meeting?

Disagreements, and misunderstandings not only cause quarrels among young kids, but they also occur with full-grown adults in the workplace. Have you seen yourself in a situation like this, where you felt the need to break away and feel that moment of peace while in a meeting that’s not going well? You have then come to the correct place.

Picture of a woman seeking peace when handling conflict in a meeting

To overcome such unpleasant situations, companies are investing in training their employees to reinforce their soft skills. Studies show that employees with strong conflict resolution skills can navigate through arguments, complaints, and difficult conversations with a constructive approach.

Why is it essential to enhance conflict handling skills?

When faced with a conflict situation, critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills are vital for leaders across the board. A leadership development course like handling conflict can help transform learners’ ability to steer through difficult situations and achieve a goal that’s most desirable for the benefit of the organization.

Further, assessing new hires for their conflict management skills is gaining more importance than ever. More so, within the emerging remote working environment where people have fewer personal interactions, it becomes increasingly difficult to establish a bond among employees. Thus, leading to a difference of opinion resulting in disagreements during meetings.

What will you learn from the handling conflict course?

Conflict handling course will not only help leaders in the industry, but it is also an impressive skill to gain when you are starting out your career.

People’s perceptions and assumptions often fuel conflicts. Most times, it’s simply our human ego that results in a conflict. So, moving forward with an approach to building trust, empathy, and fellowship will bring people together to work towards a common goal. Are you curious to learn how P2L can help change your company’s conflict-handling strategy? Enroll in our upcoming conflict handling course, or simply email us at mike@p2linc.com for more information. Handling conflict courses will enhance your ability to recognize the five styles of conflict resolution and how to best use these approaches in a conflict situation.

  1. How to apply the Stop, Yield, Go Model to resolve conflicts
  2. Learn techniques to manage emotions during conflict situations
  3. Acquire the ability to explain assumptions and their effect on a conflict
  4. Understand the importance of using active listening when solving a conflict
  5. How to use assertive language techniques to collaborate

Teams working efficiently post conflict management course

Understanding the viewpoint of the other person and applying the right communication technique will help you manage conflicts and stop them from escalating. It’s also important to remember that the end goal will be to agree on a solution that’s mutually beneficial for the organization.

“Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity” – Warren G. Bennis

Join us during our next session to learn conflict handling and become a pacesetter.

Games for Office Engagement and Motivation – P2L Recommends

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Games for Office Engagement and Motivation – P2L Recommends

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P2L is one of the only businesses in the eLearning industry that combines games and modern teaching methodologies, and is actively developing gamification practices to work more enjoyable and engaging.

Numerous articles underline the importance of gamification theory. It is crucial to study and experience how such an everyday and enjoyable practice helps workers get engaged. It also contributes to building better leaders for the workplace of tomorrow.

Nonetheless, there are many cases where people have a general idea about the cruciality of the gamification eLearning process. And yet, they aren’t really aware of the specifics.

Therefore, P2L is here today to let you know some game theories and theme-based recommendations from our business, which will help you apply the same rules in your company and witness better results that you have ever seen. 

Wisdom Games

Please, pay close attention to this aspect of gamification theory.

Wisdom games aren’t about showcasing that some employers are more intelligent than others (because that’s not the point).

It’s more about showing people that they are constantly learning even through a fun gaming process on a Thursday or a Friday afternoon. They will always hear something new that they’ll have to keep in mind.

Examples of such games would be Checkers (we would advise the Chinese game), Heads-Up, Risk, etc.

Action Games

Let’s be honest at this particular point of the article. Your company’s people don’t want to feel like it’s another day at the office, especially when it’s time for the games to take place.

After being an intern and a worker myself for a long, long time, I’d suggest that the managers and the organizers would have to make the gamification day similar to a boarding night with some friends.

Long story short. Twister.

It might sound funny for people at an office to start stretching their legs and bringing their hands over another co-worker. At the same time, they have another person’s foot below their belly.

And yet, they will test natural endurance and their shape-making abilities. They will get a decisive break from the usual ‘9-to-5 in-front of a computer’ type of shift, and a lot of fun and laughs are guaranteed.

And yes, it’s groundbreaking; it’s innovative, it sounds crazy. But only the businesses that have this type of craziness are actually the ones that are different from the masses. 

Strategic Games 

Chess.

The Healthline website states that “Skilled chess players learn to anticipate an opponent’s next moves. To predict what another person will do next, a player must develop the ability to adopt another person’s perspective and infer what action they are likely to take. Behavioral scientists call this ability to see from another viewpoint the “theory of mind.”

It’s an ability that is essential to exercising empathy and building healthy social relationships. A 2019 study found that chess develops this perspective-taking ability in children who practice the game.”

Don’t you want your workers to compete with each other, have fun and at the same time sharpen their mental capacities?

If not, that’s great. But if you are someone who likes seeing people learning and having fun simultaneously, chess is a perfect strategy. Making a league for the workers who would like to participate would also be beneficial for developing mentalities of putting effort even in such little things.

Monopoly

You can call me biased all you want. I really don’t care. The fact that I have been playing this game since I was 6 doesn’t change my opinion.

I would have the same point of view even if I started playing this game yesterday.

From a business perspective, this is the best game that has ever been created in the history of the world. Amen!

You are more than invited to disagree, but the reality is that there’s only one game that teaches you the actual reality of business. How to handle money, make important financial or social decisions, communicate and make deals with counterparts.

Does this remind you of something? Because for me, this is the perfect depiction of the business world, which is the world that everyone lives in today; regardless of whether you chose it, or not.

Concluding remarks

There are two types of people in the business world.

The first one is the guy that is hungry for more. More work done, more money, and more clients. This is the same manager who thinks that gamification theory is just a crock that is being sold in the virtual world by certain companies who are out to make some money. He will believe that gamification will hinder growth. If the employees aren’t working 168 hours a week, this is a significant loss.

The second one is the guy that is hungry, but is patient at the same time. He wants more. More work done, more money, and more clients, but in the meantime, he is fully aware of the factoring in productivity. This is a factor that is strongly connected to the well-being of the company. 

People want to work and have fun simultaneously, and squeezing a period for games in the schedule isn’t such a big deal. Still, it’s also crucial for increasing productivity in the overall business.

Eight Insights for Leaders if Your Team Needs to Work Remotely

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Eight Insights for Leaders if Your Team Needs to Work Remotely

Many organizations are asking their employees to work from home. Putting that into practice, however, can prove difficult. So, what steps can we take to ensure a smooth transition from the office to the home? And how can leaders best manage their virtual teams?

by Leah Clark

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How to Avoid Social Fading

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We all know the saying “Presence is Power”, so naturally that begs the questions what does lack of presence feel like?

Not very powerful, I suppose.

The longer our society spends in social distancing, the more intense that feeling is likely to become, right?

I recently spoke with an artist who described the feeling of social distancing as – “Being painted in all white on a blank canvas. You are still there, but you have completely faded into the background.”

I thought about it over the weekend and came up with a solution-

Take 15 minutes each morning to call 3 people you haven’t spoken to in a long time. Old friends, relatives, long-lost colleagues. Don’t think about who you are going to contact, until you do it. Make it spontaneous. Tell them you only have 5 minutes, you have another call to make, you just want to get in touch to make sure they are alright.

Contact with people whom you know will set the tone for making more calls and setting up more web meetings. You may find that with the time saved by not travelling from place to place to meet in person, you will have a better sense of connection by the end of the week.

 

Michael Parker

CEO of P2L

“Using Virtual Tools to Engage your Clients”

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These are some great virtual tools from Duct Tape Marketing. They will help you stay front of mind with your clients.  So use them to get the attention of the people who matter most to your company. And persuade them that you are the right fit.

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