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| "We participated with 3 teams in the BGF business game from different locations and nationalities. The main benefit for our team was to increase the team spirit inside our company. The competition against close colleagues inside the organization was an extra source of motivation. Now our team has a better overall overview of the different aspects of a company. We recommend creating a multidisciplinary team in order to improve knowledge sharing. Good experience!" |
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Emilio Camblor
Operations Manager
BP Solar, Europe |
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| "Our participation in the Business Game was beneficial for more reasons. First of all it gave us a perspective about a company as a whole, looking beyond our specific working areas. Also our teamwork abilities have improved: how to split the work in the team, how to communicate effectively and how to aggregate the results. We should not forget about the fun elements: it was always exciting to see what the other teams did and wait for the outcomes of the rounds." |
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Erika Szuks
Learning Manager
Shell Hungary |
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| "We decided to take part in the BGF Championship as we saw it as an innovative exercise of learning by doing. We gathered a team of five young potentials from different business functions. The learning experience was a success in terms of motivation, group dynamics and business skill development in general. It was also fun to do this in interaction with other international companies playing in the same game division as our competitors. The main benefit for us was improved business understanding and seeing the big picture of business more clearly. The people in the team are now better prepared for making a contribution to our organization. We really enjoyed the experience, and we are going to participate again. We also warmly recommend this for others as well!" |
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Diana Cotonat
Training and Development Manager &
Claudio Carrillo
HR Director
Pan American Energy |
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| "We had a team of young potentials that shared a competitive attitude join the Championship. They were from different areas of the organization so that there were different views represented in the team. We wanted to introduce them to working together under pressure as a team and face similar challenges that they will be facing in their day-to-day business. For us, it is important that the different parts of the organization are working for a common goal, and can depend and learn from each other. The game proved to be excellent in developing these relationships with colleagues and getting a feel of the real challenges of our business. In addition, our team had so much fun and was hungry to aim for even better results that we put a new team together for the next available competition. We are happy to give them the opportunity to develop themselves especially when the result is a group of people that work very effectively together for the common goal of our organization!" |
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Thor Haakon Helgesen
Senior Vice President
Statoil Exploration & Production Norway |
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| "We had lots of fun while playing the game. Sharing information and listening to the opinions and perspectives of others was one of the best aspects of the exercise. After the experience, we better understand different areas of business and how they interact with each other. An excellent tool for team building, and a good training program in a broader sense as well!" |
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Joaquín Ancín
Managing Director Renewable Fuels
Acciona Energía |
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| "The BGF business game gave us the opportunity to practice our business skills as the management board of an imaginary multinational company. The case used in the game was extremely interesting, well formulated and challenging. For our team from Czech Republic, the game turned out to be an effective tool for improving strategic thinking as well as budgetary planning. We built our strategy based on our analysis of competitors and assessment of future prospects for business development. It was fun, it was exciting, and it was great for team building. A good experience of learning by doing. We recommend this for others in our organization." |
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Jiri Zazvorka
Sales Director
Soluziona - Unión Fenosa Professional Services
Czech Republic |
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| "After participating in the BGF Business Game training event we as a team now have a clear understanding of the parameters that guarantee shareholders’ VALUE and PEACE OF MIND and how it is sometimes/somewhat irrespective of the profit you are making. We have also developed a better understanding of the problems raised as a result of investments which do not take EVA into account, but rather focus on NIBIT and/or ROCE. As a team we better able to control the various elements which affect the outcome of the business simultaneously, and the relationships that exist between these elements. Finally the enhanced business planning and forecasting skills we have developed will definitely aid us to a better future in our careers" |
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Hassein Asgari
Consumer Sales Manager
Shell Iran |
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| "As in any organization unification is quintessential to success. I saw the BGF Business Game as the perfect tool for the unification of key people in Nordic Lubricants Oy. I have to say the concept and business game model have all the elements in place to develop better business understanding and bring people from different areas together in team sense. But like every thing in life, what you put in is what you get out. It comes recommended to organizations with similar objectives." |
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Tuomas Pääkkönen
Country Manager Commercial
Nordics BP/Castrol |
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| "In my opinion, what is most important about an exercise like this tournament is that we develop and apply skills in a systematic way, and transfer the many lessons learned from the business game to our jobs. We have learned to trust each other´s judgement and decision making abilities, and a strong team spirit has developed. Our enthusiasm remains high, and we are now looking forward to the final!" |
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Geir Bjornstad
Vice President Finance and Administration
Statoil Marketing & Trading (US) |
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| "After a tough competition we ended up being the winners of our game division, and so, we are glad to proceed to the semifinals! Behind our success there were hours of competitor analysis, ponderings over various strategic options, and sharing of different angles and ideas among the people in the team. The more time you put in, the better are the results, and the more you learn. The game helps to improve analytical skills, deepens business understanding, and works as a team-building exercise as well. Special thanks to the BGF Customer Care team, who helped us whenever help was needed! A good and worthwhile business training exercise!" |
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Valerio Ferro
Marketing Manager
BP Solar, Europe |
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| "We participated in Business Game Factory's training with a team that was comprised of managers and other employees from different parts of Vattenfall Västnät. The educational experience was rewarding, offering us an opportunity to analyze market reports, competitors and the results of our company. The game gave us an opportunity to interact as a team and gain understanding of the importance of having a helicopter perspective when managing the affairs of a company. Apart from being a fun challenge and learning experience, this was good as a team building exercise. The team met for a couple of hours every other week to make decisions for 'our' company, and waiting for the results was equally exciting round after round! It was a good and fun tournament, with a flexible approach" |
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Magnus Adolphsson
Marketing Director
Vattenfall Västnät |
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| "ConocoPhillips entered a five person team with a mixture of skill sets, exploration geoscience, business development, finance, in the BGF game in October-November 2004. The experience was very positive, we found the game well organized with rapid feedback between rounds. The game lasted for 8-10 weeks. We found the game a good test of broad based business skills ranging from strategy definition, price setting, market and financial analysis. One of the interesting aspects of the game for us in a commodity business, where the price of our product is outside our control, was the challenge of setting product prices in a competitive market. As a group we enjoyed the experience and would recommend others to try their hand." |
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Richard Lunam
Director
Exploration Portfolio
ConocoPhillips, USA |
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| "The training was totally on target, helping us analyze a company's strengths and weaknesses, create a strategy, translate it in to decisions, and then analyze the results. All this was made possible by a well designed simulation with all the changes, ambiguities and challenges that came close to real-life difficulties. Our team enjoyed the training sessions round after round. We were able to plan our own time schedule and have sessions in a known and relaxed atmosphere. The fact that we had no financial person in the team made our achievements in the competition even more motivating. It was an experience we can recommend." |
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Filip Thierie
Production Manager
Fortum Oil
Belgium |
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| "Our team dynamics worked very well in the BGF business game. The team was a combination of old-timers and people who had recently started at the company. It was exciting to see how, despite everybody having their own ways of thinking, we always easily came up with a common understanding. In our opinion, the game provided by BGF is an excellent enhancer of teamwork skills. During the training, we also became acquainted with financial terminology, and gained a helicopter perspective view of the things happening in a company. Our team decided to participate as we were offered the opportunity, and no doubt we would be willing to do the same again in the future. Should somebody approach us and ask if the training was able to meet our expectations and if we were willing to recommend this to others, the answer would be a definitive YESS!!" |
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Tiina Mäkitalo
Training engineer
TVO |
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| "The training is a real managerial adventure that generates commitment to the results and focus efforts not only on the internal processes, but also on the market. This is very recommendable training for other people in our organization who need to get the big picture of business. I really enjoyed the training." |
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Anders Maxe
Area Manager
Kemira Kemwater Sweden |
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| "We decided to take part in the training in order to give the team members an opportunity to improve their management skills. One thing we found valuable in this respect was the teamwork aspect. Among the other benefits were things such as understanding finance, seeing how investing in the future of a company pays off, and experiencing markets evolve. Basically what we were looking for was learning to understand how to successfully manage a business. We are happy with the results, and the members of the team would like to participate again." |
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Risto Takkala
Vice President
Fortum Oil Refining |
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| "The main benefit for us was to understand the company as a whole. As a finance manager I felt very comfortable making financial decisions, however it was in the other areas that I felt a little bit uncertain. It was at this point that teamwork and knowledge transfer began and the whole learning process happened. We all contributed with opinions on the different business functions and issues, and in a democratic manner we made our business decisions. We learnt from our successes and our mistakes, making it a very good learning experience that I can recommend to others!" |
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Manuel Fernández Durán
Finance Manager
Grupo Red Eléctrica de España
Red Eléctrica Internacional |
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