This is particularly important for a modern construction company. Employees must understand how each part of their company can add value for the customer. Most importantly, they must learn that, whatever their role, they can contribute to the company’s overall performance.

The Journey of a Home teaches participants:

To stand out in a competitive market whilst remaining profitable, companies need to offer more than affordable prices.

Thoroughly enjoyable course, brief but simple overview effectively delivered, thanks

Taylor Wimpey Participant

www.profitability.com

The Journey of a Home

The Journey of a Home takes Taylor Wimpey’s people through the process of delivering new-build housing, starting from the acquisition of land and concluding with satisfied customers living in their homes as part of a community. The fast-paced, two-hour simulation shows participants how the company’s different business units must work together to make sure that value is created for the company as well as for their customers. It explores how departments as varied as planning, sales and marketing, health and safety, technical, commercial, production, and customer service all contribute to the company’s performance. At the same time, teams compete to see who can win the coveted “Five Star Builder” award.

• How the company works

• How profit is made

• How customer value is added

• How costs can be controlled

• What they can do to move their numbers in the right direction

Learning Criteria

The ProfitAbility Approach

Experiential learning — or ‘learning by doing’ — enables people at every level to absorb essential concepts and transfer them directly to their workplace in the form of changed behaviour. Knowledge and business acumen are not only increased, but also retained and – vitally – used, allowing people to make informed business decisions on the job.

This is achieved through:

• Shared experience

• Teamwork

• Competitive challenge

• Company-specific language and discussions.

Best Taylor Wimpey course I have ever been on! Very interactive and insightful.

Taylor Wimpey Participant

Opened my eyes to important financial decision-making affects business as a whole

Taylor Wimpey Participant

Useful, interesting and fun! 10/10 really enjoyed it!

Taylor Wimpey Participant

Learning outcomes

Who should attend?Anyone who wants to maximise their company’s financial success.

Class size12–24 – or can be tailored for a larger group, for example as part of your conference or event.

Duration2 hours

CustomisationWe can rebrand the board, tailor the inputs to reflect the drivers of value in your organisation, or create a bespoke version based on your business.

www.profitability.com

© ProfitAbility Business Simulations Ltd.

ProfitAbility Business Simulations Ltd.Stables 1 Howbery ParkWallingfordOxon OX10 8BA

Phone: +44 (0) 1491 821900Email: info@profitability.com

The Journey of a Home

What will participants do?

Each participant is a member of a small team that is in competition with five other teams. Each team must choose a site for their development, determine the mix of housing they wish to build, gain planning permission from the local authority, and then take the first phase of the development through to completion with satisfied customers living in their new homes. On the way they must make decisions about the strategy they want to adopt for the company and respond to challenges, closely modelled on real examples, which show the importance of a selection of responsibilities including managing contractors and providing good customer service.

• Describe the role of each department in the company

• Explain the ways in which each department contributes to the company’sperformance

• Describe the ways in which each department can add value to the business andfor the customer

• Link examples of strategic decisions to resulting company performance

• Describe ways to control cash moving in and out of the business

• Explain why external accreditation adds value

At the end of the event, participants will be able to: