Zombie Outbreak

The Zombie Outbreak team training begins with an engaging scenario that challenges teams to collaborate, overcome obstacles, and make critical decisions with limited resources – and each other.

While facing a fictional scenario, participants experience stress and conflict similar to those encountered in everyday organizational life.

The Zombie Outbreak simulation is a high-energy team training activity requiring teams to work together and make decisions to help them survive a developing zombie outbreak.

HRDQ Team Adventure Series team training simulations are popular with our clients for team development training. These simulations allow teams to experience firsthand how collaboration can produce better results than individual effort alone. Participants practice important group skills – such as consensus decision making, problem solving, communication, and conflict resolution – through realistic scenarios in a safe, nonthreatening learning environment.

Zombie Outbreak Scenario

You're chatting in the office when there is a sudden frenzy over an employee acting very strangely. You and your coworkers must band together to make vital decisions about what to do to survive a zombie outbreak!

Following the introduction of the survival scenario, participants are challenged to rank six action options and 15 survival items, first as individuals, then as a team. Participants compare their team scores to the best individual score and the expert rationale to determine if they achieved team synergy.

Following the team training simulation, a three-hour workshop explores the concept of synergy and team decision making. It also helps teams to develop vital group-process skills such as interpersonal communication and problem solving.

The Zombie Outbreak simulation is a high-energy training activity that requires teams to work together and make decisions to survive a developing zombie outbreak.

By the end of this team training simulation, participants will do the following:

• Uncover how to practice team decision making under pressure
• Understand how to practice interpersonal skills
• Discover how to illustrate the concept of team synergy
• Know how to provide you with a nonthreatening opportunity to work together

Zombie Outbreak is an excellent training tool for any team, especially those amid conflict.

Use Zombie Outbreak to do the following:

• Illustrate the concept of team synergy
• Give teams a nonthreatening opportunity to work together
• Help teams practice consensus decision making
• Improve active listening, probing, and confronting behaviors
• Train team leaders in team facilitation skills
• Introduce an organizational change
• Interject a fun activity into an otherwise serious agenda

Print Facilitator Guide

The Print Facilitator Guide includes background information, administrative guidelines, a step-by-step workshop outline, and sample participant materials. It also includes an expanded PowerPoint Presentation with slides for every step of the simulation, and every slide has a script for the facilitator. It is intended to replace the step-by-step instructions in the Facilitator Guide for conducting the simulation on pages 23-48.

The PowerPoint supports the delivery of the product in the classroom or online. Facilitator materials will be available as a digital download link in your order confirmation. You'll need one facilitator guide for each trainer.

Print Participant Guide 5-Pack

Order one pack for up to five participants. The Print Participant Guide includes the adventure scenario, pressure-sensitive scoring, background information, team worksheets, and action planning.

Digital Participant Guide License (Beta)

Includes a digital download of the Participant Guide in PDF format. Each unit purchased is a single license to distribute the PDF to one participant. Order the quantity of licenses required to train the total number of participants in your learning event. By purchasing and downloading this product, you agree to the  HRDQ Digital Participant Guide End User License Agreement terms.

The HRDQ Development Team creates soft-skill learning solutions that help to improve the performance of individuals, teams, and organizations. At HRDQ, we believe an experiential approach is the best catalyst for adult learning. Our unique Experiential Learning Model has been the core of what we do for more than 40 years. We combine the best of organizational learning theory and proven facilitation methods with an appreciation for adult learning styles. Our philosophy initiates and inspires lasting change.