Workteams and the Wizard of Oz

Produced

• Re-released for distribution September 2004

Key Features

Program contents:
VHS Video or DVD (18 Minutes)
Leader’s Guide

The universally loved film classic serves as the basis for an entertaining and informative training film illustrating the power of teamwork. It’s a magical and entertaining journey into what makes teams successful. Originally produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1939 and starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, "The Wizard of Oz" was designed as a groundbreaking approach to business training films.

Ken Blanchard, the internationally known management expert, takes viewers along with Dorothy and her companions as they pursue a shared objective. He shows how Dorothy draws on her inner resources, builds a team, delegates tasks, and empowers others to take risks imaginatively and creatively. 

Workteams and the Wizard of Oz is a powerful and unusual tool for teaching the principles of productive teamwork and leadership skills that make it happen.  The film proves that teams can reach their goals, no matter how diverse their members or how difficult the undertaking, when they put these principles into practice.

Participants will learn:

• The importance of working toward a clear goal

• The value of diversity and adversity

• How small successes reinforce commitment

• …and more