TOBGOB® is an innovative board game that HVAC entrepreneurs use to teach their teams how to act like an entrepreneur and boost productivity in the process. Through four rounds of play, you have the opportunity to introduce the principles of “open book management” to your HVAC business. TOBGOB® is a great way for individuals or teams to build camaraderie and ownership.

Think of how much fun you had playing games while you were growing up. Nothing helps bring a group into new awareness and connectedness like a board game. TOBGOB® acts as a creativity exercise for educational intervention. It makes learning fun and accessible! The objective of TOBGOB® is to help HVAC staff members understand how their actions affect the financial success of the company.

Using a colorful, laminated playing board, individuals or teams roll dice, move along the board, and make decisions based on 2 sets of cards. Score for the game is kept on a simple “balance sheet” that keeps track of cash, debt, sales and expenses. Risk, Cause & Effect, and decision-making are a part of every move around the board. It’s a fun, non-threatening way to educate on business basics that help every employee think like an owner. The objective of TOBGOB® is to help staff members of an HVAC organization understand how their actions affect the financial success of the company. Based on the theory of Open Book Management, the game helps teams:

• Build camaraderie
• Gain a new perspective
• Develop business awareness
• Engage in healthy competition
• Learn how risk affects the bottom line
• Learn about cause and effect on the bottom line
• Recognize the value of other team members’ contributions
• Practice decision making in a non-threatening (and virtual!) environment

How to Use TOBGOB®

• training event
• employee orientation
• team building exercise
• focal point of an all-staff meeting