A classic (physical) exercise explores communication, collaboration, teamwork, problem-solving and achieving objectives. With large groups, a variation can be run to explore leadership – especially collaborative or servant leadership. There is a little preparation to do, but it isn't too difficult or time consuming. DOWNLOAD HERE
So many leadership models, so many ways to explore them! With this simple exercise you can quickly get participants to define whichever model you're exploring: Action Centred leadership, Situational Leadership, Authentic Leadership. Create a card sort from the handouts or simply use them as prompts for a flipchart (or virtual flipchart) exercise. It's a quick...
Culture is such a massive topic and can be hard to define. L&D folk are often asked to help define, shape or change culture. Clearly, it can't be done quickly. EVERYTHING is intertwined, and it's hard for individuals to see how they can make a difference. These two simple exercises can quickly and easily illustrate...
Whether you're covering Stakeholder management, Influencing skills or general relationship building, knowing how to adopt your style and approach will get better results and more quickly. There's a Power Hour session on Leading Different Characters which is a complete and useful bite-session session, and Wendy very kindly shared a workbook and questionnaire that covers similar...
There is sooo much information out there regarding different leadership styles, but also different approaches to leadership, it can be difficult to decide what's relevant and what isn't. Here's a lovely summary document, donated by VIP member Wendy Aynster which summarises different styles. DOWNLOAD NOW There's also a short and simple self- analysis QUESTIONNAIRE to...
To aid your design and/or facilitation There's absolutely no point in us re-inventing the wheel, so when we find a great website that has lots of useful resources in it, it seems sensible to capture it! Here are a few that are worth exploring. Facilitating XYZ There are some detailed guides and lots of downloads...
We're always searching for new source material, so what better than a site that provides links to lots of FREE ebooks on all sorts of topics? The topics covered are: Productivity Leadership Appraisals (their words not mine) Communication Meetings Project management Finance Strategy Coaching Emotional Intelligence Thinking skills Interview skills Visit and Bookmark this page
This exercise was shared by Jon Britain and is a way for participants to explore good and poor leadership behaviour (this uses the lens of Emotional Intelligence) but you can can focus on other specific aspects if you prefer. It then delves further by looking at how that makes us feel, and the impact of...
A nice team exercises that allows you to explore a range of topics including problem solving, planning, leadership, communication, team roles and decision making. Works best face-to-face but not impossible to run virtually with forward planning. DOWNLOAD NOW
Here's a nice theory that you can use to help people to take more responsibility for their actions. Lots of ways this can be bought to life - via post-it notes/card sorts, to making a ladder on the floor and asking people to demonstrate what each rung would look like. It can also be helpful...
