Who owns the Canary?
A simple problem-solving/information sharing exercise that can be used to explore leadership, communication, collaboration and (of course) problem solving. DOWNLOAD NOW
Broken Squares
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
Leadership Defined
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…
Shaping Culture
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…
Relationship Strategies
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…
Leadership Styles
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…
Useful Websites
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. Liberating Structures A fantastic suite of engaging exercises that allow you…
Free ebooks
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
Good Boss Bad Boss
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…
Money Bags
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