This guide offers 50 proven exercises any manager can use without spending lots of money. These group activities are designed with the non-trainer in mind. It features a special chapter on troubleshooting and dealing with unexpected difficulties in team-building.
Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers: 50 Exercises That Get Results in Just 15 Minutes
โ Scribed by Brian Cole Miller
- Publisher
- AMACOM
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 184
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
I used this book when performing the role of a corporate trainer. Great to get some new ideas into the position to inject some "originality" into the position. Simple stuff. Easy to follow.
โฆ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
COPYRIGHTS......Page 5
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
INTRODUCTION......Page 14
PART ONE GETTING READY......Page 18
CHAPTER 1 How to Run a Successful Team-Building Activity......Page 20
CHAPTER 2 What Could Go Wrong in a Team-Building Activity......Page 30
PART TWO THE ACTIVITIES......Page 40
CHAPTER 3 Communication: Listening and Influencing......Page 42
$ 2 NEGOTIATION......Page 43
CARD TRIANGLES......Page 46
LISTEN UP......Page 48
ME, MYSELF, AND I......Page 51
ORIGAMI......Page 53
SHARED VALUES......Page 55
WASHING MACHINES......Page 58
CHAPTER 4 Connecting: Getting to Know Each Other......Page 62
A DAY IN THE LIFE. . .......Page 63
GOSSIP TIME......Page 65
HUMAN BILLBOARDS......Page 67
MY N. A. M. E.......Page 69
A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS......Page 71
RATHER THAN......Page 74
READY, SET, REORGANIZE!......Page 76
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES......Page 79
SWEET STORIES......Page 82
CHAPTER 5 Cooperation: Working Together as a Team......Page 86
CATCH!......Page 87
PASS THE CARD......Page 90
POPCORN......Page 93
PUZZLED......Page 95
SILENCE IS GOLDEN......Page 98
STAR POWER......Page 100
TIED!......Page 102
UNITED HEARTS......Page 104
CHAPTER 6 Coping: Dealing with Change......Page 108
CHANGE TIME LINE......Page 109
GUESS AND SWITCH......Page 112
INDEX TOWERS......Page 115
MACHINES......Page 117
MAKEOVERS......Page 119
NUMBERS......Page 121
PUZZLED THUMBS......Page 123
SIMON SEZ......Page 126
WRONG-HANDED PICTURE......Page 128
CHAPTER 7 Creativity: Solving Problems Together......Page 130
SEVEN HANDS......Page 131
BALLOON SCULPTURES......Page 134
CARD STACK......Page 136
CONSULTANTS......Page 139
IMPROVE THIS......Page 142
ONE-WORDED STORIES......Page 145
PAPER SHUFFLE......Page 148
CHAPTER 8 Teamwork: Appreciating and Supporting Each Other......Page 150
BLAME GAME......Page 151
BUT NOTHING (FEEDBACK)......Page 154
BUT NOTHING (IDEAS)......Page 157
FIRST IMPRESSIONS......Page 160
JUNK TO JEWELS......Page 163
KUDOS......Page 165
LABELS......Page 168
RAINBOW OF DIVERSITY......Page 171
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ME......Page 173
ZYX......Page 176
INDEX......Page 180
Team DDU......Page 184
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