The Leadership Training Activity Book: 50 Exercises

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29 THE TALISMAN A Symbol for Balance Overview of Activity Concrete items that may remind the leader to strive to achieve balance ...

MATERIALS  Gather common objects that can be imbued with symbolic significance, or provide participants with a list of 2 to 4 o ...

Pick up the object and think about what you will tell us regarding how this talisman can remind you to remember to balance your ...

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30 GROW LIKE A GARDEN A Metaphor Overview of Activity Ways that growing a leader are metaphorically like growing one’s garden ar ...

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES  Bag of dirt  Fertilizer  Garden gloves  Quick-dry spray  Seed packets  Shovel  Spade  Pots (one ...

Explain that a metaphor helps us compare two dissimilar objects or ideas in order to understand them better, such as, “Life is l ...

Step 6: Spring into action. Have participants move to the tables you have already set up for the craft project. Continue discuss ...

31 MAKING CONNECTIONS Networking Overview of Activity An effective leader has to network continuously. This module demon- strate ...

MATERIALS Handout 31.1: Networking Tools EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES  Index Cards: Three cards per person  Self-stick nametags in t ...

encouraging, such as “Lots of people will find me interesting, too,” or “I always know just what to say,” or “I can learn how to ...

Step 6: Explain that we need to give people a context in which to relate to us, instead of a job title or where we work. For exa ...

HANDOUT 31.1 © 2005 AMACOM, A DIVISION OF AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. This handout is available in PDF form at http://www.a ...

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PART THREE Set an Example L eaders must bear one important responsibility when it comes to their own actions. They must instill ...

In the next activity, Can We Talk About This? The Leader as Negotiator,participants are given the opportunity to demonstrate and ...

32 FLEX YOUR STYLE Overview of Activity Through an art activity, the participants practice the four situational lead- ership sty ...

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES  Scissors (two pairs per group)  Glue  Green paper  “Sparkles” ROOM SET-UP A room large enough to acc ...

Step 2: Discuss participants’ leadership styles before trying the simulation exercise. Say, “Think of a time when you led someon ...