The Leadership Training Activity Book: 50 Exercises

Setting Up the Activity

GROUP SIZE

10 to 20 participants is the best number, but the size of the room (see below) will in

part dictate the number of participants, as they need to move about easily.

ESTIMATED TIME

11 / 2 hours. If you have more time, don’t limit the questions and discussions. This activ-

ity can easily be a two-hour module.

TRAINING METHODS

 Discussion  Movement

 Storytelling  Metaphor

 Reflection  Presentation

MATERIALS

 Signs that denote the Stages of Change (see list in Step 3)

 Diagram of the stages of change

 Toy caterpillars and butterflies

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

 Two flipcharts on easels. One should have a prepared list of answers for the

caterpillar/butterfly paradox referred to in Step 2.

 Markers

 Masking tape and scotch tape

 Balloons (long shape, to mimic caterpillars)

 Ball of yarn that gets pulled apart on the floor to make the Stages-of-Change shape

 Index cards

ROOM SET-UP

The room has to be large enough to accommodate the large Stages-of-Change shape

created from the yarn. Participants can sit wherever they wish at the sides of the room.

They will be getting up later.

Comments

This engaging and lively exercise should be used when you want participants to get

up and move around. Try to use it before everyone has to begin adjusting to a dra-

matic change (downsizing, restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, relocation, or any

other major corporate change that will affect people who must continue to work in

the midst of turmoil or uncertainty). Refer to Activity 44 on Risk for complementary ex-

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