The Leadership Training Activity Book: 50 Exercises

MATERIALS

 Handout 42.1: Finding the Milestones in Your Career Life

 Handout 42.2: Coaching Styles

 Handout 42.3: Dealing with Challenging Coaching Situations

 Handout 42.4: Case Study Scenarios (one copy per group or one per participant)

 Handout 42.5: Coaching an Employee

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

 Colored paper

 Flipchart and markers

 Self-sticking notes

ROOM SET-UP

 Open space (for flying paper airplanes)

 Tables and chairs for small groups

Comments

Savvy leaders coach employees so that they can improve their skills and develop greater

self-confidence. Participants will have had good and bad experiences being coached

and should draw on these experiences in order to evaluate their own coaching style.

This activity ties in well with Activity 32 on style flexing, so consider presenting

them in sequence. To be an effective coach, you absolutely MUST be flexible.

RESOURCES

The scenarios in this activity were inspired by The Practical Coach,a video available from

Media Partner Corporation (1-800-408-5657).

Trainer’s Notes for Activity 42

STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE

Step 1: Introduce the activity by telling participants:

“We will begin with a variety of activities that will provide you with

insights into how to coach other people. You will learn how to apply

coaching techniques to different situations.”

Now give directions for making paper airplanes: “I am handing out

sheets of colored paper to each person. Use the paper to make a paper

airplane that will fly.” Allow several minutes so participants can

experiment with different construction techniques.

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