The Leadership Training Activity Book: 50 Exercises

TRAINING METHODS

 Role Play

 Demonstration

 Group discussion

 Reflection

 Journal writing

MATERIALS

 A huge exercise ball, labeled “work”

 A basketball, labeled “family”

 A medium sized ball (smaller than a basketball), labeled “health and exercise”

 A tennis ball, labeled “friends”

 A golf ball, labeled “volunteer activities”

 A number of bath beads

 A length of string or yarn to place on the ball

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

 Assorted colored pens or pencils; markers

 Flipchart; stack of blank paper

ROOM SET-UP

Flexible

Comments

New leaders sometimes work so hard to prove their competency that they put their

lives out of balance. They leave themselves with little time or energy to do the non-

professional activities that are important to them. This exercise is brief, but valuable,

because it visually reminds participants of the need for balance in their work and per-

sonal lives. It works best with two facilitators but can be adapted for one.

Trainer’s Notes for Activity 28

ADVANCE PREPARATION

If there not a second faciliator,

Set up a circle of yarn on the floor, approximately the size of the largest ball. Put all the

balls in a basket except the largest one.

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