Team Building Train-the-Trainer
When the summer time arrives team building people go outside and do crazy-fun things!
Find what works, and that may be resistance
Resistance to the activity, facilitator, theories, application, etc… are all going to arise during your work. How you, as the facilitator handle that is what you are paid for. Generally you can respond in 1 of 3 ways.
The activity is a metaphor for work
Just like at work, you set guidelines and telling people the ‘right’ steps to take is micro-managing. Give them the guidelines you control the process, they are in control of the path they take to achieve the end goal.
Favorites of 2011 Team Building Leadership activities
Favorite Team Building & Leadership Activities + Simulations 2011
In no particular order.
Some of these were posted here. Some were leaked super secret like to the Create-Learning Letter
Sky Bottle Commander Team Building Activity
Sky Bottle Commander.
Team Building activity that requires planning, communication and action. The team is challenged with creating a complex plan that is seperate from where the work takes place. Then as the team encounters the work, adjustments and changes must be made for success.
This team building activity is meant to model the challenges of planning and being flexible enough to change as needed.
Experiential By Design Team Development Workshop
People show up and learn from experience. They will be involved in team building activities, reflection, and task-focused simulations. Before, During, and after each of these activities the experiential learning cycle will be examined and each person and the group will determine what was learned and how to apply it.
Resonate = Experiential Learning
Here is a piece that is relevant to experiential educators;
There is a likable yet flawed hero attending your presentation.
A presentation should take the audience on a journey from their ordinary world into your special world, gaining new insights and skills from your special world.
Campus Leadership Development & Programming for Canisius College Staff.
Photos from a 6 hour Train-The-Trainer workshop with Canisius College’s Campus Programming & Leadership Development Staff. Our time together consisted of discussions and simulations that resulted in; Content knowledge of experiential learning cycles and other existing experiential models for learning. Sequencing of content and simulations within leadership programs 5 leadership simulations that can be used … Continued
CPA’s + Innovation + Knives = Team Work
I had the absolute honor of facilitating Lumsden & McCormick, llp– one of the largest locally owned CPA firms in Western New York. Our time together the CPA’s were facilitated to develop a common language and process to innovate & problem-solve. Creating an understanding and ways to capitalize on individual approaches to group processes and … Continued
Learning from CONTENT is Team Building
Here’s the solution. The facilitator must expose the team to content for planning and effective steps to use for planning of a team. This can be accomplished using a power point presentation, a handout, ask the groups to break into smaller teams for group learning by peers. Supplying the team with a model of … Continued