Feedback Exercise: Analyse People’s Lives

Feedback Exercise: Analyse People’s Lives

This exercise helps delegates to better understand each other and also gives them an opportunity to provide anonymous feedback. It is a rather simple exercise though can be quite revealing as peopl...

Team Building Exercise: Someone is a...

Team Building Exercise: Someone is a...

This is a suitable exercise for getting people in a team to express their feelings about each other but in a very indirect and controlled way. It also gives delegates a chance to see how others thi...

Communication Exercise: Do You Trust Others?

Communication Exercise: Do You Trust Others?

We all have different levels of trust in different situations. Sometimes the variation is not much and sometimes it is too high. We seem to be defensive and on guard while others feel comfortable. ...

Motivation Exercise: Look Back From the Future

Motivation Exercise: Look Back From the Future

Being a good person or a leader requires a good vision, persistence, definite plans and an ability to reflect on your current state so you can see what you need to do next to get there. This exerci...

Leadership Skills Exercise: How Controlling Are You?

Leadership Skills Exercise: How Controlling Are You?

Some leaders seem to be too controlling. They want to exert their power and position on others to get them do what they want. On the other hand, some leaders seem to understand others and are much ...

Team Building: Here Is the Star Candidate...

Team Building: Here Is the Star Candidate...

Purpose This activity allows delegates to find more information about their colleagues and represent them as a potential model employee for their company. This exercise encourages team building by ...

Team Building: Positive-Negative Flipchart

Team Building: Positive-Negative Flipchart

This exercise has been designed for people who work in the same team. It is very effective in discovering strengths and weaknesses of teams, in particular those of newly formed teams. This activity...

Tree of Life

Tree of Life

This is a great exercise to get the delegates to pay attention to where they are in life and perhaps where they want to go. It is a good eye opener, so it is ideal when you want to talk about motiv...

Peak Performance: Minimise Stress for Everyone

Peak Performance: Minimise Stress for Everyone

Deadlines are a fact of modern life and professionals in just about any role need to be able to efficiently deal with them. However, people deal with deadlines in different ways based on their pers...

Performance Appraisal

Performance Appraisal

What process should you follow when delivering an appraisal? Which areas are critical? Should you focus on objectives, on personality or on group adaptability? This article explores the concept, id...