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Leadership Game
Though playing a leadership game with your team may first sound silly or straight out of the mid-1980s, that’s not necessarily a negative aspect. In fact, this is just the quality you want to capitalize on when you introduce it. Ice breakers! That’s the first thing that a leadership game has to offer your leadership development workshops. Everyone is typically tense or tired or unfocused when these meetings begin. A leadership game can help to break that tension and get everyone relaxed and awake before you jump in. The next advantage of a leadership game is that it communicates a point without bludgeoning your staff over the head with boring slides or paperwork. Because their physical body is involved in the learning, your team will experience the lessons on multiple levels – physically, consciously (when you explain the point later), and sub-consciously as they play the game. Studies show that memories last longer and learned principles make more of an impression when they are experienced in multiple ways. |
Yet another advantage to
leadership games is the bonding that happens between those on your team as
they play them. Whether it’s a funny incident that happens during play,
rolling their eyes together at your techniques, or a real lesson learned in
trust and communication, leadership games give your team members a mutual
experience upon which they can build a solid working relationship and
understanding of each other. When the leadership game part of your workshop or training is complete, take note as to who is bonding and who is not. Make sure that the non-bonded staff members are put together in leadership games later in the day so that multiple relationships are formed. Before moving on, make sure that you have communicated what you intended by asking what each of them got out of the game. If there are misconceptions, correct them before moving onto the next part of the day.
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