Team Building & Leadership Blog: Create-Learning » books http://create-learning.com/blog Team Building - Leadership Training - Executive Coaching - Facilitation Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:36:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Leader Lab’s Portable Guide to Leading Organizations http://create-learning.com/blog/books/leader-labs-portable-guide-to-leading-organizations http://create-learning.com/blog/books/leader-labs-portable-guide-to-leading-organizations#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:08:41 +0000 mike http://create-learning.com/blog/books/leader-labs-portable-guide-to-leading-organizations Friend David Burkus of Leader Lab has a book that is great! Below is a short piece about theory and its use.

A Word on Theory.image

Two actually: useful lies.

All theories are useful lies. Theories are attempts to simplify what is happening in a set of observations. They are attempts to describe reality that typically fall short (otherwise they wouldn’t be so simple). Consider the opposing theories of the earth’s shape: flat or round. At first, mankind thought the earth of flat. Then, at a highly debatable point in time, it was decided that the world was a sphere.

Shipbuilders didn’t need to make any adjustments in designing boats with this new information, so the old theory worked. Ship captains, however, needed to adjust and use a round-earth theory if they were going to properly navigate the globe. Today, both theories are still being used, even though both are incorrect (the earth is actually slightly pear-shaped).

All theories have elements of both truth and uncertainty. What makes a certain leadership theory more useful than others is the same as what makes a certain earth-shape theory more useful than others: situation.

The theory that will be most useful is the theory that works best with the situation. This is why leaders and aspiring leaders both need to become students of leadership theories: in order to know which one the situation calls for.

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]]> http://create-learning.com/blog/books/leader-labs-portable-guide-to-leading-organizations/feed 0 TeamWork Cards+Book–From Tom Heck of the IATF http://create-learning.com/blog/team-building/teamwork-cardsbookfrom-tom-heck-of-the-iatf http://create-learning.com/blog/team-building/teamwork-cardsbookfrom-tom-heck-of-the-iatf#comments Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:08:58 +0000 mike http://create-learning.com/blog/team-building/teamwork-cardsbookfrom-tom-heck-of-the-iatf Teamwork Cards — the teambuilding games kit that fits in your pocket

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Teamwork Cards
The Teambuilding Games Kit That Fits In Your Pocket

A super portable multi-use teambuilding resource from Tom Heck, President and Founder of the International Association of Teamwork Facilitators.

Use this unique set of 30 laminated multi-use cards to lead 25 fun, engaging, and thought provoking teamwork activities.

FREE Teamwork Cards BOOK Included – - $25 value

Includes all lead-it-yourself instructions!

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BOOK includes details on:

  • 20 Game Descriptions PLUS Variations
  • 5 Debriefing Activities PLUS Variations
  • Game Objective
  • Skills Developed
  • Set Up / Preparation
  • Presenting the Challenge
  • Rules
  • Safety Warning
  • Suggested “Story Line”
  • Facilitator Notes
  • Game Debriefing Suggestions
  • And more!

 

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]]> http://create-learning.com/blog/challenge-by-choice/photo-inquiry-friday-whats-stopping-you-from-joining-the-create-learning-community/feed 0 How to Lead Awesome Team-Building Programs. E-Book http://create-learning.com/blog/team-building/how-to-lead-awesome-team-building-programs-e-book http://create-learning.com/blog/team-building/how-to-lead-awesome-team-building-programs-e-book#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:33:22 +0000 mike http://create-learning.com/blog/team-building/how-to-lead-awesome-team-building-programs-e-book Did you ever wonder “How does one lead AWESOME team-building programs? The ones that ensure that content and learning take place. A teambuilding program that is fun, and teams leave better than when they arrived?”

Now you can find out.

In this 55 page E-book you will find applicable strategies, team-building activities, facilitation, de-briefing, and processing activities + theory that you can use immediately.

Content sections:

Theory Based Facilitation and Experiential Learning;

  • Providing a theoretical foundation to leading team-building programs. In this section you will learn – Ideas and practical applications of team-building, instructional design, and hands-on learning.

Question based facilitation and Experiential Learning

  • Over 10 different techniques for using questions for learning, and applying content to the team-building and experiential programs.
  • Many, many, many questions that will engage and allow the content learning and team-building to stick
  • Hand-outs that you can use immediately in your programs and meetings
  • Interactive learning activities that use questions to enhance your presentation, and team-development

Activity Based Facilitation and Experiential Learning

  • Learning by doing…making de-briefing and processing fun! If you are new or you are a seasoned veteran the activity based facilitation of team-building programs will make your programs better and you be the BEST facilitator possible.

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Michelle Cummings-Training Wheels book "Setting the Conflict Compass" arrived today. Very happy to see my activity Bright|Blurry|Blind listed with so many other amazing conflict facilitation methods. This book is a valuable resource from Training Wheels to learn more about and buy the book

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]]> http://create-learning.com/blog/books/setting-the-conflict-compassbrightblurryblind/feed 3 Setting the Conflict Compass. Experiential Activities for Conflict Resolution. http://create-learning.com/blog/team-building/setting-the-conflict-compass-experiential-activities-for-conflict-resolution http://create-learning.com/blog/team-building/setting-the-conflict-compass-experiential-activities-for-conflict-resolution#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:15:53 +0000 mike http://create-learning.com/blog/team-building/setting-the-conflict-compass-experiential-activities-for-conflict-resolution Setting the Conflict Compass Training-Wheels

 

Michelle Cumming of Training-Wheels has a great new book out “Setting the Conflict Compass. A facilitator’s Guide for Conflict Resolution Activities.”

And I have an activity listed in this book! In “Conflict in Corporate Environments” section.

Product Description

Experiential Activities for Conflict Resolution and Prevention

The activities in this book will help participants become aware of how they perceive and handle conflict. There will be suggestions and strategies for dealing with conflict as well. It will also remind individuals to think of the perspective of others. This will be achieved while gaining tools and techniques for increased collaboration, resolving disputes, and ultimately finding win/win resolutions to workplace and classroom conflicts."

Part 1 Compass Basics: What is Conflict?

  • Characteristics of a Compass, Characteristics of Conflict
  • Compass Parts and How they Relate to Conflict

Part 2 The Importance of Processing and Debriefing

Part 3 Quotes on Conflict

Part 4 Conflict in Corporate Environments

  • Activities Section, Experiential Activities for Conflict Resolution & Prevention

Part 5 Conflict in Youth Environments

  • Sample 8 week Sequence for Bullying Prevention
  • Research findings from this 8 week sequence
  • Bullying Prevention
  • Best Practices in Bullying Prevention
  • Activities Section, Experiential Activities for Conflict Resolution & Prevention

Part 6 References and Suggested Readings

 

To purchase the book

 

Published by Kendall Hunt Publishing.

 

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