52 exercises to foster diplomacy, empathy and effective communication within teams<\/p>\n
The effectiveness of any organisation or business comes down to how skilled everyone is at collaborating: how well we\u2019re able to explain ourselves, listen to others and approach challenges in a spirit of good will and pragmatism.
\nLuckily, we don\u2019t have to be born with collaborative skills; they can be taught, mastered and regularly rehearsed. With the right tools to hand, we can harmonise diverse backgrounds and thinking styles and end up working fruitfully with people of very different personalities.
\nCollaboration is a tool for helping people work together better: 52 exercises designed to build empathy, insight and trust between colleagues. Intended to transform the atmosphere in teams, it prompts people to participate in a range of tasks and thinking exercises that strengthen their ability to cooperate and lend them insight into how others\u2019 minds work. In a playful and often entertaining way, this toolkit aims to achieve something critical: the creation of a team that can work seamlessly and imaginatively together.<\/p>\n
Instructions
\n1. Gather together a group of colleagues or teammates.
\n2. Select a number of exercises at random from the box and complete as instructed.
\n3. At the end, discuss ways you might change how you work together in the light of what you\u2019ve been doing.<\/p>\n
Examle content:
\nStrength Appraisal
\nEveryone should write down what they see as the key strength of every other member of the team (for example, that they\u2019re empathetic, organised or tenacious). Then, going around the room, every team member should have their perceived strengths read out to them. Look out for any common themes that emerge and think about how the wider team\u2019s perceptions might differ from your own.<\/p>\n
Unscrewing Screw-Ups
\nTake it in turns to share the biggest mistake you\u2019ve made at work \u2013 for example, deleting the file for an important presentation, placing an expensive order for the wrong type of printer ink, or forgetting the name of a major client during a meeting. Let the team suggest what lessons might be learned from the screw-up, and how the experience might have been beneficial in the long run.
\n52 Cards | 155 x 115 x 35 mm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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