Coaching is one of the more difficult forms of communication and is often overlooked.
Typically, we communicate in a way that is most comfortable and makes the most sense to us. We do what is 'normal' to us.
However, when coaching, we need to communicate in a way that makes the most sense to the person who is listening. The exercises below emphasize the need to be both coach and coachee.
In truth, if we all communicated all the time in coaching mode, we would be much more successful in all areas of our lives.
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Search & Rescue, $99.95Will your group put all your eggs in one basket or take smaller risks?! The goal here is to have the entire team involved, demonstrate the power of teamwork and show the interdependence teams have. Each perosn is needed to accomplish the goal and with a tight timeline, easily simulates projects at work. A glimpse into Search & Rescue: The group must make fast decisions about how many people to save from various places within a circle in a short amount of time. Remaining outside the circle, the group must guide a plane onto landing platforms inside the circle. The more difficult landing platforms have more people on them so the group must decide quickly whether to try for one large platform or several smaller, but easier platforms. Ideal For: Coaching, problem solving, critical thinking, communication. Read more about Search & Rescue... |
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Trust Walk, $99.95Trust Walk is about leading, following, trusting and communicating. Many leadership styles emerge during this event. Whatever the experience, the Trust Walk is a powerful learning opportunity. A glimpse into Trust Walk After pairing up, each individual takes turns leading the other person through obstacles - we provide 100% safe, but very real, mouse traps and rat traps - and overcoming adversity. While a very simplistic activity, many people find it difficult to trust their partner and find they will 'cheat'. Because it is so simple, very few people take the time to strategize or find out exactly how far 'X' number of steps is for their partner. This create the scenario for a great lesson in coaching -- we need to communicate with other people the way THEY hear it best, not the way WE hear it best. This is an activity every manager should master before going back to work! With several variations, you can run this activity with both pairs alone and then all the pairs together at the same time to create a completely different level of communication. We do not recommend driving a motorized vehicle during this event! An advanced version of this game is Get It Together! Ideal For: Trust building, communication, coaching.
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