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50 Activities For Developing Leaders

Lois B. Hart, Ed.D.

HRD Press, Amherst, MA (1994)
 
This book provides trainers with activities they can use to develop their participants' leadership skills. The concrete, interactive activities involve learners in real-life situations that effective leaders face as they deal with vision, teams, empowerment, change, and inspiring their followers.

50 Activities For Diversity Training

Jonamay Lambert and Selma Myers

Human Resource Development Press, Inc. Amherst, MA (1994)

The underlying philosophy in "50 Activities for Diversity Training" is to train workshop participants to deal constructively with the changing workforce, and to do so in a non-threatening environment. A new awareness, coupled with matching skills, can build bridges of understanding and cooperation which will influence daily performance.

Activities For Trainers: 50 Useful Designs

Cyril R. Mill

University Associates, Inc., San Diego, CA (1980)

This set of resources will be valuable to many audiences. It is addressed to experienced trainers or facilitators and to organizational consultants. It should also be useful in college courses in group dynamics and organizational behavior. Many training divisions in government agencies and industrial organizations will find useful material here for their work. Persons who plan conferences and design large meetings will find valuable tips, e.g., chapter 25, "Training Group Discussion Leaders." Group therapists may discover methods for enhancing their work with groups that were not included in their formal training courses.

Beginnings & Endings: Creative Warm-Ups & Closure Activities

Michele Barca & Kate Cobb

This manual contains seventy exercises that have been used by trainers over the years. They are classified as either "Beginnings" or "Endings." Each exercise includes an objective and in some cases, the type of group that the exercise is particularly suited for.

Delivering Effective Training Sessions

Geri E. H. McArdle, Ph.D.

Crisp Publications, Inc., Menlo Park, Ca (1993)

Think of this book as a personal map to the territory of training effectiveness and it will guide you through the journey of preparation and delivery of strong, well-organized training sessions.  The ideas and techniques, the checklists, the examples, and the exercises are a survival kit that you can use again and again to teach a group something new and useful.  It may even affect their work and their lives.

Games By Thiagi: Lecture Games; Diversity Simulation Games; Cash Games; Group Grope; Triangles

Sivasailam Thiagarajan, Ph.D.

HRD Press, Amherst, MA (1994)

These five books focus on the five areas of training, lecture, diversity, cash negotiation, sexual harassment, and quality management.

 

Games That Teach Teams
21 Activities To Super-Charge Your Group!

Steve Sugar & George Takas

Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer, San Francisco, CA  (2000)

Here is a collection of fun, fresh team games and activities. The authors bring you over 20 open-formatted games that allow you to insert your own content and adapt them to suit the needs of your teams.

Games Trainers Play

Edward E. Scannell, John W. Newstrom

McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY (1980)

If you are looking to add spark and excitement to your training sessions and achieve dramatically better results than you're getting now this is the book that shows you how. It is packed with over 100 different games, activities, and exercises that have been field-tested and proven highly effective by some of America's most experienced and innovative trainers in teaching a variety of important business skills in ways that are challenging and fun for the participants.

I Can See You Naked: A Fearless Guide To Making Great Presentations

Ron Hoff

Andrews & McMeel, A Universal Press Syndicate Company, Kansas City, MO (1988)

This is going to be a very different book on presentations and how to do them. This book is bright and buoyant and it uses the techniques of presentation to demonstrate its purpose and point of view.

Imaginative Events For Training - A Trainer's Source Book Of Games, Simulations, And Role-Play Exercises

Ken Jones

McGraw-Hill International, United States (1993)

This manual contains innovative methods for training your employees to think creatively. It contains varied, imaginative, proven, and an effective collection of training events.

Impact Of Leadership

Kenneth E. Clark, Miriam B. Clark, David P. Campbell

Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC (1992)

The impact of leadership refers not only to the effects of good or bad leadership but also to the processes of leadership that affect followers. The study of impact includes the ways in which leaders and followers interact and thus influence the functioning of an organization. Each study in this book should advance understanding of at least one aspect of leadership as it relates to improved organizational performance.

Job Performance And Chemical Dependence: A Guide For Supervisors And Managers

Robert B. Maddux, Lynda Voorhees

Crisp Publications, Inc., Los Altos, CA (1987)

This book covers job performance and chemical dependency in a practical and positive way. It is a valuable book not only for new supervisors, but also as a reinforcement guide for those who have had previous training.

Leadership Education: A Source Book (1992-1993)

Frank H. Freeman, Sara N. King

Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC (1992)

This is a fourth is a series designed to assist individuals planning programs and teaching courses in leadership.

Leadership Education: A Source Book (1987)

Miriam B. Clark, Frank H. Freeman, Sara K. Britt

Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC (1987)

This is broader in scope and different in content from the book published in 1986. There were many who wanted to know more about what was being offered in leadership development outside traditional colleges and universities. therefore, Leadership Education '87 is intended for use by all who are committed to the study or development of leadership in its many aspects.

Leadership Education: A Source Book(1986)

Frank H. Freeman, Robert A. Gregory, Miriam B. Clark

Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC (1986)

The primary purpose of this Source Book is to assist those who are planning or continuing to modify courses or programs in the area of leadership education training or development within institutions of higher education. The editors hope that it stimulates ideas that can be used more generally, but those in higher education are the target group.

Leadership Training Through Gaming

Elizabeth M. Christopher and Larry E. Smith

Kogan Page Ltd., London (1987)

This practical handbook has been specially written for users of role play and simulation games in leadership training. It gives details of specific games which can be used to develop all the main leadership qualities of trainees, including: the ability to assess one's own and other people's performance; Conflict and stress management; delegation and motivation; problem definition and solving; time management.

Learning From Conflict: A Handbook For Trainers And Group Leaders

Lois B. Hart, Ed.D.

Organization Design and Development, Inc., King of Prussia, PA (1987)

The author of this book points out the ways in which conflict can be a constructive process. The goal is to provide valuable learning experiences for all of us on ways to creatively manage and cope with conflict.

Learning From Conflict (Second Edition)

Lois B. Hart

Human Resource Development Press, Inc., Amherst, MA (1991)
 
Conflicts are a natural part of living...without them, life would be boring; with too many, life would be too stressful. The more we learn about conflict, the greater the chance of learning from them, reducing unnecessary ones, and managing future ones with more confidence. This newly revised second edition reflects this extensive experience with many people who want to learn about conflict.

Legendary Service - Facilitator's Guide

Ken Blanchard, Gary Heil, Richard Tate

Blanchard Training and Development, Inc., Escondido, CA (1989)

Legendary Service provides you with ten fundamentals for developing and improving your effectiveness with customers. Excellent customer service cannot be achieved by a formula, nor by a smiling employee who does not have the ability or the desire to satisfy the customer. It can only be achieved by a conscious effort on the part of all employees to improve the customers' experience. We must focus on convenience to our customers and not what is easiest for us to manage.

Legendary Service - Participant's Workbook

Ken Blanchard, Gary Heil, Richard Tate

Blanchard Training and Development, Inc., Escondido, CA (1989)

See description on Legendary Service Facilitators Guide.

Making Training Stick A Collection of Techniques To Follow Up, Follow Through and Reinforce Training

Dora Johnson, Ed.D, Barbara Carnes, Ph.D.

Creative Training Techniques, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (1988)

More Games Trainers Play

Edward E. Scannell, John W. Newstrom

McGraw-Hill, Inc., NY (1983)

This is a compilation of proven instructions aids designed to help you , the professional trainer, boost confidence, teach important business skills, and create enthusiasm and interest among the participants in your training program.

Playfair: Everybody's Guide To Noncompetitive Play

Matt Weinstein and Joel Goodman

Impact Publishers, San Luis Obispo, CA (1980)

This is a book about games for people who are interested in learning about a new type of play that lets people be supportive, cooperative and open with each other, and that means everybody.

Special Exercises Sample Kit G-400

Talico, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (1992)

Through exercises this sample kit will help with communication, intercultural awareness, decision making, team building, conflict, problem solving, career development, interviews, supervisory skills, quality management, managing stress, concept of empowerment, time management, and listening skills.

Still More Games Trainers Play

Edward E. Scannell, John W. Newstrom

McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY (1991)

Designed for trainers, facilitators, managers, and speakers in all fields, this innovative guide helps you transfer learning from the training context to the daily work environment.

Team Games For Trainers

Carolyn Nilson

McGraw-Hill, Inc., New York, NY (1993)

This book gives you, the trainer by whatever title you're called, instant resources to help with the tough task of designing and presenting training to organize teams and keep them running smoothly. The games are clustered in three basic sections: Games For Team Building; Games To Help Teams Function; Games For Team Maintenance.

Teamwork From Start To Finish

Fran Rees

Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, San Francisco, CA (1997)

Teamwork is a critical avenue for getting things done. For an organization to be successful today, managers, supervisors, and employees must work together to increase productivity, improve quality, and achieve high levels of customer satisfaction. Many books talk about teamwork, but few address the actual process of creating and managing effective teams. Rees approaches teamwork as a step-by-step journey with a beginning, middle, and satisfying end. This book is not only for team leaders, it is a ten-step guide essential for every member of a team.

Technology-Based Training

Kevin Kruse & Jason Keil

Jossey-Bass Pfeiffer, San Francisco, CA (2000)

This book was written for anyone who wants to learn how to develop, manage, or sell effective CD-ROM and Web-based training programs. The book provides training managers, instructors, instructional designers, consultants, and developers with guidelines, worksheets, and tools for ensuring that their programs achieve business results.

The 1972 Annual Handbook For Group Facilitators

J. William Pfeiffer, Ph.D., John E. Jones, Ph.D.

University Associates, Iowa City, IA (1972)

Group facilitators typically have bulky files of materials containing hundreds of loose papers that they have picked up at conventions, workshops, and laboratories. This ANNUAL was designed to become a vehicle for sharing such materials. Theory, information, and practical application ideas are brought together in an organized, yet flexible, way. One of the most important criteria in judging the worth of a given theory is its utility in guiding behavior, and we have attempted to place a pragmatic emphasis on all of the materials in this handbook.

The Abilene Paradox

Jerry B. Harvey

This book may be unlike any other management book you've ever read. Jerry Harvey's observations on the absurdities of organizational life will make you laugh, ponder, wince-they may even infuriate you-but chances are, you'll hear your own thoughts and frustrations echoed in its pages. And you'll begin to see your company in a new way.

The Comprehensive Guide To Successful Conferences And Meetings

Leonard Nadler, Zeace Nadler

Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, San Francisco, CA (1987)

First time conference coordinators will find this book a comprehensive guide for every phase conference planning and implementation, while experienced planners can learn more about unfamiliar areas, gain fresh ideas for future meetings, and ensure that no detail is forgotten.

The Encyclopedia Of Group Activities: 150 Practical Designs For Successful Facilitating

J. William Pfeiffer

University Associates, Inc., San Diego, CA (1989)

This book has been produces in an effort to provide facilitators with a large assortment of activities that can be used in many different group settings and for a wide variety of purposes. they range from very simple designs that consume little training and require little, if any, advance preparation on the part of the facilitator to more complex designs that consume several hours and do require some advance preparation.

The Encyclopedia Of Icebreakers: Structured Activities That Warm-up, Motivate, Challenge, Acquaint, And Energize

Sue Forbess-Greene, L.M.S.W.

University Associates, Inc., San Diego, CA (1983)

This is the first comprehensive listing of introductory activities designed to make learning easier for the participants involved in workshops, courses, conferences, and skill-development training programs. Icebreakers are tools that enable the group leader to foster interaction, stimulate creative thinking, challenge basic assumptions, illustrate new concepts, and introduce specific material. The activities are appropriate for use in business, industry, education. health care, and other human service settings. Almost all of the icebreakers in this reference text require less that 30 minutes, demand little, if any, advance preparation, are simple to implement, and are flexible enough to be used with an unlimited range of topics. The group leader's careful selection and execution of these structured activities will help ensure that the participants are receptive to the information and /or skill presented during the learning program.

The Encyclopedia Of Team-Building Activities

J. William Pfeiffer

Pfeiffer & Company, San Diego, CA (1991)

The activities in this book emphasize team building. They are intended, therefore, to be conducted by a professional consultant. The categories of activities found in this book are representative of the kinds of issues typically addressed by teams in sensing interviews and meetings. The categories are: Team effectiveness, values, feedback, role clarification, problem solving/decision making, team-member relationships.

The Encyclopedia Of Team-Development Activities

J. William Pfeiffer

University Associates, Inc., San Diego, CA (1991)

An effective team is one that can solve its own problems, and the ability to solve problems is predicated on an ability to identify and remove obstacles that deflect energy from those problems. when the team members are expending energy on hidden agendas, internal conflicts, role ambiguity, confusion about the team's values or mission, or how to give one another essential feedback, they cannot focus their best efforts on solving the work-related problems that continually arise. Therefore, this book seeks to improve the members' problem-solving ability by enabling them to confront and manage the issues that hinder their functioning as a unit.

The PETA Guide to College Activism

People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals

This manual provides step-by-step instructions to help you channel your concern into activism on your campus.

The Team Handbook

Peter R. Scholtes

Joiner Associates, Inc., Madison, WI (1988)

The Team is a practical guide to working in or with project teams. It is packed with step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and worksheets, all showing how to implement many quality improvement principles. It is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide on how to use project teams to improve quality throughout an organization. Its clear, simple test and directions lead the reader through a project from inception to closure.

Train the Trainer

Penny L. Ittner & Alex F. Douds

HRD Press, Amherst, Massachusetts (1997)

The Purpose of this workshop is to help you learn how to develop and conduct effective training.  It is designed for "non-trainers"-people such as yourself who train on an occasional basis.  It covers the basic skills necessary for you to effectively develop and conduct the training you are asked to do in your job.

Trainer's The Professional Development Handbook

Ray Bard, Chip R. Bell, Leslie Stephen, Linda Webster

Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, San Francisco, CA (1987)

This book is a learning guide and storehouse of information for new and experienced human resource development trainers. It is categorized into three parts: Part I - a "how to" guide to professional growth, offering guidelines on creating a personalized development plan; Part II - is an all-inclusive catalogue of learning resources and materials; Part III - is an encyclopedia that provides an overview of the key concepts, theories and contributors for the field.

Training Managers To Train: A practical Guide To Improving Employee Performance

Brother Herman E. Zaccarelli, C.S.C.

Crisp Publications, Inc., Los Altos, CA (1988)

Managers at all organizational levels, whether they own their own business or work for someone else, must supervise people. Done correctly, everyone benefits and the manager will receive credit for a job well done. If, on the other hand, employees, as human beings, are very complex. However, employees cannot perform well on the job no matter how hard they try and regardless of how much they want to until they know what they are supposed to do and how they are supposed to do it. This well-developed training program addresses both of these issues.

Trainer's Workshop: A Publication Of The American Management Association

In these books you will learn to: facilitate lively, highly interactive workshops; recognize when mentoring is the best employee-development approach; create and lead - rather that manage - self directed teams; set negotiation objectives and plan negotiating strategies; and create a customer-oriented, continuos-improvement TQM program in your organization

Tricks 4 Trainers: 57 Tricks & Teasers Guaranteed to Add Magic to Your Presentation

Dave Arch

Resources for Organizations, Inc., (1993)

Do you find it difficult to get and hold participants' attention in your training sessions? Do you get bored presenting the same material? This book is full of proven "magic" tricks that make you look great as a trainer. Many of these tricks are immediately usable with little practice and no props.