The Pfeiffer Handbook of Structured Experiences: Learning Activities for Personal Development with CD Book

Sect. I	Communication and values	1
1	One-way, two-way : a communications experiment	5
2	Shoe store : group problem solving	11
3	Behavior description trios : reading body language	15
4	Not-listening : a paired role play	17
5	Rumor clinic : a communications experiment	21
6	Helping relationships : verbal and nonverbal communication	25
7	Babel : interpersonal communication	29
8	I'am all ears : enhancing awareness of effective listening	33
9	All Iowans are naive : breaking cultural stereotypes	39
10	Meanings are in people : perception checking	43
11	In other words : building communication skills	47
12	Dominoes : a communication experiment	51
13	Listening trios : building communications skills	55
14	Active listening : a communication-skills practice	59
15	Taking responsibility : practice in communicating assumptions	63
16	Prisoner's dilemma : an intergroup competition	67
17	Polarization : a demonstration	71
18	Submission/aggression/assertion : nonverbal components	75
19	Praise : giving and receiving positive feedback	79
20	Discrimination : simulation activities	83
21	Sex-role attitudes : personal feedback	85
22	Think-feel : a verbal progression	89
23	Organizational TA : interpersonal communication	91
24	Adjectives : feedback	97
25	Partners renewal : a program for developing ongoing relationships	101
26	Escalation : an assertion activity	107
27	Coins : symbolic feedback	111
28	Sexual values in organizations : an OD role play	115
29	Risk taking : a perception check for partners	119
Sect. II	Leadership and decision making	123
30	T-P leadership questionnaire : an assessment of style	127
31	Brainstorming : a problem-solving activity	131
32	Boss wanted : identifying leadership characteristics	133
33	Motivation : a supervisory-skill activity	137
34	Absentee : a management role play	141
35	Fork-labyrinth : leadership practice	145
36	Hampshire in-basket : a management activity	149
37	Auction : an intergroup competition	155
38	Win as much as you can : an intergroup competition	159
39	Staff meeting : a leadership role play	165
40	When to delegate : a manager's dilemma	171
41	Sunglow : an appraisal role play	175
42	Choose me : developing power within a group	179
43	Darts : competition and motivation	183
44	Pins and straws : leadership styles	189
45	Management skills : assessing personal performance	195
46	Coloring book : an organization experiment	199
47	The manager's guidebook : understanding motivation	205
48	Maze : one-way and two-way communication	209
49	Sherlock : an inference activity	215
50	Resistance : a role play	219
51	Force-field analysis : individual problem solving	223
52	Interviewing : gathering pertinent information	227
53	Values and decisions : checking for congruence	231
54	Wahoo City : a role alternation	235
55	AIRSOPAC : choosing a CEO	241
Sect. III	Personal growth	245
56	T'ai Chi Chuan : an introduction to movement awareness	249
57	The human bank account : practicing self-affirmation	255
58	The people of Trion : exploring organizational values	259
59	The gold watch : balancing personal and professional values	263
60	Prejudice : an awareness-expansion activity	267
61	Alpha II : clarifying sexual values	271
62	Sexual values : relationship clarification	275
63	Lifeline : a value-clarification activity	279
64	Feelings and defenses : a spontaneous lecture	283
65	Bread making : an integrating experience	285
66	Projections : interpersonal awareness expansion	287
67	Inquiries : observing and building hypotheses	291
68	Growth cards : experimenting with new behaviors	297
69	Personality traits : self-discovery and disclosure	301
70	The "T" test : an experiential lecture on traits	305
71	Sexism in advertisements : exploring stereotypes	309
72	Closure : variations on a theme	313
73	Introspection : personal evaluation and feedback	315
74	Wants bombardment : a psychosynthesis activity	319
75	Physical characteristics : paired perception checking	323
76	Verbal activities within groups : a potpourri	327
77	The ego-radius model : evaluating and planning life situations	329
78	Group exploration : a guided image	333
79	Awareness expansion : a potpourri	337
80	Graphics : self-disclosure activities	339
81	Partners encounter : a program for developing relationships	341
82	Personal journal : a self-evaluation	345
83	Guided imagery : suggestions for individuals and groups	347
84	Nonverbal communication : a collection of activities	351
85	Nonverbal communication : a collection	355
86	Nonverbal communication : another collection	359
87	Lemons : a sensory-awareness activity	361
88	Helping pairs : a collection	363
89	Stretching : identifying and taking risks	365
90	Life planning : a programmed approach	369
91	The in-group : dynamics of exclusion	373
92	Microlab : a training demonstration	377
93	Giving and receiving feedback : contracting for new behavior	379
Sect. IV	Classroom and consulting techniques	383
94	Listening and inferring : a getting-acquainted activity	387
95	Best friend : a getting-acquainted activity	389
96	Tea party : an icebreaker	393
97	Name tags : an icebreaker	397
98	Choose an object : a getting-acquainted activity	399
99	Personal identity : an icebreaker	403
100	Learning exchange : a getting-acquainted activity	407
101	Who am I? : a getting-acquainted activity	411
102	"Who am I?" : variations : a getting-acquainted activity	413
103	Energizers : group starters	417
104	Group conversation : discussion starters	419
105	Getting acquainted : a potpourri	423
106	Two-four-eight : building teams	425
107	Empty chair : an extended group design	427
108	Jigsaw : forming groups	429
109	Miniversity : sharing participants' ideas	431
110	Resistance to learning : developing new skills	435
111	Aloha : a feedback activity	441
112	First name, first impressions : a feedback activity	445
113	Training philosophies : a personal assessment	447
114	Assumptions about human relations training : an opinionnaire	451
115	Client concerns : developing appropriate trainer responses	455
116	HELPCO : an OD role play	459
117	Process intervention : a facilitator practice session	465
118	Group composition : a selection activity	467