50 Activities for Developing Leaders Volumes 1 & 2

These 2 volumes include 100 activities in 17 categories of leadership development.

Authentic Ethical Leadership

A Metaphor for Personal Change

A Power Card Affirmation

Balance Balls and Balance Life

Grow Like a Garden: A Metaphor

How to Make Ethical Decisions

I Want Some Power! Types of Power

Just Do the Right Thing!

Lead Them on an Adventure

Making Connections: Networking

Organizational Leadership Assessment

Sort-Out Manager-vs-Leader Competencies

The Kouzes-Posner Leadership Model

The Talisman: A Symbol for Balance

Trust: The Glue of Leadership

Values: The Foundation of Ethics

You Be the Judge!

Communicating with Followers

Communicating the Benefits of a Vision Statement

Even Leaders Need to Listen and Paraphrase

Giving Feedback

Leading the Cheer

Mediating Conflicts Between Followers

Developing Your Leadership Skills and Staying Renewed

How Do You Learn Best?

Staying in Balance and in Good Health

Tips for Success as a Leader

Writing a Professional Development Plan

Empowering Followers

Empowering Followers Through Delegation

Following the Leader

I or We?

Motivating Your Followers

Ending the Leadership Workshop

Certificate of Self-Recognition

Closing Cheers

Closing the Leadership Workshop

Stick-on Strokes

Lay the Groundwork, Energize Them,

and Then Close

Dear Diary…

Form IDEA Teams

Forming Professional Resource Groups

Get the Idea?

Get Them Ready!

I Learned a Lot!

Leadership Shield

Let’s Meet Soon!

Make It Rhyme with “Leader”

Meet My Leader—an Orange?

Saying Goodbye

Select and Prepare Your Participants

Take Time to “Journal”

Tell a Story and Make Your Point!

The Exhibit Hall

The Koosh Ball Review Game

The Leadership Puzzle

Walk and Talk

Word Scramble Closure Game

Leadership Theories and Research

Common Themes in Leadership Research

How Is a Manager Different From a Leader?

Leaping Into Leadership with Warm-ups

Name Tag

Opening Your Leadership Workshop

People Hunt

What Do You Know About Leadership?

Making Changes and Taking Risks

Helping Others Face Change

How Do You Feel About Change?

Taking Risks—Your Style and Opportunities

Trying Something New

Motivating Others

Add Heart To Your Workplace Celebrations

Alphabet Poem: Practice Your Creativity

Dare to Take Risks

Keep the Flame Burning: Recognizing Others

Leadership Stations: Your Final Journey

Listen Up! The Leader as Coach

Pass It On! The Leader as Teacher

Searching for Creativity

Successful Leaders Have Mentors

Our Leadership Models and Mentors

Mentors and Mentoring

The Best and Worst Leaders You’ve Known

What Did You Learn From Your Childhood Models?

Recognition and Rewards

Creative Rewards

Let’s Celebrate!

Recognizing and Rewarding Employees

Self-Assessment

Leading at Your Best

Your Personal Traits

Your Values and Beliefs

Set an Example

A Diversity Exercise

A Leader’s Guide To a Great Meeting

Claim Conflict

Energize!

Flex Your Style

Presenting with Pizzazz!

Sell Yourself and Your Ideas

The Leader as Negotiator

Where Were You When? A Timeline

You + Me = A Team

Solving Problems and Making Decisions

Brainstorming—An Old but True Tool

Problem-Solving Method

Reaching Consensus Through Collaboration

The Leader as Facilitator

The Problem-Solving Cycle and the Compact

Who Will Make This Decision?

Visionary Leadership

Creating an Organizational or Team Vision Statement

Let’s Dream!

Look Back to the Future

Tapping Into Creativity

The Visionary Leader Award

Working with Others in Teams

Building Commitment and Synergy

Setting Team Guidelines

The Emerging Leader in a Team

What Is a Team?