50 Activities for Self-Development

50 Activities for Self-Development

by Dick Francis, Mike Woodcock
Released January 2002
Publisher(s): HRD Press
ISBN: 9780874251739

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Book description

Part of our best-selling 50 Activities series! Comes complete with learning objectives, facilitator guidance, and reproducible materials.

Activities cover:

  • Observation skills

  • Influencing others

  • Group problem solving

  • Reducing stress

  • Personal motivation

  • Responding to new challenges.

    • Training Objectives:

  • Identify areas needing particular attention

  • Determine a complete personal development plan

  • Remove blockages to personal success

  • Develop effective managers.

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    Table of contents

    1. 50 Activities for Self-Development
      1. Copyright
      2. Preface
        1. References
      3. Chapter 1: Using the Book
        1. The Learning Experience
        2. Choosing Relevant Activities
        3. Notes for Management Trainers
      4. Chapter 2: Developing Managerial Competence
        1. Eleven Roadblocks to Managerial Competence
        2. Assessing Personal Roadblocks
        3. Personal Roadblocks Inventory
        4. Index to Activities
      5. The Activities
        1. Activity 1: A Message to You
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
          3. Other Ways to Use A Message to You Worksheet
        2. Activity 2: Am I a workaholic? (1/2)
        3. Activity 2: Am I a workaholic? (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        4. Activity 3: A Problem-Solving Inventory (1/2)
        5. Activity 3: A Problem-Solving Inventory (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        6. Activity 4: A Choice between the Wolf and the Sheepdog
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        7. Activity 5: Roadblocks to Motivation (1/2)
        8. Activity 5: Roadblocks to Motivation (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        9. Activity 6: Cave Rescue (1/2)
        10. Activity 6: Cave Rescue (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        11. Activity 7: Circles of Influence
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        12. Activity 8: Clarifying Personal Values (1/2)
        13. Activity 8: Clarifying Personal Values (2/2)
          1. Purposes
        14. Activity 9: Counseling Skills Audit (1/2)
        15. Activity 9: Counseling Skills Audit (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        16. Activity 10: Critical Blockages Survey (1/3)
        17. Activity 10: Critical Blockages Survey (2/3)
        18. Activity 10: Critical Blockages Survey (3/3)
          1. Purpose
          2. Method
        19. Activity 11: Directing Others
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        20. Activity 12: Duality 1—Time Duality (1/2)
        21. Activity 12: Duality 1—Time Duality (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        22. Activity 13: Duality 2—Opportunity Duality (1/2)
        23. Activity 13: Duality 2—Opportunity Duality (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
          3. Using the Opportunity Duality Worksheet
        24. Activity 14: Eggs Can Fly (1/2)
        25. Activity 14: Eggs Can Fly (2/2)
          1. Purpose
          2. Method
        26. Activity 15: Exploring Feelings (1/2)
        27. Activity 15: Exploring Feelings (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        28. Activity 16: Exploring the Values of Others (1/2)
        29. Activity 16: Exploring the Values of Others (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        30. Activity 17: Force-Field Analysis (1/2)
        31. Activity 17: Force-Field Analysis (2/2)
          1. Purpose
          2. Method
        32. Activity 18: Getting Appraisal Right (1/3)
        33. Activity 18: Getting Appraisal Right (2/3)
        34. Activity 18: Getting Appraisal Right (3/3)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        35. Activity 19: Good Listening Habits (1/2)
        36. Activity 19: Good Listening Habits (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        37. Activity 20: Handling Difficult People (1/2)
        38. Activity 20: Handling Difficult People (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        39. Activity 21: Highway Code (1/3)
        40. Activity 21: Highway Code (2/3)
        41. Activity 21: Highway Code (3/3)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        42. Activity 22: How good a coach are you? (1/2)
        43. Activity 22: How good a coach are you? (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        44. Activity 23: How to Set Objectives (1/2)
        45. Activity 23: How to Set Objectives (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        46. Activity 24: Individual Decision, or Team Decision? (1/2)
        47. Activity 24: Individual Decision, or Team Decision? (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        48. Activity 25: Influencing Abilities Audit (1/2)
        49. Activity 25: Influencing Abilities Audit (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        50. Activity 26: Letting Go of Pressure (1/2)
        51. Activity 26: Letting Go of Pressure (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        52. Activity 27: Management Style—Theory X, or Theory Y? (1/2)
        53. Activity 27: Management Style—Theory X, or Theory Y? (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        54. Activity 28: Meetings Review (1/2)
        55. Activity 28: Meetings Review (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        56. Activity 29: New Challenges (1/2)
        57. Activity 29: New Challenges (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        58. Activity 30: Personal Mirroring (1/2)
        59. Activity 30: Personal Mirroring (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        60. Activity 31: Process Review (1/2)
        61. Activity 31: Process Review (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        62. Activity 32: Relaxez-Vous
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
          3. Reviewing Your Experience
        63. Activity 33: Test Your Own Stress Level (1/2)
        64. Activity 33: Test Your Own Stress Level (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        65. Activity 34: The Roadblocks Questionnaire (1/3)
        66. Activity 34: The Roadblocks Questionnaire (2/3)
        67. Activity 34: The Roadblocks Questionnaire (3/3)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        68. Activity 35: The Working Day
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        69. Activity 36: Understanding Management Development Priorities (1/3)
        70. Activity 36: Understanding Management Development Priorities (2/3)
        71. Activity 36: Understanding Management Development Priorities (3/3)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        72. Activity 37: Unlimited Adventure (1/2)
        73. Activity 37: Unlimited Adventure (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        74. Activity 38: Using Brainstorming
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        75. Activity 39: Using Creativity (1/2)
        76. Activity 39: Using Creativity (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        77. Activity 40: Using Time (1/2)
        78. Activity 40: Using Time (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        79. Activity 41: Values at Work (1/2)
        80. Activity 41: Values at Work (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        81. Activity 42: Values in Collision (1/2)
        82. Activity 42: Values in Collision (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        83. Activity 43: What if? (1/2)
        84. Activity 43: What if? (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        85. Activity 44: What is a problem? (1/2)
        86. Activity 44: What is a problem? (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        87. Activity 45: What turns me on (and off)? (1/2)
        88. Activity 45: What turns me on (and off)? (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        89. Activity 46: Who is he?
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        90. Activity 47: Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (1/2)
        91. Activity 47: Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        92. Activity 48: Your Rights To Be Assertive (1/2)
        93. Activity 48: Your Rights To Be Assertive (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        94. Activity 49: Zin 1—The Obelisk (1/2)
        95. Activity 49: Zin 1—The Obelisk (2/2)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method
        96. Activity 50: Zin 2—Isabela Monumento (1/3)
        97. Activity 50: Zin 2—Isabela Monumento (2/3)
        98. Activity 50: Zin 2—Isabela Monumento (3/3)
          1. Purposes
          2. Method

    Product information

    • Title: 50 Activities for Self-Development
    • Author(s): Dick Francis, Mike Woodcock
    • Release date: January 2002
    • Publisher(s): HRD Press
    • ISBN: 9780874251739