50 Activities for Developing Leaders

50 Activities for Developing Leaders

by Lois B. Hart
Released January 1995
Publisher(s): HRD Press
ISBN: 9780874252484

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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 take 30 minutes to 2 hours.

Training Objectives:

  • Develop key leadership skills

  • Recognize and address skills needing further development

  • Identify ability to take risks and initiate change

  • Build strategies for personal development

  • Encourage creativity to enhance visioning skills.

Training Methods:

  • Written exercises

  • Group exercises

  • Closure activities

  • Role-plays

  • Self-assessments.

Table of contents

  1. 50 Activities for Developing Leaders
    1. Copyright
    2. About the Author
    3. Preface
    4. INTRODUCTION: Getting Ready to Develop Leaders (1/2)
    5. INTRODUCTION: Getting Ready to Develop Leaders (2/2)
    6. PART I: Leaping Into Leadership with Warm-Ups
      1. Chapter 1: Opening Your Leadership Workshop (1/2)
      2. Chapter 1: Opening Your Leadership Workshop (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
      3. Chapter 2: People Hunt (1/2)
      4. Chapter 2: People Hunt (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Comments
      5. Chapter 3: Name Tag (1/2)
      6. Chapter 3: Name Tag (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Comments
      7. Chapter 4: What Do You Know About Leadership?
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Comments
    7. PART II: Leadership Theories and Research
      1. Chapter 5: Common Themes in Leadership Research (1/2)
      2. Chapter 5: Common Themes in Leadership Research (2/2)
        1. Objective
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
      3. Chapter 6: How Is a Manager Different From a Leader?
        1. Objective
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
    8. PART III: Our Leadership Models and Mentors
      1. Chapter 7: What Did You Learn From Your Childhood Models?
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
      2. Chapter 8: The Best and Worst Leaders You've Known
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
      3. Chapter 9: Mentors and Mentoring
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
        6. Resources
    9. PART IV: Self-Assessment—How Do I Stack Up?
      1. Chapter 10: Your Values and Beliefs (1/2)
      2. Chapter 10: Your Values and Beliefs (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
      3. Chapter 11: Your Personal Traits (1/2)
      4. Chapter 11: Your Personal Traits (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
      5. Chapter 12: Leading at Your Best
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
    10. PART V: Making Changes and Taking Risks
      1. Chapter 13: Trying Something New
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
      2. Chapter 14: Taking Risks—Your Style and Opportunities (1/2)
      3. Chapter 14: Taking Risks—Your Style and Opportunities (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
      4. Chapter 15: How Do You Feel About Change? (1/2)
      5. Chapter 15: How Do You Feel About Change? (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
      6. Chapter 16: Helping Others Face Change
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
    11. PART VI: Visionary Leadership
      1. Chapter 17: Let's Dream! (1/2)
      2. Chapter 17: Let's Dream! (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
        6. Resource
      3. Chapter 18: Tapping Into Creativity (1/2)
      4. Chapter 18: Tapping Into Creativity (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
        7. Resource
      5. Chapter 19: Look Back to the Future
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
        6. Resource
      6. Chapter 20: Creating an Organizationalor Team Vision Statement (1/2)
      7. Chapter 20: Creating an Organizationalor Team Vision Statement (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
        6. Resources
      8. Chapter 21: The Visionary Leader Award
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Comments
        5. Resources
    12. PART VII: Communicating with Followers
      1. Chapter 22: Communicating the Benefits of a Vision Statement
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
      2. Chapter 23: Even Leaders Need to Listen and Paraphrase (1/2)
      3. Chapter 23: Even Leaders Need to Listen and Paraphrase (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Comments
      4. Chapter 24: Giving Feedback
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Comments
      5. Chapter 25: Mediating Conflicts Between Followers (1/2)
      6. Chapter 25: Mediating Conflicts Between Followers (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Comments
        6. Resource
      7. Chapter 26: Leading the Cheer
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Comments
    13. PART VIII: Empowering Followers
      1. Chapter 27: Following the Leader
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Comments
        5. Resource
      2. Chapter 28: I or We?
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
      3. Chapter 29: Motivating Your Followers (1/2)
      4. Chapter 29: Motivating Your Followers (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
      5. Chapter 30: Empowering Followers Through Delegation (1/2)
      6. Chapter 30: Empowering Followers Through Delegation (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
    14. PART IX: Working with Others in Teams
      1. Chapter 31: What Is a Team?
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Method
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
        6. Resources
      2. Chapter 32: Setting Team Guidelines (1/2)
      3. Chapter 32: Setting Team Guidelines (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Method
        4. Materials
        5. Comments
      4. Chapter 33: Building Commitmentand Synergy
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Method
        4. Comments
        5. Resources
      5. Chapter 34: The Emerging Leader in a Team
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Method
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
    15. PART X: Recognition, Rewards, and Celebrations
      1. Chapter 35: Recognizing and Rewarding Employees (1/2)
      2. Chapter 35: Recognizing and Rewarding Employees (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
        6. Resource
      3. Chapter 36: Let's Celebrate! (1/2)
      4. Chapter 36: Let's Celebrate! (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
      5. Chapter 37: Creative Rewards
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Equipment and Supplies
        5. Comments
    16. PART XI: The Leader as a Problem Solver and Decision Maker
      1. Chapter 38: Who Will Make This Decision? (1/2)
      2. Chapter 38: Who Will Make This Decision? (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Comments
      3. Chapter 39: The Leader as Facilitator (1/2)
      4. Chapter 39: The Leader as Facilitator (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Resource
      5. Chapter 40: Brainstorming—An Oldbut True Tool (1/2)
      6. Chapter 40: Brainstorming—An Oldbut True Tool (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
      7. Chapter 41: The Problem-Solving Cycle and the Compact Problem-Solving Method (1/2)
      8. Chapter 41: The Problem-Solving Cycle and the Compact Problem-Solving Method (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
      9. Chapter 42: Reaching Consensus Through Collaboration (1/2)
      10. Chapter 42: Reaching Consensus Through Collaboration (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Comments
    17. PART XII: Developing Your Leadership Skills and Staying Renewed
      1. Chapter 43: How Do You Learn Best?
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Comments
        5. Resources
      2. Chapter 44: Writing a Professional Development Plan (1/2)
      3. Chapter 44: Writing a Professional Development Plan (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Comments
      4. Chapter 45: Staying in Balance and in Good Health (1/2)
      5. Chapter 45: Staying in Balance and in Good Health (2/2)
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Materials
        5. Comments
        6. Resources
      6. Chapter 46: Tips for Success as a Leader
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Methods
        4. Comments
        5. Resources
    18. PART XIII: Ending the Leadership Workshop
      1. Chapter 47: Closing the Leadership Workshop
        1. Objectives
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Method
        4. Comments
        5. Resources
      2. Chapter 48: Certificate of Self-Recognition
        1. Objective
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Method
        4. Materials
        5. Equipment and Supplies
        6. Comments
      3. Chapter 49: Stick-On Strokes
        1. Objective
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Method
        4. Supplies
        5. Comments
      4. Chapter 50: Closing Cheers
        1. Objective
        2. Estimated Time
        3. Training Method
        4. Comments
    19. Bibliography

Product information

  • Title: 50 Activities for Developing Leaders
  • Author(s): Lois B. Hart
  • Release date: January 1995
  • Publisher(s): HRD Press
  • ISBN: 9780874252484