
126 – What horseplay?
Purpose/Objectives: This exercise asks participants to assess a manager’s
counseling skills in handling a behavior problem.
Participants are presented with a case example where a
manager is having difficulty talking with an employee
about a problem. Participants are asked to identify the
improper counseling style used by the manager and to
indicate the type of error by choosing a suitable error
description from a list. Although many of these phrases
and sayings in the case example may sound familiar,
participants come to realize that effective counseling is
counseling without sarcasm, favoritism, or threats.
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