Session Builders Series 300: 50 Exercises for Teams

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Discussion

• Reveal the nature of the deception.

• After an exercise like this, the "goat" (planner) will most likely be frustrated

enough with the recent experience to make the discussion lively and

interesting.

• Lead the planner to talk about how it feels to be shut out.

• Ask each planner how he or she felt, then have the group compare their

answers.

• Ask the planner questions like:

− Did you feel a commitment to the goals of the team?

− Did you feel any sense of empowerment?

• Follow up by asking the other team members for any real life examples.

• Summarize the exercise by reminding the team members that empowerment

comes when workers participate, when their contributions are respected, and

when they feel a ...