Role-playing games......
#17
Re: Role-playing games......
Here's one I have made up:
An interesting role game or exercise would be to have two teams, each of which will choose their own 'appointed' manager. Unbeknown to the two managers (who will be sent out of the room for a few moments), you get all the underlings in one team to disagree with their manager and all in the other team to agree completely with their manager.
Then compare notes in a group discussion and compare the efficacy of achieving their stated objectives, etc. Then you can let the poor sod (i.e., manager) who received all the negative comment in on the secret.
An interesting role game or exercise would be to have two teams, each of which will choose their own 'appointed' manager. Unbeknown to the two managers (who will be sent out of the room for a few moments), you get all the underlings in one team to disagree with their manager and all in the other team to agree completely with their manager.
Then compare notes in a group discussion and compare the efficacy of achieving their stated objectives, etc. Then you can let the poor sod (i.e., manager) who received all the negative comment in on the secret.
#18
Re: Role-playing games......
Here's one I have made up:
An interesting role game or exercise would be to have two teams, each of which will choose their own 'appointed' manager. Unbeknown to the two managers (who will be sent out of the room for a few moments), you get all the underlings in one team to disagree with their manager and all in the other team to agree completely with their manager.
Then compare notes in a group discussion and compare the efficacy of achieving their stated objectives, etc. Then you can let the poor sod (i.e., manager) who received all the negative comment in on the secret.
An interesting role game or exercise would be to have two teams, each of which will choose their own 'appointed' manager. Unbeknown to the two managers (who will be sent out of the room for a few moments), you get all the underlings in one team to disagree with their manager and all in the other team to agree completely with their manager.
Then compare notes in a group discussion and compare the efficacy of achieving their stated objectives, etc. Then you can let the poor sod (i.e., manager) who received all the negative comment in on the secret.
I don't think I'd be in my job much longer.....
#21
Re: Role-playing games......
If anyone's interested - there is a quite horrific account of a delegate's experience of a "personal development" course (includes an account of red/black game):
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/eldon.br...ess/lgat2.html
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/eldon.br...ess/lgat2.html
OMG! I just realised this is almost exactly the same type of thing my friend just did last week! Its like a cult. She asked me to attend her "Presentation" and I said, no thankyou.
http://www.caic.org.au/index.php?opt...d=73&Itemid=12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Education
Weird as man... psychological activities being carried out by poorly trained speakers. Nothing more.
Last edited by AnotherWorld; Jun 17th 2009 at 2:51 pm.
#22
Re: Role-playing games......
What in the ****ing good name of God was that all about???????????? Is this what all you maturated management type people do with yourselves on long weekends or is it a mid life crisis thing?
OMG! I just realised this is almost exactly the same type of thing my friend just did last week! Its like a cult. She asked me to attend her "Presentation" and I said, no thankyou.
http://www.caic.org.au/index.php?opt...d=73&Itemid=12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Education
Weird as man... psychological activities being carried out by poorly trained speakers. Nothing more.
OMG! I just realised this is almost exactly the same type of thing my friend just did last week! Its like a cult. She asked me to attend her "Presentation" and I said, no thankyou.
http://www.caic.org.au/index.php?opt...d=73&Itemid=12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Education
Weird as man... psychological activities being carried out by poorly trained speakers. Nothing more.
I believe the underlying principle is claimed to be that you tear a person down psychologically so that you can re-build them properly... Property rennovation for the soul. Dig it.
#24
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Especially given the fact that we were a lot more active than today's teenagers. I used to ride my bicycle 30-40 miles just to see friends in other towns and think nothing of it...bloody mad when I think about it now.
N.
#25
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....sorry... just read SYB's disclaimer.... nothing to add... carry on....
#26
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Oh i wish someone, somewhere,could ban or maybe hack their server or something and WoW would just disappear
#30
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No can't do that as he has a flat he shares with his sister and she has just finished doing a marine biology degree so needs the internet. He has not lived at home since 18 and is nearly 22. But I do ban it when he came to visit! Number 3 lived at home with us and drove us mad with Championship Manager till we bought him a laptop.