GAME #67: Attitude Is Everything
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Game Categories:
Opener Energizer Communication
Team-building Review Topical
❖ Purpose: To help participants realize that the attitude of team members has more to do with the team being successful than any knowledge or individual skill any member might bring.
❖ Time Required: 10 to 15 minutes.
❖ Size of Group: Unlimited.
❖ Materials Required: Flipchart and paper.
❖ The Exercise in Action: Debbie London Baker, president of London Baker Group, Tampa, FL, asks a group to brainstorm for five minutes on the qualities of the ideal team member and lists the qualities on a flipchart. The qualities range from having an excellent sense of humor, to being very serious about their work, to being an excellent goal setter and time man- ager. She then presents definitions for “skill” and “attitude” and has the group come to agreement: A skill is something we learn, like riding a bike or speaking another language. Attitude is how we feel emotionally about those skills. The group then decides if the items on the list are skills or attitudes (some may be both). Generally, attitudes dominate (approximately 85 percent to 15 percent). London Baker then leads a discussion on the impli- cations of the lists.
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