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The post Force Field Analysis as a Teambuilding Exercise appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. When you’re trying to fix a team… there are always factors working for you… and against you. Secret force fields undermine your efforts. Make the hidden forces known. MORE
As tensions heat up between Russia and the West, cold-war skills are back in play. Norway and Iceland are hosting more than 50 thousand troops from 29 NATO countries involved in an intense training scenario across Northern Europe, dubbed Exercise Trident Juncture , with the first phase wrapping up mid-week. China Defense Systems Intelligence International NATO Russia Exercise Trident Juncture Iceland Norway Philip M. MORE
With all the stress and pressure, sometimes it feels really hard to cultivate a feeling of gratitude at work. You might feel stuck. Or passed over. Or taken advantage of. Or just wanting someone to say “thank you” for all you’re doing–for goodness sakes. MORE
The post Words With Teams: A Simply Insightful Teambuilding Exercise appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Words uncover meaning. Words inform. Words create community. I’m always looking for ways to keep my remote team connected, growing, and thinking. So, I sent a quick email off to my organization: “what’s one word that inspires your leadership?” ” The responses came pouring in… within 24 hours, over 40% of my organization had whittled [.] MORE
Convinced his friends and family can no […] The post Finding the Perfect Gifts For Your Team: A Development Exercise appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. “People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.” ” Ralph Waldo Emerson Jack gets very excited this time of year. He stumbles on a perfect gift that he knows EVERYONE on his list must have. It’s clever, and he finds it useful. MORE
After the heat of the moment passes, you can exercise your power of choice to act in better and more constructive ways. Remember to exercise your power of choice in conflict resolution. MORE
Here’s one easy DIY exercise you can do to help focus your team (or yourself). In our strategic Winning Well workshops and off-sites we always include exercises to get past the “Ugh, how can we get all this done?” MORE
I thought of the exercise I’d just read about in Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a Team Field Guide. I’ve got another exercise I’ve been looking to try, but I’ve never done it before and it could be heavier than you’re ready for. MORE
energy Leader athletes coping exercise stress work overload Last week was one of THOSE weeks. So much to do. The great, good, bad, and ugly. Pressures mounting on all fronts. Important investments in people, for which there was no short-cut. Business travel and back-to-back meetings. Demanding senior executive reviews and the requisite preparation. Mid year performance write-ups and discussions. The post You’ve Got To Move It, Move It appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. MORE
As I mentioned we've been doing a number of small changes to the game, so here's how we play it: Agile Chair Exercise. Start the exercise. If you've been at an Agile conference, been a Scrum Master for quite some time and joined an Agile meetup group (here in The Netherlands there are several), then you probably found that games can be very quick ways to energize any meeting and to drive learning through fun. MORE
I’ve recently had several experiences that required me to get out of my comfort zone. The subject of courage has becoming particularly important and meaningful to me in recent weeks and months. Different situations in my consulting work and with … Continue reading → Team Building clarity confidence courage decisiveness strength teamwork MORE
This week, I’m highlighting tweets and links on how exercise can make you smarter, the difference between competing and inventing, and the relationship between management and marriage, among others. General Leadership creativity exercise leadership developmentEvery week, I share a recap of some of the best things I’ve seen on Twitter. MORE
With all the stress and pressure, sometimes it feels really hard to cultivate a feeling of gratitude at work. You might feel stuck. Or passed over. Or taken advantage of. Or just wanting someone to say “thank you” for all you’re doing–for goodness sakes. MORE
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In my current job, as Head of Quality and Curriculum at , my thirst for being data-driven is frequently useful. In particular when it comes to test results for the developers in our courses. We test the developers every weekend (for 10/13 weeks) and we have now run 4 courses using the same tests… A gold mine of knowledge if you can mine it. MORE
Let’s have some fun with this easy trust building exercise. An Easy Team Trust Exercise. “Do you trust me?” ” What a loaded question. It’s tough, even with people we love. MORE
So you’ve finally completed your Incident Response Plan. You’ve named your team, defined roles, documented standard operating procedures, and establishing escalation processes. Heck, you’ve even got training material. So now what MORE
In the book club at work , we recently finished reading Exercises in Programming Style by Cristina Videira Lopes. The inspiration is a book from the 1940s by the French writer Raymond Queneau called Exercises in Style. MORE
Hansei ( meaning self-reflection) is an important part of Japanese culture – an exercise undertaken to look at past mistakes, outline the lessons and pledge to act on those lessons. It is not just an intellectual exercise but also an emotional one. MORE
The post Creative thinking exercise 2 appeared first on RapidBI. Management creative Exercises-&-Activities problem solving thinkingSwitching On The Lateral Thinking There are three switches outside a closed room. There are three lamps inside the room. You can flip the switches as much as you want while the door is closed, but then you must enter just once and determine which switch is connected to which lamp. How can you do […]. MORE
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Perhaps it was the tenacity to not let this fail, or the panic I felt realizing that this exercise should fill an hour and “We can’t be done in two minutes!”–but, It’s tricky for all of us. MORE
Yes, I know; I’m not the first person to remind you that exercise is important and that you don’t do it enough. There are a host of physiological benefits to exercise that can actually improve productivity. A 2008 study from the University of Georgia showed increased energy from a mere 20 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, three times a week. Bush and Barak Obama are daily exercisers. Leadership Team Building exercise productivity MORE
The following describes a brief exercise that can help facilitate a session to help with this. The main purpose of the exercise, however, is to have good open conversations. Things to look out for Someone who physically separate themselves from the pack when doing the exercise. MORE
This book describes creative exercises that foster team-building and warm up the right side of your brain – the creative side. People MORE
Such an exercise gets people really thinking about what it takes to be successful in their role. Of course, the further you take it, the more impactful the exercise becomes. When’s the last time you looked at the competency model for your job or for the members of your team? MORE
Management Creativity Exercises-&-Activities out of the box thinkingFRIDGES AND ANIMALS…?!?! Ask the delegates to answer the following questions on paper, reviewing the answers to each question before moving on to ask the next question QUESTION 1: How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? ANSWER: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door This question tests whether they [.]. MORE
The post eLearning – a tick box exercise that fails at ticking boxes? Increasingly as firms look to “do more with less”. Training such as health & safety and compliance training is delivered using eLearning platforms. In the past much of this training was Click next>>Click next>>Click next>>test. You have passed/failed. But thankfully things have moved on. If only a little at times. There are challenges Whilst we […]. MORE
That's like the most effective exercise program ever! Finally, an exercise program I can believe in When I wrote about App-pocalypse Now in 2014, I implied the future still belonged to the web. And it does. MORE
Take Time for Reflection and Fitness competencies exercise fitness leadership reflection running self-help self-reflection triathlonAs a yogi, I believe in the connection between body, mind and spirit. I also know that my fitness routine is a vital aspect of who I am as a leader. For me, time spent on fitness is time to think, to clear my head… and to become mentally and physically stronger. When I [.] The post Is Fitness a Leadership Competency? MORE
Survive Your Promotion! Tips for New Managers on Navigating the Transition from Individual Contributor to Team Leader Skip to content Home About the Book About Katy Recommended Reading ← Motivation Aligning Team Goals with Organizational Objectives → FREE Goal Planning Toolkit! MORE
Being Healthy and Exercise Helps Women Executives. Apparently not only are we fighting for equal pay, recognition and all the other things that come with trying to break through that glass ceiling, but now we also have to find even more time to exercise! If you sit at a desk all day, get an exercise ball. Equality Female Executives Work-Home Life Workplace Issues Exercise glass ceiling health healthy women executives work health MORE
Mindful Mondays Personal Presence exercise family time meditation stress management wellness yoga In a meeting with a group of CEO''s last week, we were talking about how to show up at your best under conditions of high stress. One of the group shared a checklist of that a well eds expert had given him. It was a list of activities you could do either indoors or outdoors that would lower your stress. Each activity has a point value assigned to it. MORE
As a member of HSCC, Coalfire participated in the JCWG meeting with other security leaders from across the healthcare industry and was able to take part in their cybersecurity disaster preparedness exercise. MORE
I offer a playful, low-cost exercise you can use to introduce the topic of practicing adjacent disciplines, ahead of any individual career development conversations. The exercise works well for teams of 5-7 people. Lego Adjacent Disciplines Exercise for 5-7 team members. MORE
Simple and quick tabletop exercise scenarios can reveal actionable opportunities to quickly improve an organization’s security. Category: Risk Management Incident Response and Management Simple and quick tabletop exercise scenarios can reveal actionable opportunities to quickly improve an organization’s security. MORE
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In this post I will discuss an exercise in refactoring while trying to raise the level of abstraction of a modeling problem. 2.endo) e run basic } This is an exercise which discusses how to apply transformations on values when you need to model endomorphisms. A language is powerful when it offers sufficient building blocks for library design and adequate syntactic sugar that helps build expressive syntax on top of the lower level APIs that the library publishes. MORE
Exercises Related Topics Henrik Warne
MARCH 13, 2018
In the book club at work , we recently finished reading Exercises in Programming Style by Cristina Videira Lopes. The inspiration is a book from the 1940s by the French writer Raymond Queneau called Exercises in Style.
Coding Horror
MAY 30, 2019
That's like the most effective exercise program ever! Finally, an exercise program I can believe in When I wrote about App-pocalypse Now in 2014, I implied the future still belonged to the web. And it does.
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DevOps.com
APRIL 28, 2019
The post An Exercise in Futility appeared first on DevOps.com. ROELBOB
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Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
As I mentioned we've been doing a number of small changes to the game, so here's how we play it: Agile Chair Exercise. Start the exercise. If you've been at an Agile conference, been a Scrum Master for quite some time and joined an Agile meetup group (here in The Netherlands there are several), then you probably found that games can be very quick ways to energize any meeting and to drive learning through fun.
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Toptal
JANUARY 30, 2018
Here are a few exercises that can help get your creative juices flowing, whether you’re trying to get started on a new project or find yourself stuck in a creative rut
Lead on Purpose
JUNE 5, 2017
I’ve recently had several experiences that required me to get out of my comfort zone. The subject of courage has becoming particularly important and meaningful to me in recent weeks and months. Different situations in my consulting work and with … Continue reading → Team Building clarity confidence courage decisiveness strength teamwork
SolutionsIQ
DECEMBER 11, 2019
I offer a playful, low-cost exercise you can use to introduce the topic of practicing adjacent disciplines, ahead of any individual career development conversations. The exercise works well for teams of 5-7 people. Lego Adjacent Disciplines Exercise for 5-7 team members.
Agile42
JANUARY 10, 2020
The following describes a brief exercise that can help facilitate a session to help with this. The main purpose of the exercise, however, is to have good open conversations. Things to look out for Someone who physically separate themselves from the pack when doing the exercise.
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 24, 2013
The post Force Field Analysis as a Teambuilding Exercise appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. When you’re trying to fix a team… there are always factors working for you… and against you. Secret force fields undermine your efforts. Make the hidden forces known.
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SecureWorks
MARCH 14, 2019
Simple and quick tabletop exercise scenarios can reveal actionable opportunities to quickly improve an organization’s security. Category: Risk Management Incident Response and Management Simple and quick tabletop exercise scenarios can reveal actionable opportunities to quickly improve an organization’s security.
Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 23, 2015
Let’s have some fun with this easy trust building exercise. An Easy Team Trust Exercise. “Do you trust me?” ” What a loaded question. It’s tough, even with people we love.
Let's Grow Leaders
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
Such an exercise gets people really thinking about what it takes to be successful in their role. Of course, the further you take it, the more impactful the exercise becomes. When’s the last time you looked at the competency model for your job or for the members of your team?
Rapid BI
JULY 22, 2012
Management Creativity Exercises-&-Activities out of the box thinkingFRIDGES AND ANIMALS…?!?! Ask the delegates to answer the following questions on paper, reviewing the answers to each question before moving on to ask the next question QUESTION 1: How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator? ANSWER: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door This question tests whether they [.].
Coalfire
APRIL 18, 2019
As a member of HSCC, Coalfire participated in the JCWG meeting with other security leaders from across the healthcare industry and was able to take part in their cybersecurity disaster preparedness exercise.
Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
With all the stress and pressure, sometimes it feels really hard to cultivate a feeling of gratitude at work. You might feel stuck. Or passed over. Or taken advantage of. Or just wanting someone to say “thank you” for all you’re doing–for goodness sakes.
Marcusoft
NOVEMBER 28, 2019
In my current job, as Head of Quality and Curriculum at , my thirst for being data-driven is frequently useful. In particular when it comes to test results for the developers in our courses. We test the developers every weekend (for 10/13 weeks) and we have now run 4 courses using the same tests… A gold mine of knowledge if you can mine it.
Let's Grow Leaders
MARCH 28, 2013
The post Words With Teams: A Simply Insightful Teambuilding Exercise appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Words uncover meaning. Words inform. Words create community. I’m always looking for ways to keep my remote team connected, growing, and thinking. So, I sent a quick email off to my organization: “what’s one word that inspires your leadership?” ” The responses came pouring in… within 24 hours, over 40% of my organization had whittled [.]
Women on Business
AUGUST 8, 2012
Being Healthy and Exercise Helps Women Executives. Apparently not only are we fighting for equal pay, recognition and all the other things that come with trying to break through that glass ceiling, but now we also have to find even more time to exercise! If you sit at a desk all day, get an exercise ball. Equality Female Executives Work-Home Life Workplace Issues Exercise glass ceiling health healthy women executives work health
Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 4, 2013
Convinced his friends and family can no […] The post Finding the Perfect Gifts For Your Team: A Development Exercise appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. “People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.” ” Ralph Waldo Emerson Jack gets very excited this time of year. He stumbles on a perfect gift that he knows EVERYONE on his list must have. It’s clever, and he finds it useful.
Let's Grow Leaders
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
With all the stress and pressure, sometimes it feels really hard to cultivate a feeling of gratitude at work. You might feel stuck. Or passed over. Or taken advantage of. Or just wanting someone to say “thank you” for all you’re doing–for goodness sakes.
The Recovering Engineer
JULY 2, 2010
After the heat of the moment passes, you can exercise your power of choice to act in better and more constructive ways. Remember to exercise your power of choice in conflict resolution.
Ruminations of a Programmer
MARCH 3, 2013
In this post I will discuss an exercise in refactoring while trying to raise the level of abstraction of a modeling problem. 2.endo) e run basic } This is an exercise which discusses how to apply transformations on values when you need to model endomorphisms. A language is powerful when it offers sufficient building blocks for library design and adequate syntactic sugar that helps build expressive syntax on top of the lower level APIs that the library publishes.
Coalfire
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
So you’ve finally completed your Incident Response Plan. You’ve named your team, defined roles, documented standard operating procedures, and establishing escalation processes. Heck, you’ve even got training material. So now what
QAspire
APRIL 14, 2013
Hansei ( meaning self-reflection) is an important part of Japanese culture – an exercise undertaken to look at past mistakes, outline the lessons and pledge to act on those lessons. It is not just an intellectual exercise but also an emotional one.
Rapid BI
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
The post eLearning – a tick box exercise that fails at ticking boxes? Increasingly as firms look to “do more with less”. Training such as health & safety and compliance training is delivered using eLearning platforms. In the past much of this training was Click next>>Click next>>Click next>>test. You have passed/failed. But thankfully things have moved on. If only a little at times. There are challenges Whilst we […].
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 8, 2015
I thought of the exercise I’d just read about in Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a Team Field Guide. I’ve got another exercise I’ve been looking to try, but I’ve never done it before and it could be heavier than you’re ready for.
Let's Grow Leaders
JANUARY 24, 2017
Here’s one easy DIY exercise you can do to help focus your team (or yourself). In our strategic Winning Well workshops and off-sites we always include exercises to get past the “Ugh, how can we get all this done?”
Let's Grow Leaders
APRIL 24, 2015
Perhaps it was the tenacity to not let this fail, or the panic I felt realizing that this exercise should fill an hour and “We can’t be done in two minutes!”–but, It’s tricky for all of us.
Let's Grow Leaders
DECEMBER 11, 2012
culture Empowerment how to build results that last meetings Questions Vision how to build results that last beyond your tenure team vision vision visioning exerciseWhenever I take over a channel or team, one of the first questions I ask is “what is the vision?”
The Cipher Brief
NOVEMBER 4, 2018
As tensions heat up between Russia and the West, cold-war skills are back in play. Norway and Iceland are hosting more than 50 thousand troops from 29 NATO countries involved in an intense training scenario across Northern Europe, dubbed Exercise Trident Juncture , with the first phase wrapping up mid-week. China Defense Systems Intelligence International NATO Russia Exercise Trident Juncture Iceland Norway Philip M.
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 8, 2013
energy Leader athletes coping exercise stress work overload Last week was one of THOSE weeks. So much to do. The great, good, bad, and ugly. Pressures mounting on all fronts. Important investments in people, for which there was no short-cut. Business travel and back-to-back meetings. Demanding senior executive reviews and the requisite preparation. Mid year performance write-ups and discussions. The post You’ve Got To Move It, Move It appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders.
Agile Alliance
JULY 26, 2018
This book describes creative exercises that foster team-building and warm up the right side of your brain – the creative side. People
Next Level Blog
APRIL 27, 2012
This week, I’m highlighting tweets and links on how exercise can make you smarter, the difference between competing and inventing, and the relationship between management and marriage, among others. General Leadership creativity exercise leadership developmentEvery week, I share a recap of some of the best things I’ve seen on Twitter.
Next Level Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2014
Mindful Mondays Personal Presence exercise family time meditation stress management wellness yoga In a meeting with a group of CEO''s last week, we were talking about how to show up at your best under conditions of high stress. One of the group shared a checklist of that a well eds expert had given him. It was a list of activities you could do either indoors or outdoors that would lower your stress. Each activity has a point value assigned to it.
Let's Grow Leaders
AUGUST 30, 2012
Take Time for Reflection and Fitness competencies exercise fitness leadership reflection running self-help self-reflection triathlonAs a yogi, I believe in the connection between body, mind and spirit. I also know that my fitness routine is a vital aspect of who I am as a leader. For me, time spent on fitness is time to think, to clear my head… and to become mentally and physically stronger. When I [.] The post Is Fitness a Leadership Competency?
The Accidental Successful CIO
JANUARY 17, 2018
Communication daily step counts exercise meetings mental moderate-intensity aerobic activity more active obesity physical set route type 2 diabetes walk and talkThe best kind of meetings are the ones that leave you breathless Image Credit: Pero Kvrzica.
Lead on Purpose
FEBRUARY 5, 2011
Yes, I know; I’m not the first person to remind you that exercise is important and that you don’t do it enough. There are a host of physiological benefits to exercise that can actually improve productivity. A 2008 study from the University of Georgia showed increased energy from a mere 20 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise, three times a week. Bush and Barak Obama are daily exercisers. Leadership Team Building exercise productivity
Survive Your Promotion
DECEMBER 30, 2009
Survive Your Promotion! Tips for New Managers on Navigating the Transition from Individual Contributor to Team Leader Skip to content Home About the Book About Katy Recommended Reading ← Motivation Aligning Team Goals with Organizational Objectives → FREE Goal Planning Toolkit!
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