Notes #38: More Games (Sam Sikes, Chris Cavert, Jim Cain and more)

So here we have one more (maybe final) Notes on games (cooperative, initiative, etc).  This one, unlike the prior one, has LOTS of resources.  I guess that makes up for the dearth of that one.  Here I give a very high level overview of several resources and authors I have come across (not all I have used and read, but when I see the same peoples’ work available from several sources, I have to think it should be of value).  So who are these people?  In no particular order.

Notes #37: Servant Leadership Redux I

Every so often in this series I will revisit concepts, maybe delve into them deeper or provide new (or newly found) resources.  Servant leadership is a topic that is still expanding with new works or has works that should be explored further.  So here are some additional works and some I mentioned too briefly in the past.

First off, here is a great video I found on Greenleaf and the Greenleaf Center: 

Notes #36: Team Assessments

We are all part of groups of people working together, whether at work or the various organizations we are part of.  But is that group a team?  And how good of a team is it?  How can you assess that team?  Here are a couple of different, but similar models.

Blanchard et al (authors of the various situational leadership concepts we've touched on in past Notes) uses the PERFORM model.  

Notes #35: New Games & the New Games Movement

The New Games Movement is something that grew out of the counter culture of the late 1960s. It aimed to provide a new experience for people, one that brought people together, rather than create divides. There is a big element of cooperation to the games. While there may be some competition in some of the games, being a winner isn’t important. (“You won the game, great! You get to start the next one”) And the idea is that EVERYONE is engaged. There are no spectators, and even the referees get in on the fun. One of the first of the New Games was the use of an “earthball”, a large (6 foot diameter), inflated ball with the globe painted on it. It was used at the first New Games Festival in 1973. The motto of New Games, emblazoned on the back of their t-shirts is: “Play Hard, Play Fair, Nobody Hurt”.

I'm back

After too long, am am continuing with new blog postings this week.

Going forward, I will be shooting for postings every 2 weeks, on Friday.

In between, I MAY post other items.

Notes #34: Know thyself: StrenghtsFinder & conclusion

As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of leadership that is too often overlooked.   Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are?  Are you an extrovert or an introvert?  Do you like working with people or with things?  Are you more a thinker or a doer?  Have you put any thought into the fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different traits?  This is usually all lumped into the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here are many models.   While many people may get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school, not everyone gets the chance.

In the final in this series of articles we look at another assessment tool: StrengthsFinder

Notes #33: Know thyself: Social Styles

As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of leadership that is too often overlooked.   Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are?  Are you an extrovert or an introvert?  Do you like working with people or with things?  Are you more a thinker or a doer?  Have you put any thought into the fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different traits?  This is usually all lumped into the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here are many models.   While many people may get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school, not everyone gets the chance.  

In the next in this series of articles, we look at another assessment tool, Social Styles

Notes #32: Know thyself: DISC

As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of leadership that is too often overlooked.   Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are?  Are you an extrovert or an introvert?  Do you like working with people or with things?  Are you more a thinker or a doer?  Have you put any thought into the fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different traits?  This is usually all lumped into the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here are many models.   While many people may get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school, not everyone gets the chance.

In the next in this series of articles, we look at another assessment tool, DISC.

Notes #31: Know thyself: Intro & Myers-Briggs

As leaders, knowing ourselves is an important aspect of leadership that is too often overlooked.   Do you have a good understand of what ‘type’ of person you are?  Are you an extrovert or an introvert?  Do you like working with people or with things?  Are you more a thinker or a doer?  Have you put any thought into the fact that the people you often like to work with or be around have similar traits to you, and that the people you don’t like to work with have different traits?  This is usually all lumped into the broad concept of “personality types” or “interaction styles”, of which here are many models.   While many people may get the chance to take a personality/interaction test at work or maybe school, not everyone gets the chance.

I should say that I am not a psychologist, and I have no training in this field.  I have been exposed to some of these concepts, and have spent some time doing further research for these articles, and so I encourage those who have an interest to seek out some of the resources I mention and take this further if they want to learn more.  This will be the first of a series on this topic.