50 Activities for Interpersonal Skills Training

50 Activities for Interpersonal Skills Training

by Sue Bishop, David Taylor
Released January 1992
Publisher(s): HRD Press
ISBN: 9780874251821

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Book description

Part of our best-selling 50 Activities series! Comes complete with learning objectives, facilitator guidance, and reproducible materials.These active learning sessions cover vital people skills such as assertiveness, listening, decision making, motivation, presentation skills, leadership, and teamwork. Each activity is fully reproducible, and all participant handouts and transparency masters are included.

Training Objectives:

  • Develop a whole range of interpersonal skills

  • Improve management performance

  • Facilitate the flow of information within the organization

  • Enable managers to understand and motivate their staff.

    • Activities take 1 to 3 hours to complete.

    Table of contents

    1. 50 Activities for Interpersonal Skills Training
      1. Copyright
      2. Preface
      3. Introduction
        1. About Us
        2. About Course Participants
        3. About You
        4. About This Volume
        5. About the Activities
        6. About CCTV (Closed Circuit TV)
      4. Index to Activities (1/2)
      5. Index to Activities (2/2)
      6. Time Checklist
      7. Chapter 1: A Timely Reminder
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      8. Chapter 2: Actions Speak Louder
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/3)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/3)
        8. METHOD AND NOTES (3/3)
      9. Chapter 3: Adjectival Alex
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      10. Chapter 4: Against All Odds
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      11. Chapter 5: Are we both OK?
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      12. Chapter 6: Belonging
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      13. Chapter 7: Circulating
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      14. Chapter 8: Course Contract
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      15. Chapter 9: Crossed Lines
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      16. Chapter 10: Crosstalk
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      17. Chapter 11: Don't Make an ASS of U and ME
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      18. Chapter 12: Down the Line
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      19. Chapter 13: Fact or fiction?
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      20. Chapter 14: A Gift from the Group
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      21. Chapter 15: Giving Feedback
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/2)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/2)
      22. Chapter 16: Hole in the Middle
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/3)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/3)
        8. METHOD AND NOTES (3/3)
      23. Chapter 17: How shall I tell them?
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      24. Chapter 18: I wish you hadn't asked me that!
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      25. Chapter 19: I Fear the Worst
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      26. Chapter 20: I'd Like to Know
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/3)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/3)
        8. METHOD AND NOTES (3/3)
      27. Chapter 21: Is there anybody there?
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      28. Chapter 22: It Looks Like This
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/3)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/3)
        8. METHOD AND NOTES (3/3)
      29. Chapter 23: Just a Minute
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      30. Chapter 24: Know Your Audience
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      31. Chapter 25: Let Me Put That Another Way
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      32. Chapter 26: Let's Sum Up
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/2)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/2)
      33. Chapter 27: Managing Meetings
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/4)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/4)
        8. METHOD AND NOTES (3/4)
        9. METHOD AND NOTES (4/4)
      34. Chapter 28: Memory
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/4)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/4)
        8. METHOD AND NOTES (3/4)
        9. METHOD AND NOTES (4/4)
      35. Chapter 29: My Interpersonal Style
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      36. Chapter 30: Ouch!
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      37. Chapter 31: People and Places
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      38. Chapter 32: Perceptions
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/2)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/2)
      39. Chapter 33: Pictures
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      40. Chapter 34: Re-entry
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      41. Chapter 35: Receiving Criticism
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      42. Chapter 36: Reflections
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      43. Chapter 37: Self-Disclosure
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      44. Chapter 38: Simulating a Meeting
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/2)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/2)
      45. Chapter 39: Simulating an Interview
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      46. Chapter 40: Skillsquare
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      47. Chapter 41: Stick
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      48. Chapter 42: Team Challenge
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/4)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/4)
        8. METHOD AND NOTES (3/4)
        9. METHOD AND NOTES (4/4)
      49. Chapter 43: My Role on the Team
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      50. Chapter 44: That's not what I said at all!
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      51. Chapter 45: Two Heads Are Better
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      52. Chapter 46: Ups and Downs
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      53. Chapter 47: We Haven't Got Enough. . .
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES (1/3)
        7. METHOD AND NOTES (2/3)
        8. METHOD AND NOTES (3/3)
      54. Chapter 48: What's going to happen?
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      55. Chapter 49: Where am I now?
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES
      56. Chapter 50: Why don't you say what you mean?
        1. DESCRIPTION
        2. OBJECTIVES
        3. PARTICIPANTS
        4. TIME
        5. RESOURCES
        6. METHOD AND NOTES

    Product information

    • Title: 50 Activities for Interpersonal Skills Training
    • Author(s): Sue Bishop, David Taylor
    • Release date: January 1992
    • Publisher(s): HRD Press
    • ISBN: 9780874251821