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Challenging Group Initiative For Teams - Turn Over A New Leaf

Challenging Group Initiative For Teams - Turn Over A New Leaf is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. Place a large tarp (approx 1.2m x 1.8m) on the floor.
  2. Ask your group to stand directly on it.
  3. If anyone touches the area outside of the tarp, ie the ground/floor, this will require the group to start over.
  4. Allow ample time for trial and error and encourage as necessary.
  5. Turn Over A New Leaf Challenging group initiative requiring creative spatial thinking.
  6. Turn Over A New Leaf is a challenging group initiative that reveals leadership styles and decision-making processes as groups work together to solve the problem.
  7. The deceptively simple setup creates authentic moments where breakthrough thinking emerges through experimentation.
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Prompts to use +

Place a large tarp (approx 1.2m x 1.8m) on the floor.

Ask your group to stand directly on it.

If anyone touches the area outside of the tarp, ie the ground/floor, this will require the group to start over.

Turn Over A New Leaf Challenging group initiative requiring creative spatial thinking.

Turn Over A New Leaf is a challenging group initiative that reveals leadership styles and decision-making processes as groups work together to solve the problem.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Challenging Group Initiative For Teams - Turn Over A New Leaf. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Place a large tarp (approx 1.2m x 1.8m) on the floor.; Ask your group to stand directly on it.; If anyone touches the area outside of the tarp, ie the ground/floor, this will require the group to start over.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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  • No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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