Roles & Games

Objectives:

• To help participants understand inter-personal dynamics in "game playing,".

• To understand how and why individuals get locked into roles and behaviors in their interactions.

• To learn effective communication techniques they can apply in their personal lives and in the workplace.

Activities:

In groups of three, each participant respectively takes on the role of victim, oppressor, or protector. Participants learn the nature of "game playing" in human interactions and how "not to play game" by "open, honest, direct, and appropriate communication. Participants discuss how they can apply this understanding in their lives and relationships. The nature of anger as a secondary emotion that acts to disguise a primary emotion is discussed.

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Street Wise

Objectives:

• To help participants separate their personal and workplace identities and roles.

• To help participants identify and analyze the specific communication "road blocks" present in their workplace relationships.

• To provide strategies for enhanced communication and stronger work place relationships.

Activities:

Participants engage in activities which help them separate their personal actions and reactions through metaphorical props. Participants work on a specific work place communication challenge and may later apply the principles learned in other work place situations.

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