The Leadership Game
Helps you to become a better leader
Leading and being led are part of any business. The purpose of this game is reflecting on how you function in your role as a leader.
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Explanation
What is effective leadership exactly and what does it involve? Opinions on this issue are divided. Some important questions are:
- What is your vision of leadership and how do you put it into practice?
- Does your style of leadership best suit the current situation?
- What is your organization's vision of leadership?
- What do your employees expect from you as a manager and a leader?
The game consists of two parts:
1. Aspects of leadership (75 cards). These aspects (leadership is .....) describe a mix of behaviour, attitude and values and comprise six themes. The definitions have been worded as seen from the manager's point of view. Each of the six themes has its own coloured line, shown on the front of the cards, to differentiate between them. The six themes are:
- Managing values (e.g. treating everyone fairly).
- Aims and results (e.g. bringing out the best in everyone).
- Managing people (e.g. knowing what is of interest to your employees).
- Managing (e.g. establishing procedures and have them implemented).
- Decision-making (e.g. involving employees in what is to happen).
- Self-management (e.g. adjusting your own behaviour).
2. Pictures (40 cards). This series of striking images and photographs can be used as a medium to discuss concepts of leadership.
Applications
The Leadership Game covers all the main aspects of leadership. Therefore, the game is suited for all kinds of managers, situations and alternative visions on leadership. Applications include:
- Coaching managers.
- Performance appraisal interviews with managers.
- Coaching employees who are having difficulties with the leadership styles of their manager.
- Peer-to-peer coaching sessions in which managers give each other feedback (either one-on-one or in groups).
- Discussing what employees in a team expect from their manager.
Specifications
- Boxed game with 115 coloured cards and instructions for six different methods of play.
- Authors: Peter Gerrickens and Marijke Verstege.
- ISBN: 97890-74123280
- Price: € 39,00 (excluding 21% VAT and shipping costs)
- No separate Manual available.
Other Languages
- Dutch version: Leiderschapsspel
- German version: Leadership Spiel
- Swedish version: see www.eccom.se