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Optional Exercises — Four-Hour Version STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF EACH STYLE 60 Purpose • The purpose of this exercise is to allow participants to learn more about their Style and to encourage them to begin thinking about Style behaviors that affect their effectiveness as a manager. Recommended Time • 30 minutes Materials Needed • Handout: Strengths and Weaknesses of Each Style (available on Resource CD) • Flipchart • PowerPoint slide: Strengths and Weaknesses of Each Style (PPT #20) Directions 1. Give participants about 10 minutes to read more about each of the Styles in the Concepts Guide. (Driving Style: pg 13, Expressive Style: pg 14, Amiable Style: pg 15, Analytical Style: pg 16) 2. Divide class into groups by Style. 3. Distribute the Strengths and Weaknesses handout and ask the groups to (1) create a Style bumper sticker, (2) identify popular songs appropriate for their Style, and (3) create a list of their perceived strengths and weaknesses when it comes to managing. You may want to read aloud the task described on Available on Resource CD the handout to make sure everyone understands it. (Feel free to modify the terms of the task to fi t your Strengths and Weaknesses of Each Style Read about your Style in the Concepts Guide and then, working with others who have the same Style as you, identify the strengths and weaknesses of your Style given Task described below. Finally, create a “saying” or “bumper sticker” and identify some popular songs (past or present) that organization. Just be sure that it includes a fairly appropriately describe the theme of your Style. Be prepared to share your group’s results. Style: ___________________________________________________________________________ signifi cant task and that it involves working with direct reports. 4. After about ten minutes, ask the each group to share its results and ask members of the opposite Style to provide feedback. Task: A manager at a manufacturing company has just received news from executive leadership that the company is adjusting its priorities and strategy, based on economic concerns and analysis of its competitors. This shift in strategy will mean that much of the work that the manager’s team has developed over the previous months will need to be modified or scrapped all together. The manager needs to meet with her team to explain the new priorities and get them started on their new tasks. Bumper Stickers or Sayings: _________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Popular Songs: ___________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Assess the strengths and weaknesses a person with the assigned Style would have in approaching and accomplishing this task. Strengths: ____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Weaknesses: _________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ © The TRACOM Corporation. All Rights Reserved Strengths and Weakness of Each Style Facilitator's Guide: Enhancing Your Managerial Skills with SOCIAL STYLE
Optional Exercises — Four-Hour Version STYLE OBSERVATION RULES Purpose • This exercise familiarizes participants with the rules for identifying another person’s SOCIAL STYLE. Recommended Time • 10 minutes Materials Needed • Applications Guide (p. 5, Rules for Observing Behaviors) • PowerPoint Slide: Style Observation Rules (PPT #23) Directions 1. Ask participants to read "Rules for Observing Style" (p. 5; Applications Guide) and give participants a few minutes to review the rules. 2. Explain why the Style Observation Rules are important: a. The more accurately you are able to observe your direct reports' Style, the better you will be able to adapt your behavior and “Do something for others” (the fourth of the four steps for improving your managerial effectiveness) and earn the support and respect of your direct reports. b. It is important to understand that observing your direct report's behavior in order to determine their Style is not an automatic or mechanical process. Just like any other skill, it takes practice. c. It helps to keep in mind the six rules to aid you in this process. 3. Ask participants if they have any questions about the rules. 4. Tell the participants that the handout can be used as a quick reference when identifying their coworkers’ Styles. © The TRACOM Corporation, All All Rights Reserved. FACILITATOR GUIDE 63
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