Emotional games for training - Ken Jones

It is OK to have feelings! People are emotional beings, and that's just as true in the workplace as elsewhere. Recognizing and engaging how people feel, in training and development, offers a sophisticated means of helping to motivate them, change their behaviours and increase the value of their role within the organization for whom they work. - - This powerful collection of games and simulations allows you to provide participants with the authorization, the context and the means to experience, see and reflect on their own emotional make-up and that of those around them. - - The 15 games and simulations don't offer right or wrong answers, nor are they taught events. Participants have the power to behave personally and professionally to do the best they can, within the situations in which they find themselves. The debriefings provide opportunities for both clarifying concepts and helping people to understand themselves and each other. - - Emotional Games for Training are suitable for any competent team facilitator. No psychological input is required, nor do the games seek to explore emotions beyond a level that is appropriate and meaningful within a group. Many of the games are very open-ended and creating the opportunity to learn about feelings does require some experience and confidence to 'let go' on the part of the facilitator. - - Ken Jones' varied collection is a wonderful source of proven games that you can use to increase participants' awareness of their own (and other people's) emotions, and the impact these have on how we behave. It also provides a context in which people can feel more self-assured about themselves and about the way in which they feel about other people.