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Please! No More Icebreakers - 5 Ways to get People Connected Without Icebreakers

8/7/2020

Suzie Doscher:
I have attended some events and thought the same "UGH" when I heard the word Icebreaker! I whole heartedly agree that bringing the group together, creating a safe environment and encouraging a feeling of connection is important for a workshop / group event to get off the ground successfully. Some people will open up more easily if they have had 'eye contact' with the people next to them, others are happy to open up without this being necessary. Individuals are exactly that 'individual'.
I like the suggestions in this article because they offer 'ice breakers' that are more neutral and connect the group in a more meaningful way in my opinion.
As Peter Block says: "“Connection before Content.” If a group is going to concentrate on a difficult issue, they need to learn who others are, the skills they bring, the experience they represent, and the values they hold".
and Nancy Dixon's rule are great.

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Connect people without the agony of Icebreakers

Please! No More Icebreakers -
5 Ways to Get People Connected Without Icebreakers

by Nancy Dixon on Linkedin

I read a New York Times article a few days ago praising the benefit of icebreakers, while acknowledging that they are embarrassing and we all groan when someone from the podium announces, in a cherry voice, “Get ready, because we’re going to do an icebreaker.” We’ve all be subjected to, “Two truths and a lie” or “What would you be if you were an animal?” The most ridiculous one I’ve heard of, which thankfully I’ve never had to experience, has everyone sit on the floor in a circle a with a toaster in the middle. Yes, a real toaster! When the toast goes down the people in the circle take turns, saying something about themselves. Then when the toast pops up the person that is currently talking has to eat the toast, with some kind of topping on it. Then the next piece of toast goes down and around the circle it goes. Yuk! ... Click 'Read More'

5 Simple Things You Should Do Every Sunday Night to Prepare for the Week Ahead

15/7/2018

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Learn how to avoid work-related stress - prepare for the week ahead

By Nicolas Cole

Being productive is all about preparation. If you know what you need to do ahead of time, you will know exactly where to dive in as soon as you get started. On the flip-side, if you do not take the time to prepare, you will find yourself flustered and uncertain because you now have to think through whatever it is you need to do.
Having a great week does not start on Monday. It starts Sunday night. It begins with what you set in your mind you are going to do, before you actually set out to do it.
Here are a few ways to "get your mind right" for the week ahead:
1. Reflect on what you've already finished.
Your to-do list is, and will always be, fluid. It moves as you move, and it stays put as you stay put. If you don't get things done, they remain on the list. And if you are always getting things done, then your list will be a growing and expanding reflection of that process (which is the goal).
However, in order to know what is "next," you need to take a moment to reflect on the status of where things currently are. Look through your to-do list from the week prior and see what you got done or didn't get done--and then ask yourself why certain things got accomplished and others didn't.
If something remains on your to-do list for weeks on end, you need to make a decision: Either remove it entirely (clearly it's not getting done) or push it all the way to the top and make it a priority to do that item before anything else.
Take the time to reflect, though. It is immensely valuable over the long term....read more..

How to Respond to a Verbal Attack

13/6/2018

by Suzie Doscher

Somebody launches a verbal attack on you and you have no idea what triggered it.
It is not always so easy to recognize, let alone acknowledge that you have been verbally abused. A verbal attack is aggressive language and delivered in a manner that it feels like an attack. Sometimes it is not even the words chosen that make it an attack, but the tone alone that can be abusive. Should the person raise the volume of his or her voice, it becomes slightly more obvious that this is indeed a verbal attack. The conflict is verbal rather than physical. Sadly, people tend to mostly talk of physical attacks and ignore just how much verbal abuse there is and how damaging this truly is.
These conflicts can start in many ways including these examples:

Finding Your Purpose in 3 Ways: The Only Questions You Should Ask / Thrive Global

29/5/2018

“If you’re not clear on how you want to feel, you’ll keep running in law-of-attraction circles” — Danielle LaPorte

by Cayla Vidmar posted on Thrive Global

I lay in bed in the middle of the night, looking at the ceiling when my chest seized up in excruciating pain. This chest pain was something that had been going on for some time, but this was next level.
At that moment I realized something was wrong: I hated my job, the one I had worked so hard to get.
My job itself wasn’t overly stressful, but I couldn’t shake the thought that my life still wasn’t what I thought it should be, and it was quickly ticking by, with every year being the same as the last.
The work I was doing wasn’t changing people’s lives, I wasn’t helping anyone, I didn’t feel like there was any meaning in my day to day life.
On top of that, I couldn’t figure out what my purpose was, or what I’d rather be doing. I was running in circles, consuming as much information as I could about starting businesses and flip-flopping from one passion to the next.

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Please! No More Icebreakers - 5 Ways to get People Connected Without Icebreakers

Please! No More Icebreakers -
5 Ways to Get People Connected Without Icebreakers

5 Simple Things You Should Do Every Sunday Night to Prepare for the Week Ahead

How to Respond to a Verbal Attack

Finding Your Purpose in 3 Ways: The Only Questions You Should Ask / Thrive Global

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Self-Coaching Exercises

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YOU ARE THE CEO OF YOUR LIFE -

Let's start making some changes

Executive Coach & Life Coach for Personal Development
Accredited Professional Master Coach (IAPC&M)

Zurich - Thalwil, Switzerland
Phone: + 41 43 443 59 54

Email link
suzie@suziedoscher.com

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Please! No More Icebreakers - 5 Ways to get People Connected Without Icebreakers

Please! No More Icebreakers - ​5 Ways to Get People Connected Without Icebreakers

5 Simple Things You Should Do Every Sunday Night to Prepare for the Week Ahead

How to Respond to a Verbal Attack

Finding Your Purpose in 3 Ways: The Only Questions You Should Ask / Thrive Global

Raise your self-awareness with this:Self-Help BookSelf-Coaching Exercises

Available now​AT Amazon stores worldwidein Paperback or on KindleAs an audiobook on Audible.com or iTunes

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YOU ARE THE CEO OF YOUR LIFE -​Let's start making some changes​Executive Coach & Life Coach for Personal DevelopmentAccredited Professional Master Coach (IAPC&M)​ Zurich - Thalwil, SwitzerlandPhone: + 41 43 443 59 54​​Email​ link suzie@suziedoscher.com

Please! No More Icebreakers -
5 Ways to Get People Connected Without Icebreakers

Raise your self-awareness with this:
Self-Help Book
Self-Coaching Exercises

Available now
AT Amazon stores worldwide
in Paperback or on Kindle
As an audiobook on
Audible.com or iTunes

YOU ARE THE CEO OF YOUR LIFE -

Let's start making some changes

Executive Coach & Life Coach for Personal Development
Accredited Professional Master Coach (IAPC&M)

Zurich - Thalwil, Switzerland
Phone: + 41 43 443 59 54

Email link
suzie@suziedoscher.com