Huttelihut - play this vital 10 minute team game in your weekly meeting

Do you have to play at work or is it just bullshit?: 


When you're at work, you don't play. There is no time for that. It is unproductive. Play is nonsense. 

This is not correct: At work you have to play. There must be time for play. Play is very productive. Play must also be silly. Play leads to something serious. Play is the way to explore several possibilities - alone or together with several colleagues or the whole team.

Here comes, for example, a vital game. A game that is so proven that success is guaranteed. It requires no aids. It requires no handouts. It does not require a stopwatch. It only requires a leader who can start it, explain it and review it with the team.

Here comes the game in all its simplicity:

Ask your participants to stand in pairs facing each other with a distance of 1 meter. They will now try a game that is about counting to three. The game gets a little more difficult along the way. But first one partner must say 1. Then the other partner says 2. Then the first partner says 3. And so the game continues. 1 -2 - 3. Both must keep their tongues straight in their mouths. After some tests, the manager says stop. Now the leader asks to replace 1 with a clap. That is the first partner begins with a clap. The second partner says 2. The first partner says 3. And then the second partner claps. So CLAP - 2 - 3. After some tests, the manager says stop.

Now the leader asks to also replace 2 with a stomp with one foot. So that the game is now called CLAP - STOMP - 3. After a slightly longer trial, the leader says stop. And now comes the final challenge: replace 3 with a word, eg HEP. Now the play is called CLAP - STOMP - HEP. Ask everyone to concentrate and not to stress the game. Because then errors occur. Do it all calmly and thoughtfully.

Reviewing

When the manager has stopped playing, the time has come to ask some questions: What if our CEO came through the door and looked at what we were doing and said: What is going on here? - what will you answer John? What will you answer our director, Julia? What will you answer, Peter? What will you answer, Hanna?

The answers will typically be: We play. We practice in cooperation. We're trying something new. We're wasting time. We practice concentration.

The manager can ask all of these: Is it money worth? Does it have a value? Is it a good investment?

The leader can now explain: There are 3 types of play. First there is play, where you leave your job and go to a course, a playground or a training facility. Then there is play, where, for example, in a meeting you say Let's try to play with the idea of ​​... Finally, there is play, where you, while working, play a game, throw a ball with questions on it, give constructive feedback at 14:07, writes praise on cardboard cards mounted on all backs etc.

The most important thing about play is that it has to be appropriate. Was the 1 - 2 - 3 game appropriate or inappropriate?

You can find and choose professional 'play tools' for your team meetings right HERE.

Have fun with your play!


Michael Meinhardt
LEADERSwarehouse.com 
☎ +45 71 92 55 63 ✉ info@LEADERSwarehouse.com


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