There is an excellent short exercise on change in the 2007 Pfeiffer Annual Consulting volume on page 121. The exercise is by Terri Lund and her email is: tlund_bls@msn.com. Or you could contact the publisher, www.pfeiffer.com and request a copy. There are two separate parts to the exercise and you can either use both or just one - whichever fits your needs.

The Pfeiffer Annuals, which are published yearly, contain many, many experiential exercises that have been implemented and proven highly effective - on just about every subject you can imagine. The Annuals consist of a two volume set - a Consulting volume and a Training volume. An excellent source for learning professionals - especially if you're looking for exercises.

Barb:
Thank you, I would love to see the worksheets. I appreciate your help!
stacy.lindenberg@firstcitizensonline.com

Absolute best one...can be found in "accountability...a noun or a verb?" (find it on amazon.com. Here is what you do...have everyone partner up...so you have a bunch of sets of two people. Give them a few minutes to observe each other...clothes, jewelry, hair style, etc. Then, make them turn back to back. Rules are - no talking to each other or looking at each other. Each person must change 5 things (take off a watch, etc.). Then, partners face each other and tell each other the 5 things changed by the other person...always funny stuff happens (breaking the ice, showing some vulnerability, etc.). Now - tell them NOT to change the 5 things back, but turn back to back once again and change TEN more things...you hear some complaints ("no way", etc.), same rules as before applies, repeat the turn back around and tell the other person what thye have changed, etc. Once again - do not let them change anything back. Now tell them to change 15 MORE things...let them complain and give up, etc. Before they get into the 15 more things, ask them if they want to quit, they will say yes. Now - the learnings (your observations). Ask them what they learned - it will all be funny or frustrating stuff...just like the changes we all go through every day. Now - what did you as facilitator observe? Two key things (and they happen every time). One - throughout the process of changing things, 99% of them across the partners will involve "losing" something...like removing a ring or a shoe, etc. You never see something take the watch that someone else took off and put it on. In other words, when facing change, we always like about what we stand to lose vs. what we could potentially gain. Two - no one will ever talk to someone else once you say "do not talk to your partner" when standing back to back. You never said you cannot talk to anyone and brainstorm ideas. Thus, when facing change, we always think we are in it along. Bottom line - two good morals of the story here and funny stuff in the actual changes that take place. Lots of good laughs and "ah-has" at the end. More detail is provided in the above referenced book.

http://www.amazon.com/Accountability-Noun-Verb-Richard-.../102-5124221-9046565

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