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Summary
Summary
Perhaps the most comprehensive and multifaceted collection of career-enhancing games ever published, Training Games for Career Development contains a wealth of fun-filled and imaginative exercises designed to hone every skill needed to succeed in today's corporation. If you're a trainer or human resources professional, this book will show you new ways you never thought of to train employees for career awareness, self-improvement, and organizational productivity. The games are divided into six main career topics: Motivation, Development, Dynamics, Climate, Promotion, and Management. Within each category are games for each stage of the instructional process, including:
-- Openers
-- Expanders
-- Teachables
-- Reinforcers
-- Assessors
Each game is coded according to both its career topic and its instructional role, making game selection especially easy for the trainer with particular goals to accomplish. Each game includes specific instructions, as well as before, during, and after facilitation guidelines. And there's a feature you won't find anywhere else: step-by-step instructions for creating fun-filled and instructional training games from scratch So if you want to help your employees to realize their full work and career potential, this is the most comprehensive book of its kind on the market.
Table of Contents
Preface | p. v |
Games Reference Table | p. vii |
Chapter 1 The Game Plan | p. 1 |
Subject Matter Breakdown of Games | p. 1 |
Game Codes | p. 1 |
How to Select an Appropriate Game | p. 2 |
Facilitation Guidelines | p. 3 |
The Nature of Games | p. 5 |
The Names of the Game | p. 6 |
Chapter 2 Career Motivation/Resilience Games | p. 11 |
All-American Leg Roll | p. 12 |
Balancing Act | p. 13 |
Chapter 11 | p. 19 |
Empowerment Puzzle | p. 21 |
Feedback Fumbles #1 | p. 25 |
Feedback Fumbles #2 | p. 32 |
Hocus Focus | p. 39 |
Pathways Puzzle | p. 42 |
Plateaued Playoffs | p. 44 |
Satisfaction 21 | p. 49 |
Stressbusters | p. 51 |
The Happy Hierarchy | p. 53 |
Chapter 3 Career Development Games | p. 55 |
Anchor Actups | p. 56 |
Class Elections | p. 64 |
Jobs Analyst | p. 67 |
Lovers and Fighters | p. 70 |
Matching Orientations | p. 73 |
Morrow's Mirrors | p. 80 |
RIASEC Bingo | p. 86 |
Secretary's Dream Job | p. 91 |
Super-O | p. 93 |
Values Swap Shop | p. 101 |
Chapter 4 Career Dynamics Games | p. 107 |
Getting No Respect | p. 108 |
HRD Acrossout | p. 110 |
Innies and Outies | p. 112 |
Ladies Lineup (U.S. Occupations) | p. 114 |
Titans of Turnover | p. 116 |
Top Five (Novice Class) | p. 125 |
Top Five (Pros Class) | p. 127 |
Unemployment Line | p. 129 |
Where in the USA Is Jo(e) Trainer? | p. 136 |
Chapter 5 Career Climate Games | p. 145 |
Company Capers (Manufacturing) | p. 146 |
Company Capers (Service) | p. 152 |
Everybody Merge | p. 158 |
Heads Up 2000 | p. 162 |
Honey, They've Shrunk the Company | p. 164 |
Ladies Lineup (World) | p. 168 |
Logo Roundup | p. 171 |
Notes and Quotes | p. 173 |
Playing the Career Odds | p. 175 |
Translation, Please | p. 177 |
Chapter 6 Career Promotion Games | p. 179 |
Baldertrash | p. 180 |
Catch a Trend | p. 185 |
Interviews a la Internationale | p. 187 |
Jobpardy | p. 201 |
Leads | p. 207 |
My Notable Network | p. 215 |
Political Horse Cents | p. 217 |
Resume Race | p. 224 |
U.S. Boss's Pageant | p. 232 |
Chapter 7 Career Management Games | p. 235 |
Career Success Test | p. 236 |
Chinese Cookie Crumble | p. 238 |
Corporate Dig | p. 242 |
Enhancement Scramble | p. 250 |
Ethical-Political | p. 253 |
Mentor Mania | p. 257 |
Mind Your Table Manners | p. 262 |
Mystery Careers | p. 270 |
Appendix A Answers to Games | p. 273 |
Appendix B Gaming Catalog | p. 291 |