Power of Perception - Leadership Activity

Understand the impact of perceptions!

The Power of Perception Leadership Activities take participants on a journey of walking in others' shoes and seeing the world from new perspectives. As the group works out challenges, wearing different-colored glasses, they quickly understand the reality of others not seeing the world through the same lenses they do... literally.

Using John Riordan's workbook and course, facilitators can help teams, leaders, and managers recognize, understand, and adjust their own perceptions and others'.

FACILITATION KIT INCLUDES…

The game includes all you need for 3 to 18 players.

  • 3 Facilitation/Participant workbooks
  • 6 Red Glasses
  • 6 Blue Glasses
  • 6 Yellow Glasses

EXTRA SET OF GLASSES INCLUDES…

  • 1 set (3 pairs) of glasses  -- (one of each color: red, blue, yellow)

POWER OF PERCEPTION LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES

In the workbook, find a complete course on the power of perceptions, including:

  • Introduction – explaining Chris Argyris’ Ladder of Inference, exploring how the information on which we focus becomes the filter through which we lend meaning, make assumptions, and draw conclusions.
  • Introductory Activity – in a series of two warm-up exercises, players must add up a series of numbers and agree on the sum of those numbers. Wearing the glasses, they will arrive at different totals, and there the negotiations (and learning) begin.
  • People Perceptions Activity – In a second activity, participants are asked to evaluate potential new teammates based on a set of criteria. When asked which candidate they’re drawn to, players will realize that they’ve come to different conclusions depending on the information that’s most apparent to them. Debriefs can focus on self-perceptions, cultural norms, past experience, stereotypes, affinity bias, and more.
  • Emotional Intelligence Activity – the third activity asks participants to consider a person’s feelings. Again, perceptions of the situation are colored by the glasses they’re wearing. Beyond building emotion-related vocabularies, debriefs can explore projection bias, attribution bias, cultural context, assumptions, mood congruence, and more.
  • Decision-Making Activity – In the fourth and final activity, participants must agree on a sum of numbers so that they can make a joint decision. The activity explores the need to:
    • Begin with dialogue, not debate
    • Strive first for understanding, not the quickest answer
    • Differentiate constructive and destructive language when
    • Negotiating decisions when everyone isn’t in agreement
  • Debrief – a series of wrap-up questions, engage the group to discuss:
    • Topics on which team members currently have different opinions or perspectives
    • Ways you can manage different perspectives going forward.

DEMO

FROM THE DEVELOPER, JOHN RIORDAN

The game includes all you need for 3 to 18 players.

  • 3 Facilitation/Participant workbooks
  • 6 Red Glasses
  • 6 Blue Glasses
  • 6 Yellow Glasses

EXTRA SET OF GLASSES INCLUDES…

  • 1 set (3 pairs) of glasses  -- (one of each color: red, blue, yellow)

In the workbook, find a complete course on the power of perceptions, including:

  • Introduction – explaining Chris Argyris’ Ladder of Inference, exploring how the information on which we focus becomes the filter through which we lend meaning, make assumptions, and draw conclusions.
  • Introductory Activity – in a series of two warm-up exercises, players must add up a series of numbers and agree on the sum of those numbers. Wearing the glasses, they will arrive at different totals, and there the negotiations (and learning) begin.
  • People Perceptions Activity – In a second activity, participants are asked to evaluate potential new teammates based on a set of criteria. When asked which candidate they’re drawn to, players will realize that they’ve come to different conclusions depending on the information that’s most apparent to them. Debriefs can focus on self-perceptions, cultural norms, past experience, stereotypes, affinity bias, and more.
  • Emotional Intelligence Activity – the third activity asks participants to consider a person’s feelings. Again, perceptions of the situation are colored by the glasses they’re wearing. Beyond building emotion-related vocabularies, debriefs can explore projection bias, attribution bias, cultural context, assumptions, mood congruence, and more.
  • Decision Making Activity – In the fourth and final activity, participants must agree on a sum of numbers so that they can make a joint decision. The activity explores the need to:

    Begin with dialogue, not debate
    Strive first for understanding, not the quickest answer
    Differentiate constructive and destructive language when
    Negotiating decisions when everyone isn’t in agreement

  • Debrief – a series of wrap-up questions, engage the group to discuss:

    Topics on which team members currently have different opinions or perspectives
    Ways you can manage different perspectives going forward.

Power of Perception, 3 guide books and 3 pairs of glasses

Power of Perception - Leadership Activity

$189.00

$189.00

Power of Perception, 3 guide books and 3 pairs of glasses
Facilitator Kit
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$189.00
Power of Perception - 1 pair of red, yellow and blue eye glasses
Extra Glasses
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Power of Perception - guide and glasses
Extra Workbook
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The Power of Perception Leadership Activities take participants on a journey of walking in others' shoes and seeing the world from new perspectives. As the group works out challenges, wearing different-colored glasses, they quickly understand the reality of others not seeing the world through the same lenses they do... literally.

Using John Riordan's workbook and course, facilitators can help teams, leaders, and managers recognize, understand, and adjust their own perceptions and others'.

FACILITATION KIT INCLUDES…

The game includes all you need for 3 to 18 players.

  • 3 Facilitation/Participant workbooks
  • 6 Red Glasses
  • 6 Blue Glasses
  • 6 Yellow Glasses

EXTRA SET OF GLASSES INCLUDES…

  • 1 set (3 pairs) of glasses  -- (one of each color: red, blue, yellow)

POWER OF PERCEPTION LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES

In the workbook, find a complete course on the power of perceptions, including:

  • Introduction – explaining Chris Argyris’ Ladder of Inference, exploring how the information on which we focus becomes the filter through which we lend meaning, make assumptions, and draw conclusions.
  • Introductory Activity – in a series of two warm-up exercises, players must add up a series of numbers and agree on the sum of those numbers. Wearing the glasses, they will arrive at different totals, and there the negotiations (and learning) begin.
  • People Perceptions Activity – In a second activity, participants are asked to evaluate potential new teammates based on a set of criteria. When asked which candidate they’re drawn to, players will realize that they’ve come to different conclusions depending on the information that’s most apparent to them. Debriefs can focus on self-perceptions, cultural norms, past experience, stereotypes, affinity bias, and more.
  • Emotional Intelligence Activity – the third activity asks participants to consider a person’s feelings. Again, perceptions of the situation are colored by the glasses they’re wearing. Beyond building emotion-related vocabularies, debriefs can explore projection bias, attribution bias, cultural context, assumptions, mood congruence, and more.
  • Decision-Making Activity – In the fourth and final activity, participants must agree on a sum of numbers so that they can make a joint decision. The activity explores the need to:
    • Begin with dialogue, not debate
    • Strive first for understanding, not the quickest answer
    • Differentiate constructive and destructive language when
    • Negotiating decisions when everyone isn’t in agreement
  • Debrief – a series of wrap-up questions, engage the group to discuss:
    • Topics on which team members currently have different opinions or perspectives
    • Ways you can manage different perspectives going forward.

DEMO

FROM THE DEVELOPER, JOHN RIORDAN

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Joe Ables

“Power of Perception” is a strong program with useful, relevant content and solid learning value. The material was a good fit for my needs, and the included resources were helpful.

My main issue is that the program felt incomplete because a true facilitator’s guide was not included. I eventually found an email address for the creator, John Riordan, on a separate website and reached out directly. To his credit, he was very responsive and sent me a complete facilitator’s guide within a couple of days.

That said, I do not feel a customer should have to search for contact information and request a key resource that should be included with the program from the start.

Overall, this is a good program with worthwhile content and strong relevance. Including the full facilitator’s guide with the original materials would make the package feel much more complete.

Hi Joe, thanks for sharing the thoughtful feedback. We’re glad the program and resources were useful, and appreciate you pointing out that the facilitator’s guide was not included from the start. We’re sorry you had to track it down, and based on this review we learned that our email flow was not working correctly. We send the guide out separately via email and have fixed the flow. Anytime there is a question or issue with the product, please feel free to reach out to us directly here at Trainers Warehouse.