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November News
Are you intrested in branding, diversity or learning. All three areas are strongly represented in this months new exercises - Approaches to developing Organisational Learning, Employee Loyalty and Managing Diversity are three substantial exercises that help you think about the whole of you organisation.

If you are concerned about increasing your creative or learning capabilities look at Getting Better Connected, Looking Beyond, Blocks to My Learning, and Hindrances to Learning - all can be used in self development as well in helping others in these areas.

For groups or teams Power in Teams goes where few exercises have gone before

Finally don't ignore the exercise that takes a straight look at common cummincation problems - Communication Spanners

New Exercises for November
Approaches to Developing Organisational Learning
Blocks to My Learning
Evaluating the Learning Dynamics of Events
Communication Spanners
Employee Loyalty
Getting Better Connected
Looking Beyond
Hindrances to Learning
How is Information Communicated?
Managing Diversity
Mapping Diversity
Points of Contact
Poster It!
Power in Teams
What Colour is Your Brand?

October Exercises
Following the Connections
The Five Ys
Developing Annual Review Skills
Evaluating the Review Session
The Review Process
Creativity Challenge
Developing a Creative Culture
Experiencing Creativity
On the Beach
New Worlds, New Thinking
Getting Everyone Involved
Group Processes that Matter
Groupwatch
The Group Leader's Role
Leading Different Followers
Meditation on Influencing Others
Modelling Good Team Leadership
Spicer 02 Purpose of Business
Spicer 03 Purpose of Business

Locations
We are currently on the look out for inspiring locations to add to our list of places to go for management events, team seesions, training workshops, etc. If you own one or have been somewhere a little out of the ordinary or that has inspired you, let us know - contact chef@thecrimsonkitchen.com

September's Exercises
Distinguishing Between Passive, Aggressive and Assertive Behaviours
I Beg to Differ
Moving from Passivity to Assertiveness Avoiding Aggression
Your Colour
Barriers to Change
Change Effects
Styles of Coping with Change
Coping with Change
Taking Action
Readiness for Introducing In-House Coaching Schemes
Being Clear
Communicating When You're Not Being Heard
Communicating Yourself to Others
Communications Exercise One
Learning and Organisational Cultures
Model It !
Conducting Panel Interviews
Readiness for Introducing Mentoring Schemes
Managing Performance
Performance Management: The Early Days
Approaches to Management Development

August's Exercises
Assertiveness in Organisations
Countering Oppressive Behaviour
Avoiding Change
Conflict and Behaviour Types
Conflicting Expectations
Everyday Conflicts
Sensitive Spots
Making Experience Count
Developing Listening Ability
Developing Listening Skills
Seeing Things Differently
This is You
Clues to Personality
Common Signs and Symptoms of Stress
Understanding Your Own Stress
Different Approaches to Training and Development
Managing Behaviour at Training Events
Planning a Learning Event
Trainer Competencies
Why Being a Trainer is Important to Me

July's Exercises
Auto Pilot
Box and Boundaries
Life is a Minestrone
The Creative Process
Through Others Eyes
Meeting Madness
Conversations with Yourself
Emotional Intelligence SelfQuest
Expressing Feelings
Helping People Express Feelings
Circles and Squares
Human Spring
Object Lesson
The Obstacle Course
Effective Teams
First Impressions
Gaining Commitment in a Team or Group
Measuring Team Performance
Understanding the Functions of Team Members
Motivations - Positive & Negative Consequences
Negotiating Contracts
The Value of Volunteers
What do you Want from Them