Zoo+workshop

John P. Kotter, who said in the Harvard Business Review that leaders create vision and set direction while managers deal with complexities. With that in mind, here is an analogy of the importance of alignment between leaders in your organization and their followers.

=stories and analogies =
 * http://www.businessballs.com/stories.htm#the_cannibals_story
 * http://reflectionsonleading.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/building-a-team-is-a-bit-like-creating-a-leadership-zoo/
 * http://www.performancelandscape.co.uk/animals-analogy-revealed
 * http://www.g-casa.com/conferences/singapore/papers_in_pdf/tue/Low-second.pdf
 * http://www.pgaconsulting.com/articles/MLS04.pdf
 * http://joepads.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/which-animal-best-mirrors-your-own.html

=other activities =
 * http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/files/attachments/Team-Building-Toolkit-KEYS.pdf
 * wisdom from geese 58
 * Meeting Opener – Pack Up Your Troubles 15
 * http://www.businessballs.com/glass-half-full-empty.htm
 * http://managersforum.com/Resources/Exercises.htm

Rabbit, Elephant, Giraffe:

Group into a circle. One person stands in the middle. That person will point to anyone in the circle and call out the name of one of the animals. The person pointed at must make a certain gesture according to what animal is called out. The two people on either side must also make a certain gesture according to the animal. Any of the three that do not correctly complete the gesture by a count of three trade places with the one in the middle.

RABBIT: The person in the middle makes bunny paws by holding his hands in front of him. The people on either side make ears by holding up one finger on each side of the middle person’s head.

ELEPHANT: The person in the middle makes and elephant trunk with his arm. People on the ides make huge, round elephant ears with their arms.

GIRAFFE: The person in the middle stands up straight and puts arms straight up in the air.People on either side bend over and touch their toes.

DONKEY: Nobody moves. (This is called to confuse everyone!)

http://www.businessballs.com/how_to_make_a_baking_foil_horse.htm

=Ground rules=
 * http://www.nsrph.com/downloads/Group-Warmup-and-Team-Building-Activities.pdf
 * http://www.shmoop.com/animal-farm/themes.html
 * http://www.shmoop.com/animal-farm/summary.html

=The hedgehog and the fox=

are you a Management Hedgehog or a Leadership Fox?
quiz

http://www.creativeparents.com/FoxorHedgehogQuiz.html

Developing resilience, finding a hedgehog concept
 * http://www.amazingif.com/2014/03/23/fox-hedgehog-type-leader-7-characteristics-take-leaders-good-great/
 * http://www.clemmergroup.com/blog/2011/01/06/are-you-a-management-hedgehog-or-a-leadership-fox/
 * http://www.ianbell.com/2009/05/19/the-fox-and-the-hedgehog-which-one-are-you/
 * http://bizshifts-trends.com/2012/11/19/leadership-strategy-for-greatness-hedgehog-or-fox-classic-struggle-for-excellence-do-one-thing-and-do-it-well/
 * http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/hedgehog-concept.htm?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=29Jul14#np
 * http://lh6.ggpht.com/-j5BqmbjlyQI/UmsRFO8q9EI/AAAAAAAAh6E/PQl5fdVnhHw/s1600-h/clip_image008%25255B3%25255D.png
 * http://irfanabhi.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/model-thinking-fox-and-hedgehog.html
 * https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140703132150-27572101-the-hedgehog-concept