Table Of Content

Ice Breakers Dr Amanda Potter CPsychol Managing Director Zircon Management Consulting Ltd January 2010 www.zircon-mc.co.uk Agenda (cid:216) Introduction to Zircon (cid:216) Introductions (cid:216) What is an Ice Breaker? (cid:216) Why Do we Use Ice Breakers? (cid:216) When are Ice Breakers effective/ ineffective? (cid:216) Designing your own Ice Breaker (cid:216) Our 48 Ice Breakers (cid:216) Choosing 4 Ice Breakers (cid:216) Swimming Pool January 27, 2010 www.zircon-mc.co.ukTel: 01737 555 862 2 Who are Zircon Management Consulting Ltd? Established 2000 by Dr Amanda Potter. Zircon consists of 5 Directors, 16 Business Managers, 140 Business Psychologists, Chartered Occupational Psychologists and HR Consultants and 10 Centre Coordinators We work with over 50 clients, supporting regional, international and global projects Zircon consist of two businesses Zircon Consulting § We support our clients with the design and delivery of outplacement, talent assessment, development & performance management, training and coaching projects Zircon Resourcing § Supply Associate Business Psychology and HR resource to businesses and consultancies § We outsource between 400 to 500 associate consulting days to our clients each month January 27, 2010 www.zircon-mc.co.ukTel: 01737 555 862 3 The Zircon Team Dr Amanda Potter Managing Director Sally Castles / Sarah Green Nicola Cairns Business Support Trainee Psychologist Julie Lee Sarah Linton Darrell Burberry Jason Roberts Learning , Coaching & Team Talent & Assessment Development & Leadership & OD Development Director Director Product Development Director Director Business Managers Louise Simpson, Chris King, Janis Short, Kathryn Pepper, Debbie Hance, William Shearer Kathy Mearing, Frances Thomson, Tony Draper, Clare Hole, Colleen Addicott, Jim Bloomfield, Andy McBurnie, David Balls, Joanne Marriott, Carl Warner 140 Assessment and Development Consultants, 10 Coordinators and Administrators January 27, 2010 www.zircon-mc.co.ukTel: 01737 555 862 4 The areas we support our clients with y (cid:8226)Leadership & Organisational (cid:8226)Talent & Assessment r r Development n e o b t r n (cid:8226)Psychometric Test and u Li Questionnaire Design B (cid:8226)Talent Management ah (cid:8226)Job Analysis ell (cid:8226)Organisation Restructuring r ar (cid:8226)Behavioural exercise design ar (cid:8226)Succession Planning S D (cid:8226)Leadership Development (cid:8226)Application and CV Screening (cid:8226)Managing Transition (cid:8226)High potential Assessment (cid:8226)Emotional and practical support (cid:8226)Assessment Centre Facilitation during redundancy (cid:8226)In-depth one to one psychometric (cid:8226)Employee Engagement assessment (cid:8226)Strategic Planning (cid:8226)Leadership Potential and Motivation Interviewing (cid:8226)Human Resource Management (cid:8226)Delivering Constructive Feedback (cid:8226)Workforce Diversity (cid:8226)Validation and Statistical Analysis January 27, 2010 www.zircon-mc.co.ukTel: 01737 555 862 The areas we support our clients with e e L e Learninig & Development l Coaching & Team Development u J s rt e (cid:8226)Development centre design & e (cid:8226) Executive coaching e b L delivery o (cid:8226) Team coaching e R i (cid:8226)Psychometric feedback & l n (cid:8226) On-boarding & transition u interpretation J o s coaching (cid:8226)Feedback and development a J (cid:8226) First 100 days coaching planning (cid:8226) Conflict resolution (cid:8226)360 degree design and feedback (cid:8226) Coaching on demand (cid:8226)Performance management (cid:8226) Team building (cid:8226)Training & workshop design and (cid:8226) Interpersonal & team delivery communication (cid:8226)Accredited Level A & B BPS courses (cid:8226) Executive (cid:8216)Top-Team(cid:8217) & workshops development (cid:8226)Emotional Intelligence utilisation & development January 27, 2010 www.zircon-mc.co.ukTel: 01737 555 862 6 Phase 1 Introductions > XXXX January 27, 2010 www.zircon-mc.co.ukTel: 01737 555 862 7 Introduction Subject for this evening (cid:8211) Ice Breakers Ground Rules v Relax, participate and have Fun v Learn by doing v Reflect on your experience January 27, 2010 www.zircon-mc.co.ukTel: 01737 555 862 Each Table - Brainstorm Please introduce yourself, your role, your company to your colleagues Discuss the following: v What is an Ice breaker? v Why use Ice Breakers? v When are Ice Breakers effective/ ineffective? January 27, 2010 www.zircon-mc.co.ukTel: 01737 555 862 9 Why use Ice Breakers? > Create a positive group atmosphere > Help people to relax > Break down social barriers > Energize & motivate > Help people to "think outside the box" > Help people to get to know one another January 27, 2010 www.zircon-mc.co.ukTel: 01737 555 862 10