Hobbies And Interests
Interview Game
Learning how to interview is an important skills for any business professional. Business workers should know how to sit on both sides of the interview table. The interview game is fun way to practice those interview skills. Depending on the size of the crowd, assign about three people to be the interview panel. Have them work independently to come up with at least five questions apiece. Give them the chance to conduct interviews on the rest of the crowd. Measure everyone's responses and body language. The interview conductors should be pleasant and attentive. The interview candidates should be confident and well spoken. Grade all the participants, the conductors and the candidates, on how well they performed. Have everyone switch roles and do it again until everyone has been both a candidate and a conductor. It's fine if some people may fulfill roles several times. It's all in practice.
Truth and Lies
This is an amusing game that teaches mutual awareness, decision making and creative thinking. Situate everyone so that the crowd is sitting down facing the same direction. Choose one person to stand up in front of the crowd and announce three things about himself, two truths and one lie. The crowd must then try to guess which statement is the lie. The person who correctly guesses the untruthful statement then goes next to present three things about herself. Keep the game going until everyone has been given a chance to present three things about themselves. Encourage everyone to pay close attention to body language and voice fluctuation. Discuss the difficulties of coming up with lies and being able to recognize lies in a person's statement.
One Question Game
This simple game teaches several business concepts, such as thought processing, self-awareness, critical thinking and needs analysis. The game has a very easy set-up. Depending on how many people you have, assign teams of two people to each team. You can vary this to include teams of three or four, but it's best to keep the teams under five people. Give a scenario to each of the teams. Each team must then discuss and come up with one question that they would ask to discover a person's suitability for the proposed scenario. Examples of scenarios to use are: Would this person be a good babysitter; would this person make a good spouse; would this person be a good business partner; would I hire this person as my bodyguard; would I trust this person to pack my parachute. Each team can only come up with one question they would ask to determine the person's suitability. After each team has come up with the question they would ask, have the teams reveal their questions to each other. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each team's question. The most important component of this game is not the questions asked, but the discussion that comes afterward. Try to get everyone to recognize the motives behind the questions each team chose.
Stock Market Game
The stock market game is a classic. There are several variations of this game; however, they all focus on the same business principles, independent research skills, critical thinking, decision making and investing. Give each player $100,000 in virtual or fake money. Assign a time period for the game to be conducted. At least one month is necessary to give everyone an in-depth grasp of the stock market. Each player is then responsible for buying and selling stock as they see fit for the length of the game. Have each player keep their own records; you can play a separate auditing game later. Make sure that players include trading fees, like brokerage fees and taxes. At the end of the time period, find out who has the most money. Who has the least money? Did the players notice patterns in the market? How did trading fees affect profit?