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Time:
This exercise will take about 5-10 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 15 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To energise participants ready for the learning ahead.
• To get participants working together as a team to solve a problem.

Group Size:
Can be used with groups of between of up to 25 participants.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• One set of the Hexagon Shuffle Cards. (See trainer notes.)

Time:
This exercise will take about 10 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 20 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To test the accuracy levels of your participants.
• To explore how well participants can work together as a team.

Group Size:
Can be used with groups of almost any size.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• A copy of the handout provided and a set of coloured pens/pencils for every team.
• A prize for the winning team (optional).

Notes:
We suggest that you try solving the challenge yourself before the session, so you can see how it’s done. It will also help you give hints and tips to participants as they complete the exercise.

Please note, this exercise may not be suitable if you have participants who suffer from colour-blindness, or who are visually impaired.

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 35 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 50 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To introduce (or remind participants of) SMART objectives.
• To give participants the opportunity to practice writing SMART objectives.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of between up to 25 participants.

Useful For:
Staff at all levels.

You'll Need:
• Nothing other than the materials provided.

Notes:
This module can be used to introduce SMART for participants who have not encountered the acronym before, or as a refresher for those who have.

Time:
This exercise will take about 5 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 15 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To test participants’ attention to detail.
• To explore how patience and persistence can help when tasks are detail orientated.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of almost any size.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• Nothing other than the materials provided.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
There is a Remote Delivery version of this module available in Trainers’ Library.

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 5 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 15 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To test participants’ attention to detail.
• To explore how patience and persistence can help when tasks are detail orientated.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 12 participants. It’s also suitable for 1-1 training.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• The Activity Link and your unique Pin, which you’ll find in ‘My Account’ section of the member homepage.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
Remote Delivery requires a system that as an absolute minimum provides the following functionality:
• Face-to-face discussion.
• Share screen.
• Chat.
• Share files.

In addition, we strongly recommend using a system that provides for:
• Polls/Quizzes (not required).
• Breakout Rooms (required).

Time:
This exercise will take about 5 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 15 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To test participants accuracy under pressure when working in teams.
• To reflect on how they could have improved their performance.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of almost any size.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• One set of the Name Cards per team, which you will need to cut out beforehand.
• The PowerPoint slides of challenges, provided.

Notes:
This game is best played in teams with 3-5 participants in each.

Please note, this exercise may not be suitable if you have participants who suffer from colour-blindness, or who are visually impaired.

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 45 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 60 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To explore how engaged participants are currently feeling at work.
• To create an action plan for the workplace that will improve employee engagement.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 25 participants.

Useful For:
Work-based teams.

You'll Need:
• The 10 Engaging Behaviours posters (Handout provided). 20 red counters (or similar) and 20 green counters for each participant. (We’ve provided a template should you wish to use paper counters.)
• An envelope for each poster. (We recommend numbering these to make it easier to keep the poster and correct envelope together.)

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
There is a Remote Delivery version of this module available in Trainers’ Library.

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 40 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 60 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To explore how engaged participants are currently feeling at work.
• To create an action plan for the workplace that will improve employee engagement.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 12 participants. It’s not suitable for 1-1 training.

Useful For:
Work-based teams.

You'll Need:
• To create a poll before the training session as per the Trainer’s Handout.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
Remote Delivery requires a system that as an absolute minimum provides the following functionality:
• Face-to-face discussion.
• Share screen.
• Chat.
• Share files.

In addition, we strongly recommend using a system that provides for:
• Polls/Quizzes (required).
• Breakout Rooms (required).

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 15 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 25 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To demonstrate how easy it is for communication to break down and misunderstandings to occur.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 12 participants. It’s not suitable for 1-1 training.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• The Handout open and ready to share with your participants.
• A breakout room for participants to wait in until they are asked to rejoin the main room one-by-one.

Notes:
The time it takes to run the exercise will depend on the number of participants you have in your group. If you have a larger group, you will need to allow more time to run the activity.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
Remote Delivery requires a system that as an absolute minimum provides the following functionality:
• Face-to-face discussion.
• Share screen.
• Chat.
• Share files.

In addition, we strongly recommend using a system that provides for:
• Polls/Quizzes (not required).
• Breakout Rooms (required).

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 15 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 45 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To help participants understand what depression is.
• To highlight why stereotypes might not help us identify depression.
• To explore what someone suffering with depression might experience.
• To discuss why people might hide depression, or any other mental illness.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 15 participants.

Useful For:
Staff at all levels. However, please ensure participants are aware of the topic to be discussed and are happy to participate.

You'll Need:
• Magazines and newspapers etc., sticky tape or glue, flipchart paper and pens.

Notes:
You will need to ensure this session takes place in a space participants consider safe. We recommend ensuring participants have access to our list of helpful resources (or an equivalent for your region if you are located outside the UK.)

Before running this module, facilitators should have an understanding of mental health and have completed training around this topic.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
There is a Remote Delivery version of this module available in Trainers’ Library.

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 15 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 45 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To help participants understand what depression is.
• To highlight why stereotypes might not help us identify depression.
• To explore what someone suffering with depression might experience.
• To discuss why people might hide depression, or any other mental illness.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 12 participants. It’s not suitable for 1-1 training.

Useful For:
Staff at all levels. However, please ensure participants are aware of the topic to be discussed and are happy to participate.

You'll Need:
• To prepare a JamBoard before the session (see trainer notes).
• To ensure participants have access to resources like Pixabay to find images.

Notes:
You will need to ensure that participants consider the virtual training room a safe space. We also recommend ensuring participants have access to our list of helpful resources (or an equivalent for your region if you are located outside the UK.)

Before running this module, facilitators should have an understanding of mental health and have completed training around this topic.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
Remote Delivery requires a system that as an absolute minimum provides the following functionality:
• Face-to-face discussion.
• Share screen.
• Chat.
• Share files.

In addition, we strongly recommend using a system that provides for:
• Polls/Quizzes (not required).
• Breakout Rooms (required).

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 15 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 45 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To reflect on what mental ill health looks like.
• To highlight why stereotypes might not help us identify people with a mental illness.
• To explore what someone suffering with mental ill health might experience.
• To discuss why people might hide depression, or any other mental illness.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 15 participants.

Useful For:
Staff at all levels. However, please ensure participants are aware of the topic to be discussed and are happy to participate.

You'll Need:
• Two flipcharts and a range of flipchart pens and other design materials. (You could, for example, give participants access to old magazines etc. from which they can cut images for inclusion in their posters.)

Notes:
You will need to ensure this session takes place in a space participants consider safe. We recommend ensuring participants have access to our list of helpful resources (or an equivalent for your region if you are located outside the UK.)

Before running this module, facilitators should have an understanding of mental health and have completed training around this topic.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
There is a Remote Delivery version of this module available in Trainers’ Library.

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 15 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 45 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To reflect on what mental ill health looks like.
• To highlight why stereotypes might not help us identify people with a mental illness.
• To explore what someone suffering with mental ill health might experience.
• To discuss why people might hide depression, or any other mental illness.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 12 participants. It’s not suitable for 1-1 training.

Useful For:
Staff at all levels. However, please ensure participants are aware of the topic to be discussed and are happy to participate.

You'll Need:
• The Activity Links provided and your unique Pin, which you’ll find in ‘My Account’ section of the member homepage.
• To ensure participants have access to resources like Pixabay, or the image library in Trainers’ Library to find images.

Notes:
You will need to ensure that participants consider the virtual training room a safe space. We recommend ensuring participants have access to our list of helpful resources (or an equivalent for your region if you are located outside the UK.)

Before running this module, facilitators should have an understanding of mental health and have completed training around this topic.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
Remote Delivery requires a system that as an absolute minimum provides the following functionality:
• Face-to-face discussion.
• Share screen.
• Chat.
• Share files.

In addition, we strongly recommend using a system that provides for:
• Polls/Quizzes (not required).
• Breakout Rooms (required).

Time:
This exercise will take about 10 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 25 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To reflect on how effective communication relies on more than words.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of almost any size.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• A flipchart and a set of coloured flipchart pens (see the image in the Handout for the required colours to include in the set of pens).

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 20 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 40 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To introduce one way to investigate problems.
• To provide a structured approach for identifying the causes of a problem.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 12 participants. It’s also suitable for 1-1 training.

Useful For:
Anyone who wants to develop their creative problem solving skills.

You'll Need:
• Nothing other than the materials provided.

Notes:
This module considers how problems are often expressed in terms of symptoms and the importance of understanding what is causing those symptoms before taking action.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
Remote Delivery requires a system that as an absolute minimum provides the following functionality:
• Face-to-face discussion.
• Share screen.
• Chat.
• Share files.

In addition, we strongly recommend using a system that provides for:
• Polls/Quizzes (not required).
• Breakout Rooms (required).

Time:
This exercise will take about 15 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 25 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To demonstrate how easy it is for communication to breakdown and misunderstandings to occur.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 15 participants.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• Space for participants to wait outside the training room until they are called back in one-by-one.

Notes:
The time it takes to run the exercise will depend on the number of participants you have in your group. If you have a larger group, you will need to allow more time to run the activity.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
There is a Remote Delivery version of this module available in Trainers’ Library.

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 5 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 15 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To define what bullying and harassment are and to explore their impact in the workplace.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 12 participants. It’s not suitable for 1-1 training.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• The PowerPoint slides provided.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
Remote Delivery requires a system that as an absolute minimum provides the following functionality:
• Face-to-face discussion.
• Share screen.
• Chat.
• Share files.

In addition, we strongly recommend using a system that provides for:
• Polls/Quizzes (not required).
• Breakout Rooms (required).

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 15 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 25 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To test listening skills.
• To illustrate the dangers of making assumptions.
• To encourage participants to think about how they can check their understanding of information they receive.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 12 participants. It’s not suitable for 1-1 training.

Useful For:
Staff at all levels.

You'll Need:
• To pre-prepare a poll/quiz based on the Trainer’s Handout.
• The Activity Link of the audio recording of the story and your PIN from the My Account section of the member homepage.

Notes:
If you’d prefer to read the story to participants, we suggest that you rehearse reading it aloud a few times prior to delivery.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
Remote Delivery requires a system that as an absolute minimum provides the following functionality:
• Face-to-face discussion.
• Share screen.
• Chat.
• Share files.

In addition, we strongly recommend using a system that provides for:
• Polls/Quizzes (required).
• Breakout Rooms (not required).

Time:
This exercise will take about 5 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 20 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To explore how accurate participants can be when working under pressure.

Group Size:
Can be used with groups of up to 25 participants.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• One set of the Name, Colour and Shape Cards per team, which you will need to cut out beforehand.

Notes:
This is a more demanding version of the Colour Confusion activity that can be used as a follow-on.

This game is best played in teams with 2-3 participants in each.

Please note, this exercise may not be suitable if you have participants who suffer from colour-blindness, or who are visually impaired.

Time:
This exercise will take about 10 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 15 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To reflect on how well participants work together in a competitive situation.
• To re-energise a group.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of almost any size.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• One set of the Colour Confusion Cards per team, which you will need to cut out beforehand.

Notes:
This game is best played in teams with between 3 and 5 participants in each.

Please note, this exercise may not be suitable if you have participants who suffer from colour-blindness, or who are visually impaired.

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 22 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 40 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To explore the kind of behaviours that are needed to be an effective contributor to online meetings or conference calls.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 12 participants. It’s not suitable for 1-1 training.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• Nothing other than the materials provided.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
Remote Delivery requires a system that as an absolute minimum provides the following functionality:
• Face-to-face discussion.
• Share screen.
• Chat.
• Share files.

In addition, we strongly recommend using a system that provides for:
• Polls/Quizzes (not required).
• Breakout Rooms (required).

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 15 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 25 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To demonstrate the importance of asking the right questions when trying to understand another’s perspective.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 12 participants. It’s not suitable for 1-1 training.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• To ensure participants have access to drawing equipment.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
Remote Delivery requires a system that as an absolute minimum provides the following functionality:
• Face-to-face discussion.
• Share screen.
• Chat.
• Share files.

In addition, we strongly recommend using a system that provides for:
• Polls/Quizzes (not required).
• Breakout Rooms (not required).

Time:
The exercise in this module can be completed in about 10 minutes. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing about 30 minutes for this module.

Aims:
• To demonstrate that our perspective on a situation might be very different to someone else’s and that this does not necessarily mean one party is ‘right’ and one is ‘wrong’.

Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of up to 12 participants. It’s not suitable for 1-1 training.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• To pre-prepare a poll/quiz based on the Trainer’s Handout.
• The Activity Links provided and your unique PIN (found in My Account).

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
Remote Delivery requires a system that as an absolute minimum provides the following functionality:
• Face-to-face discussion.
• Share screen.
• Chat.
• Share files.

In addition, we strongly recommend using a system that provides for:
• Polls/Quizzes (required).
• Breakout Rooms (required).

Time:
This exercise will take about 10 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 15 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To demonstrate that our perspective on a situation might be very different to someone else’s and that this does not necessarily mean one party is ‘right’ and one is ‘wrong’.

Group Size:
Can be used with groups of up to 25 participants.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• Copies of the house pictures provided.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
There is a Remote Delivery version of this module available in Trainers’ Library.

Time:
This exercise will take about 15 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 30 minutes for completion.

Aims:
• To explore the kind of behaviours that are needed to be an effective contributor to online meetings or conference calls.

Group Size:
Can be used with groups of up to 25 participants.

Useful For:
Anyone.

You'll Need:
• Flipchart, pens and sticky notes for all participants.

Remote/Virtual Delivery:
There is a Remote Delivery version of this module available in Trainers’ Library.