VENTURING LEADERSHIP SKILLS COURSE Venturing Leadership Skills Course

VENTURING LEADERSHIP SKILLS COURSE Venturing Leadership Skills Course

Session II: Communication Blind Triangle Venturing Leadership Skills Course

Communication • What were some of the communication problems that you faced? • Did anyone emerge as a leader in trying to solve the problem? • Why were you willing to follow this person? • How did things change when you were able to open your eyes and discuss the problem? Venturing Leadership Skills Course 3

Communication These quotes were found in insurance or accident reports. They were eventually published in the Toronto Sun on July 26, 1977. • Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don’t have. • As I approached the intersection a stop sign appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident. Venturing Leadership Skills Course 4

• An invisible care came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished. • The pedestrian had no idea which direction to go, so I ran over him. • I had been driving my car for 40 years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident. • I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found in the ditch by some cows. • In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole. Venturing Leadership Skills Course 5

• I saw the slow-moving sad-faced gentleman as he bounced off the hood of my car. • I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law, and headed over the embankment. • I was on my way to the doctor’s with a rear end problem when my universal joint gave way causing me to have the accident. Venturing Leadership Skills Course 6

Communication • What were some of the communication problems that you faced? • Did anyone emerge as a leader in trying to solve the problem? • Why were you willing to follow this person? Venturing Leadership Skills Course 7

Golden Nuggets of Wisdom There are two “golden nuggets of wisdom” hidden out along the trails outside. Find one of them. Sit down and discuss and reflect on it as a group. Report back here in 10 minutes. Venturing Leadership Skills Course 8