1. VENTURING LEADERSHIP SKILLS COURSE

2. Session II: Communication Blind Triangle

3. Venturing Leadership Skills Course3 Learning Objectives At the end of this session, each participant should be able to: Have a greater appreciation of his or her sense of sight. Demonstrate group problem solving skills. Understand the importance of communication in leadership.

4. Venturing Leadership Skills Course4 Reflection Guidelines Participants sit so they can see each other Participants agree to not interrupt or make fun of each other Participants may keep silent if they wish Person conducting the reflection should not show disapproval for any person or response

5. Venturing Leadership Skills Course5 Communications Reflection Questions 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?

6. Venturing Leadership Skills Course6 Communications Quotes - 1 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. These quotes were found in insurance or accident reports. They were eventually published in the Toronto Sun on July 26, 1977.

7. Venturing Leadership Skills Course7 Communications Quotes - 2 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.

8. Venturing Leadership Skills Course8 Communications Quotes - 3 In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole. 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.

9. Venturing Leadership Skills Course9 Golden Nuggets of Wisdom There are two “golden nuggets of wisdom” hidden outside. Find one of them. Sit down and discuss and reflect on it as a group. Report back here in 10 minutes.