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Activity Summary
Goals
Group Size
6 to 40 participants.
Time Required
2 hours.
Materials
• One copy of the Are you Ready? Components for Assessing Readiness
sheet for each participant.
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Physical Setting
Tables for five to eight people at each. Wall space to post flip-chart pages.
Low.
Preparation
Think about changes you have made in your own life pertinent to the
discussion you expect the group to have and be prepared to give real
examples when appropriate.
Process
• You were ready to take the turkey out of the oven or vegetables off the
grill.
3. Provide each participant with a copy of Are you Ready? Components for
Assessing Readiness sheet and a pen or pencil. In small groups at tables,
ask participants to spend 20 minutes sharing the changes they select and
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how they knew they were ready to make that change. Ask each group to
select a note-taker and a reporter, which can be the same person.
(25 minutes.)
4. Ask group reporters to share with the entire group while you write a list
of criteria organized into four categories: Context, Internal Resources,
External Resources, and Momentum. Create the list on a flip chart or
whiteboard, or use a laptop and project it onto a screen. Tell participants to
take notes on their handouts.
5. The criteria they come up with will be similar to, and not limited to, the
following:
Context
• Vision
• Skills
• Commitment
Internal Resources
• Willing to risk
• Belief in self
• Energy
External Resources
• Time
• Money
• Support network
Momentum
• Action step
• Acknowledgment
• Learning/feedback
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6. Answer questions about what the four categories mean. Spend a few
minutes providing some personal examples in each category.
(15 to 30 minutes.)
• What might you see in a person’s face that indicates readiness? (Examples
might be raised eyebrows, a smile, eyes wider open, relaxed, softer facial
muscles, especially around the eyes and jaw.)
• How does your intuition help you assess your own or someone else’s
readiness?
(15 minutes.)
10. Ask participants to form dyads, preferably with someone whom they do
not work with on a regular basis.
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11. Ask participants to take turns and spend 15 minutes each
brainstorming how they can increase their readiness to make the change.
Ask the listeners to pay attention to cues that indicate the speaker’s
readiness. Tell participants to ask for permission from their partners to share
with the large group what they noticed, heard, or sensed that indicated a
state of readiness. They are not to share any information about the content
of anyone’s personal goals. Suggest that pairs ask each other questions for
those components rated 1, 2, or 3 to enable their partners to increase their
readiness. Possible questions appear on the handout and below.
• What support systems do you already have that you can activate?
• What training might help you increase your skills or knowledge for this
change?
(35 minutes.)
12. Ask participants to end their discussions and to take 3 minutes to list
actions they will take at home or back on the job to increase their readiness
for change.
(5 minutes.)
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13. Ask participants what they learned that will help them assess their own
readiness for change and that of others. Ask how the ability to assess
readiness can be applied in the workplace or at home. Encourage
participants to share ideas with the entire group.
14. Summarize by asking for volunteers to state what they will do as a result
of what they have learned by this activity.
(10 minutes.)
Teri-E Belf, MA, CAGS, BCC, MCC, is a purposeful and inspired coach, coach
leader/trainer/mentor, author, speaker, and retreat facilitator. She shares
twenty-five years of coaching, eighteen years of HRD management, and
twenty-one years of retreat facilitation experience in her retreats, articles,
and books, including Simply Live It Up, Facilitating Life Purpose, Auto
Suggestions, and Coaching with Spirit.
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Are You Ready? Components for Assessing Readiness
Components of Readiness
One of my goals:
How ready am I? 1 2 3 4 5
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Questions to Help Increase Readiness
• What support systems do you already have that you can activate?
• What training might help you increase your skills or knowledge for this
change?
• What support systems can you activate that you already have?
Write some ideas about how you can apply what you have learned to your
work, home life, volunteer activities, and other aspects of your life.
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