additions and updates (most recent first)Quizballs 55 - 30 general knowledge questions and answers - 23 Jul) MOFMOF Acronym - for illustrating and emphasising effectiveness - (15 Jul) Quizballs 54 - 30 general knowledge questions and answers - (6 Jul) BODMAS Acronym - handy for maths teaching and spreadsheets formulae - (2 Jul) Helium Stick Icebreaker and Teambuilding Games Variations - (21 Jun) The School Story - the old ones are the best - for various themes - (17 Jun) Conscious Competence Learning Model 5th Stage - another helpful suggestion - (17 Jun) The Whole Box and Die - expression origins and meanings help wanted please - (14 June) The David Davis Speech - is a wonderful teaching and training case study - (13 June) Secrets of Success Ice-Breaker or Activity - very easy quick adaptable exercise - (12 June) Change Exercises - to demonstrate and experience the different effects of different types of change on different people - (5 Jun) Quizballs 53 - general knowledge - 30 questions and answers - (3 Jun) The Town of Allopath - useful and entertaining cartoon video for teaching, training, discussion - (3 Jun) Tuckman 'Forming Storming' Diagram (doc format) - and Tuckman Diagram (pdf format) - (28 May) Charades Icebreaker/Exercise - for understanding the importance of clear messages and the value of good non-verbal communications - (27 May) Wonderful Objectivity Quote - (26 May) Expanded and Improved Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Tips and Templates - (23 May) Skillset and Training Needs Analysis Tips - quick easy TNA for groups - (23 May) |
 Thanks Jim Barker
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Job-Hunting, Career Advancement, Starting Self-Employment Tips - helpful questions and process - (23 May)
More Stories - for leadership, communications, lifting limits, and ethical decision-making - (17 May)
The Six Puzzle - a lateral thinking poser - (17 May)
The Preacher and the Farmer Story - for various lessons about duty and responsding to needs - (15 May)
Ethical Leadership and Decision-Making - updated and expanded - (12 May)
Seasonal Factors Icebreaker/Activity - (12 May)
Quizballs 52 - general knowledge quiz - 30 questions and answers - (8 May)
SUCCESS Acronym - (2 May)
Surveys and Questionnaires Process and Guide - for employees, customers, market research surveys - (1 May)
Additional Business Start-Up and Planning Help - company types and tax tips - (29 Apr)
Personal Brainstorming and Notes-Writing Tips - quick ideas to help creativity, planning and personal organization - (27 Apr)
New Space Profile - just caught my eye - lots of interesting free TNA tools for assessing personal capabilities - (25 Apr)
XY Theory Indicator PDF and Doc Version - improved two-page layout for scoring - (22 Apr)
Corporate Events, Teambuilding and Social Responsibility - (21 Apr)
BOMFOG Acronym - a perspective on Y-Theory and similar patronising leadership styles - (16 Apr)
N.B. Die is singular for dice not plural, as I ridiculously stated when I first posted the item below - thanks M Burgess - (13 Apr)
Dice Exercise - for sales people, and anyone responsible for planning best use of their time - (12 Apr)
Aaaaaargh - expressions and language origins trivia - (7 Apr)
Conscious Competence Fifth Stage - two further useful contributions to the subject and discussion - (4 Apr)
Classic 1968 Maslow Interviews on DVD - wonderful teaching and learning aids - truly inspirational too - (3 Apr)
New British Coins Designs - couldn't resist it... (2 Apr)
Herzberg Section Revised and Expanded - and graph diagram revised and improved - (2 Apr)
Cosmology and the Universe - helpful for perspective, purpose, meaning, scale, time, life, etc - (29 Mar)
The Ladder Theory of Male/Female Relationships - mostly for amusement, but an interesting reference model - (29 Mar)
Put Some Skin In the Pot - business-speak, apparently... (26 Mar)
Allegiance and Leadership - leadership philosophy principles - (26 Mar)
Quizballs 51 - baby boomer music quiz - 100 questions and answers - (23 Mar)
Gordon Bennett Slang Trivia Origins - (21 Mar)
TED and SWAN acronyms - for sales especially, although TED is useful for communications generally - and CARAT, for pure trivia interest - (18 Mar)
Jill Bolte Taylor's Talk about Left/Right Brain and her Empowering Stroke - (18 Mar)
Balanced Scorecard Overview - (14 Mar)
Shoe-Wear Icebreaker - and related mind-body activities for self and mutual awareness development - (9 Mar)
Dead Horse Strategies - updated and revised for the 21st century - (6 Mar)
Paris In The Spring - (3 Mar)
How Many Fs Puzzle - (2 Mar)
ROMEO Acronym - and related lesson - (27 Feb)
Buying Facilitation Example - excellent quick case-study - (25 Feb)
DIMWIT and HTML - two amusing new acronyms - (17 Feb)
'A SenseAble Friend' - intuitive and unusual tool for teams - (15 Feb)
Chav Slang Origin and Bacronym - language development trivia - (11 Feb)
Ken Robinson's Inspirational Talk about Education and Creativity - powerful video clip - (10 Feb)
People Performance Matrix Origins - further information - (4 Feb)
Brass Monkeys - ideas in language development - (1 Feb)
Herzberg Rocket Analogy Diagram Slide - now available in ppt format - (30 Jan)
Alternative Positive Interpretation of FEAR Acronym - useful for public speaking and presentations skills training - (29 Jan)
Thank You for Arguing - this is a truly brilliant book about effective communications - (28 Jan)
Video Clips for Teaching and Training - (28 Jan)
Ukulele Word Origin - language trivia - (28 Jan)
Diversity Exercises for Groups - (18 Jan)
Douglas Miller's New Book - Brilliant Idea - for people who want to make a difference, and for trainers helping this process - (12 Jan)
Interesting 1970s Tree Swing Picture - (12 Jan)
Words and Cliches Origins Researching Tips - especially different types of books - and the amazing Google Trends - (8 Jan)
Six Sigma Observations - (7 Jan)
CV and Job Hunting Tips for Jobs not Fully Defined - make the most of these opportunities, whether an existing role or a new position - (2 Jan 2008)
Goal Planning Template and Tips - start the new year with a clear purpose and a really quick easy sensible plan - (29 Dec)
Quizballs 50 - 2007 year quiz - 85 questions and answers - (26 Dec)
Animal Perceptions Exercise - a fun activity for self-awareness and self-image reflection and discussion - (21 Dec)
LEAR Acronym - for customer service and similar communications - RAPC is interesting too... (20 Dec)
Amusing Insurance Story - (18 Dec)
Giving Presentations at Job Interviews - make the most of these great opportunities - (16 Dec)
Quizballs 49 - 30 general knowledge questions and answers - (14 Dec)
Updated and Improved Adams' Equity Theory Explanation - (13 Dec)
Another Two Funny ATC Contributions - (6 Dec)
Cold Calling Tips, Principles, Techniques - effective, positive, empowering methods - (6 Dec)
Quizballs 48 Christmas Quiz - 30 questions and answers - see also last year's Quizballs 29 Christmas quiz - (4 Dec)
Christmas Crackers and Related Slang Origins - language and words origins trivia - warning: a bit rude - (3 Dec)
Clarification and Freedom of Usage of Businessballs Materials for Dissertations and Essays, etc - (3 Dec)
Age Positive Guides - help with effective implementation of good age diversity practices - (29 Nov)
Slag - word origins trivia - the first slags were men... (21 Nov)
Quizballs 47 - 30 general knowledge questions and answers - (20 Nov)
VIBE acronym - from the digital age - (20 Nov)
Beak - slang origins trivia - (15 Nov)
Weather - another contranym - word-play trivia - (9 Nov)
London Bridge Listening Exercise - contributed by Claire Leach, thanks - (8 Nov)
Amazing Juggling Video Clip - anyone know the origin or the juggler? - Send to a friend or someone who might know - (8 Nov)
Quick True Story about Determination - an inspiring contribution to the aviation communications page - (8 Nov)
AVPU First-Aid Acronym - also helps illustrate workings of brain and consciousness - (4 Nov)
Superb Free E-Book: The Game of Business by Paul Gorman - wonderful practical guide to business success from a leading business thinker - with grateful acknowledgements to Paul Gorman - (2 Nov)
Make a Fist - expressions origins trivia - (1 Nov)
CAPTCHA - you've probably used one but do you know what it's called?... (31 Oct)
BITCH Acronym - example of finding the good angle and positive interpretation - (31 Oct)CV Structure and Personal Details - tips about including personal details, and position of contact address details - (30 Oct)
Interesting Time Management Statistics - if you needed any convincing of its importance... (26 Oct)
Listening Game - very flexible teams activity for listening skills and more besides - (25 Oct)
Quizballs 46 - for quizzes and team games - 25 general knowledge questions and answers - (22 Oct - and my ridiculous wrong answer to question 4 corrected on 23 Oct..)
Training/Learning and Development Policy Template - quick easy structure - (18 Oct)
Mobile Phone Story - assumptions, communications, approvals, control, etc - (14 Oct)
HCM v HRM - any difference? - (12 Oct)
Break a Leg Expression - (12 Oct)
Booby and Boobs Slang Origins Trivia - (11 Oct)
Money Ice-Breaker - quick exercise for shifting focus and awareness - (27 Sep)
GWR - a gentle old bacronym which contrasts starkly with more recent corporate criticisms and lessons - and completely separately, RICE - a further demonstration of clever words and language - (25 Sep)
Conkers and Acorns - a few seasonal ideas and out of the box prompts - (20 Sep)
WD40 Presentation/Speaking Aid Ideas - send your own presentation/theme props ideas - (18 Sep)
ASDA acronym - specialist medical term and methodology illustrating clever use of the 'bacronym' device - (18 Sep)
PIG acronym - a lesson in positive response to negative stimulus - (18 Sep)
"The workplace should primarily be an incubator for the human spirit." (Anita Roddick, 1942-2007, British businesswoman, founder of the Body Shop organization, writer and humanitarian, who died on 10 September.)
Competitor-Partner (Compete or Collaborate) Exercises - for markets and competitors strategies, and for team-building and team-working - (7 Sep)
NRS (ABC1 etc) UK Social Grade Percentages and Population Estimates for 2006 - (7 Sep)
How to Make a Baking Foil Horse - instructions and pictures - (22 Aug)
Quizballs 45 - 'ABC quiz' - solve the pattern, solve the questions - (21 Aug)
Quizballs 44 - 30 general knowledge questions and answers - (15 Aug)
New Reflective Diary Template - Sharon Drew Morgen Edition (MSWord) or as a (pdf version) - (9 Aug)
Google Ads testing on Businessballs - feedback welcomed - (8 Aug)
Quizballs 43 - 30 general knowledge questions and answers - (8 Aug)
Customer Service Code of Practice and Tips - customer service role and development, and complaints handling - (01 Aug)
John Heywood Proverbs - some modern expressions dating back to 1546 - (29 Jul)
Quizballs 42 - 51 general knowledge questions and answers for team games and quizzes - (27 Jul)
More on the Origins of the People-Performance Matrix - (25 Jul 2007)
Six Sigma Elevator Speech - an amusing and effective interpretation - (23 Jul 2007)
Interesting Ideas for Intuitive Change - using abstract pictures to approach change - (21 Jul)
Questioning Game - Open v Closed Questions Exercises - (19 Jul)
Quality Management Feedback, Observations and Experiences - visitor contributed feedback - (17 Jul)
More Explanation for People-Potential-Performance Matrix - (13 Jul)
Diversity Quiz Game - for discovery and exploration of local diversity issues and development - (10 Jul)
Gloria May's Adaptation of John Fisher's Transition Curve for Smoking Habit Discussion - helpful diagram PDF - (8 Jul)
Guru Word Origin - the myth and the truth - (1 Jul)
'Put it in the Hopper' expression - a language curiosity - and a modern expression with very old roots (28 Jun)
Management Earnings Survey 2007 (UK Chartered Management Institute) - relevance to earnings and pay-rise discussions, and employment trends - (27 Jun)
The Trench-Digger Story - a lesson for self-determination and advancement - (26 Jun)
Causes and Solutions Exercises Ideas - quick easy group activities to assist solutions-focused thinking - (23 Jun)
Quizballs 39 - international general knowledge quiz - 30 questions and answers - fun for diversity sessions? - (13 Jun)
Commodore Money Slang - a quick language curiosity - (7 Jun)
Quizballs 38 - weather and climate quiz - 30 questions and answers for quizzes and games - (30 May)
A Few More Real Funny Family Fortunes Answers - can you read them without laughing out loud?.. (30 May)
Promiscuity/Promiscuous Words Origins - illustration of language changes, and an amusing point for addressing groups - (29 May)
"...What is a school if it isn't helping people find what they want to do?..." - Anthony Seldon speaking sense about education - (29 May)
Quizballs 37 - 50 general knowledge questions and answers for quizzes and team games - (24 May)
US-English Resumes (CV's) Tips and Templates - updated section - (21 May)
People Performance Potential Model - explanation, usage, and questions about origins - (13 May)
Space Adverts Permission Extended - you can now put revenue-generating ads and affiliateships for other products and services onto your Space pages, within reason please - (11 May)
Quizballs 36 - entertainment quiz - 30 questions and answers - (11 May)
Clearer Terms of Use for Businessballs Materials - notably relating to Publishing Requests and Criteria and Electronic Copies - (11 May)
Stories Page - New Index - for go-faster story selection - (9 Apr)
Conscious Competence Model 5th Level and Interpretations - intersting contribution from Richard Moore - (4 Apr)
The Double-Positive Story - various lessons and uses - (26 Apr)
Quizballs 34 and 35 - 20 questions catchphrase quiz and 30 questions history quiz - (23 Apr)
'Invitation' and 'Olympic Torch' Virus Email is a Hoax - it's doing the rounds again - (20 Apr)
Get the Pip - interesting expression origins - (19 Apr)
Sharon Drew Morgen's Free Buying Facilitation® Method Guides - super PDF and PPT resources - (18 Apr)
Extension of 'The Development of Selling' - (18 Apr)
Space Highlights updated - examples of helpful content and providers on Businessballs Space - (15 Apr)
Peter Drucker Biography and Theory Summary - thanks to Mike Warren of Grey Matter - (12 Apr)
Conscious Competence Model 5th Level - interesting contribution from Will Taylor - (30 March)
Gerard Egan's Three Stage Personal Change Model - expansion welcomed - (30 March)
Bucket and Bath Story - assumptions, lateral thinking, judging people - (26 Mar)
Quizballs 33 - 30 entertainment questions and answers for quizzes and games - (26 Mar)
Yo Blair! - Geoffrey Wheatcroft's critical dissection of Blair's leadership is essential reading for leaders and followers - (13 Mar)
Training Design Process Outline - a quick overview - linked with Self-Study Program Design Tips - (11 Mar)
Training Specification and Selection Process Template - ostensibly for sales training but adaptable for all sorts of training, in fact all sorts of services - (11 Mar)
PLC or Mutual? - my spaceblog about ethical business - (9 Mar)
Service Contracts - section improved - additional pointers for small busineses, self-employed and freelancers - (9 Mar)
Group Selection Assessment Recruitment - major extension of the section - useful for all aspects of recruitment and assessment centres - (8 Mar)
Space Development Updates - (3 Mar)
Sex, Leadership and Rock'n'Roll - book review - (25 Feb)
Sent to Coventry - and why the 1870 Brewer dictionary remains one of the best reference sources today - (25 Feb)
Throw Me A Bone - expression meaning and origins - can you help? - (21 Feb)
Sales Training Selection Checklist and Template - adaptable for other sorts of training and team development support too - (21 Feb)
What word ends with an S in its plural masculine form, but changes to singular feminine when another S is added to the end? There are now two examples of this known to me - (17 Feb)
My Bawl (Space blog) - (14 Feb)
Stress, Life-Balance and Daytime Napping - (13 Feb)
Quizballs 32 - 30 history questions and answers - (11 Feb)
More on Conscious Competence Model Stage 5 - (31 Jan)
Some Excellent Kogan Page Business and Training Books - (31 Jan)
Quizballs 31 - entertainment quiz - 30 questions and answers - (27 Jan)
IPTV - acronym with fundamental implications - (24 Jan)
Quiz Public Survey Game - quiz exercise with a twist - (24 Jan)
The Bin Toss Game - you can guess this one... (20 Jan)
Positive Change May Now Come - Obama's announcement is historically significant, and a wonderful example of inspirational speaking too - (16 Jan)
Quizballs 30, Alphabet Quiz - 26 questions and answers, for team games, quizzes, ice-breakers - (7 Jan)
Bricks in the Wall Exercise - aims, goals, objectives, changes - team activity - (2 Jan)
SINOAP Acronym - empathy not persuasion - (26 Dec 2006)
Ampersand Game - quick ice-breaker or warm-up, or larger learning activity - (21 Dec 2006)
Mistletoe Word and Tradition Origins - seasonal trivia - (17 Dec 2006)
Seasonal Team Activities and Exercises Ideas - (13 Dec 2006)
Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Stages Theory of Human Development - (10 Dec 2006)
Two New Books For Improving Communications - especially for effective writing - (3 Dec 2006)
Quizballs 29 - a Christmas quiz - 20 questions and answers - (1 Dec 2006)
Positive Psychology and Anasakti (Non-Attachment) - interesting research work - East meets West... (22 Nov 2006)
Cartoon Role-Plays - quick easy preparation for enjoyable stimulating role-play activities - (22 Nov 2006)
GUBU Acronym - for leadership failings and abuse of power - (22 Nov 2006)
More 'UOIEA' Words and another 'QWERTY' Word - curiosities for puzzles and games - (21 Nov 2006)
PEST Analysis Model Variations - PEST, STEP, PESTELI, STEEPLED?... (20 Nov 2006)
BRAN acronym - for decision-making, planning, problem-solving, etc - (14 Nov 2006)
Obituaries Exercise - for reviewing personal aims and life/work purpose - (9 Nov 2006)
Telephone Chatting - ideas for building effective home-based or remote teams - (9 Nov 2006)
I Count - wonderful pocket-book resource and guide to climate change and making a difference - (8 Nov 2006)
MBTI Function Dominance diagram in Powerpoint slide format or as a PDF - (see the personality types Myers Briggs section for background) - with thanks to Simon Pusey - (7 Nov 2006)
ARPU and WAFI acronyms - analogies for the modern age - (5 Nov 2006)
Quizballs 28 - geography quiz, 25 questions and answers - (5 Nov 2006)
Quickies - some adventurous and stimulating ideas for exercises and activities - (27 Oct 2006)
Excellent IT Training Offer for Organisations in the UK East Midlands
Visualisation Exercise - for identifying personal potential and a new direction - (27 Oct 2006)
Bateson's Five Levels of Learning - feedback in relation to the 'conscious competence' model discussion - (25 Oct 2006)
Three New Book Recommendations - for lovers of language and people, culture, etc - (25 Oct 2006)
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's Five Stages of Grief - helpful aside from death and bereavement - (24 Oct 2006)
"Everything is data" - a new perspective on an old expression, and a few other additional quotes for learning and development - (23 Nov 2006)
Quizballs 27 - 30 entertainment questions and answers for quizzes etc - (23 Nov 2006)
DRM - not just another boring acronym... (9 Oct 2006)
Three Ethical Questions - for ethical discussion, team debates, ice-breakers, etc - (9 Oct 2006)
Individual Assessments and Training Needs Analysis Tools - updated and better organised - (9 Oct 2006)