Fast and Fun Personality Training Card Games for Improving People Skills
Playing with Style is a collection of card games for employee and management development training. Improves the knowledge of personality style and interpersonal skills.
Developed by Sivasailam “Thiagi” Thiagarajan and Tracy Tagliati of The Thiagi Group, these instructional games and training activities supplement the learning from the HRDQ Style Series, assessments that accurately identify individual personal styles.
Playing with Style Complete Game Kit
There’s lots of buzz about personal style and how to capitalise on it. But acquiring and mastering this knowledge can take years through real-life experiences alone. Playing with Style is a collection of ten different training games and training activities that help individuals to quickly learn the common characteristics of each of the four personal styles in the HRDQ Style model:
• Direct
• Spirited
• Considerate
• Systematic.
Playing with Style also develops an understanding of the strengths and potential trouble spots associated with each style. Game play ranges from one-player solitaire to large group activities, and most games can be played in less than 30 minutes.
Games (with recommended group size) include:
Speed (8 – 20)
Which Style? (8 – 20)
Personal Style Poker (8 – 20)
Five Tricks (8 – 10)
Quick Classification (5 – 6)
Grab It (5 – 6)
Bluff (4 – 6)
Auction Rummy (3 – 4)
Match (3 – 4)
Solo Style (1)
The objective of the instructional games is to help individuals quickly build fluency in the different personal styles so that they can improve interpersonal skills and interact more effectively with others. Playing with Style motivates people to take an active role in the mastery of personal styles. The games provide a wide variety of interactive training activities and learning experiences.
Each game takes approximately 15 – 30 minutes to facilitate and play. The choice is yours – play one, play some, or play them all. We guarantee the games will be the hit with any audience. Participants will leave the session prepared to transfer the learning to the workplace and put their newly-acquired knowledge into immediate action.
Learning Outcomes
The objective of the instructional games is to help individuals quickly build fluency in the different personal styles so that they can improve interpersonal skills and interact more effectively with others. Playing with Style motivates people to take an active role in the mastery of personal styles. Individuals quickly build fluency in the different personal styles so that they can improve interpersonal skills and interact more effectively with others. Playing with Style motivates people to take an active role in the mastery of personal styles. The games provide a wide variety of interactive training activities and learning experiences.
How It Works
While it is possible to introduce the HRDQ Style Model using Playing with Style, it is most helpful to participants to have a working knowledge and understanding of their preferred dominant style and the basic characteristics of each of the four styles.
Playing with Style which is based on classics such as poker, rummy, and bluff, includes 10 card games plus an additional bonus game you can use as an icebreaker or closing activity.
Playing with Style Complete Game Kit
Everything you need to run a training session of up to 20 participants at one time. Includes:
• Playing with Style Facilitator Guide
• CD-ROM with reproducible content
• One reusable deck of playing cards
• One set of 4 label cards
• One feedback tablet
• Totebox.
Facilitator Guide Table of Contents:
• Introduction
• Before You Begin
• Playing with Style Card Games
Game 1: Solo Style
Game 2: Speed
Game 3: Which Style?
Game 4: Quick Classification
Game 5: Personal Style Poker
Game 6: Grab It
Game 7: Bluff
Game 8: Auction Rummy
Game 9: Match
Game 10: Five Tricks
Bonus Game: Classify
• What’s On the CD?
Training a larger group?
Additional card decks are sold separately. See Code 153XCARD.
