ENERGIZERS & ICE-BREAKERS FOR THE WECOACHES - Entrepreneurship
Energizers and Ice-breakers for WECoaches
Entrepreneurship
Activity 5: Shielding your river of life | |
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Type |
Ice breaker |
Exercise Name |
Shielding your river of life |
Specific objectives |
Results:
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Duration |
Approximately 1 hour |
Material/room |
Paper, markers, pencils, colour papers, scissors |
Nr of participants |
Individual activity |
Description |
Part 1 (30 min) The WECoach should introduce the activity:
Get a piece of paper. Firstly, both of you will have time to think about your past experiences and imagine your future ones. Which were the key moments? Who was helping/supporting/inspiring them? What did they achieve? What they would like to achieve next? Try to answer these questions by drawing your lives as a river, using images to visualize any happy moments or obstacles on paper. Part 2 (10 min) The WECoach and coachee will come back to the table and explain their rivers of life, sharing as much of your experiences as you wish. Evaluate your thoughts and share your feelings and aspirations about the future. Part 3 (20 mins) As the WECoach, draw a shield on a piece of flipchart paper. The shield needs to be split into 4 quadrants.
Below the bottom of the shield the delegate will record their philosophy, strategy, or approach towards work. |
Methodological advice |
Choose a space in the room with which you feel more comfortable since this is a reflective exercise. Tip: Put a nice song on to get inspired. Make a debriefing session by asking questions about how it was for both of you to share, what you have learnt and what conclusions you can draw from the activity. Both of you need to share your thoughts and feelings. In that way, you will bond even more as a WECoach and coachee. |
Variations |
In case the coachee gets emotional, make sure to give the person space and support. Try to be as sensitive as possible and let the person tell you what they wish without being too invasive in their personal stories. The point is to give adequate time and space to the other person to feel comfortable. As the WECoach we encourage you to start first to make the coachee feel more comfortable. You can ‘tailor’ the information you want the coachee to supply you with in the four quadrants shield depending on what you want to achieve from the ice breaker. |
Weblinks, Videos, Pictures, further material |
On being river of life exercise (PDF) |
Activity 6: Reflecting on Self - EntreComp Emojis Icebreaker | |
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Type |
Ice breaker |
Exercise Name |
Reflecting on Self: entrecomp Emojis Icebreaker |
Specific objectives |
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Duration |
Approximately 1 hour |
Material/room |
EntreComp flower, markers, sticky notes, flip chart |
Nr of participants |
Individual activity or group activity |
Description |
Opening & Introduction: As the WECoach you should give a general overview of the session’s aim and objectives (2’) and then ask the coachee to brainstorm on the following question “What does 'Being Entrepreneurial’ mean to you” (2’). Collect the coachee’s answer and write them down on a flip-chart (3’) and discuss briefly the terms. Use them to introduce the definition of “entrepreneurship” given by EntreComp, along with the general EntreComp framework (you can project the EntreComp flower on the screen or show a poster or handout) (7’). Then, ask the coachee to reflect on the questions: “Which EntreComp-related skills and attitudes do you have? How do you use them in your daily life?”, by checking the EntreComp flower. (5’) Once the reflection is finished, ask the coachee to choose her 3 most relevant competences and to rate them by sticking a positive, neutral, and negative emoji drawn on a sticky note on the poster, next to the respective competence. (5’) Finally, reflect on the purpose of the coaching journey by asking the coachee to explore EntreComp and reflect on some follow-up questions, for instance: “Through your enterprise idea, do you apply these competences in your specific issue/field/sector? How could you do this? What is the main type of value created (social, cultural, or financial) in your enterprise idea?” so as to start co-creating the value of Entrecomp based on the individual needs of the coachee. You can start developing your brainstorming session and mapping your coaching journey based on the coachee’s enterprise plan. |
Methodological advice |
Show the EntreComp flower or other material after the first reflection exercise to obtain unbiased responses. Keep in mind that, although you are introducing value creation, the link to the EntreComp must be present during the activity to bring it back in the next step. If your focus is on competence mapping, ask them to stick the colour-coded note with the activity onto the most important competence area on which it delivers. Remind the coachee that it is a brainstorming process that should promote a constant flow of ideas. As the WECoach you may support the process, if requested by the coachee, with special care to not disrupt or lead it. Offer examples, if needed, always based on the five goals outlined in the EntreComp into the Action user guide:
At the end of the session, it is important to evaluate it by asking how the coachee felt, what she realized and how this activity was helpful to her journey. Share both your feelings since this is a bonding relationship and it is important for both of you to share your thoughts and emotions to really connect. |
Variations |
You can ask the coachee to read the EntreComp prior to the first session so as to be more familiar with the competences during the discussion. |
Weblinks, Videos, Pictures, further material |
Workshop format inspired by entrecomp (PDF) |