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VENTURING
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
COURSE
Session II: Communication
Blind Triangle
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.
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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
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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?
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Communications Quotes - 1
These quotes were found in insurance or accident
reports. They were eventually published in the Toronto
Sun on July 26, 1977.
• 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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