Overview
The Political Animal Indicator® Facilitator Guidebook is the Technical Manual for the PAI® booklet. It enables L&D professionals to use the PAI® booklet and Political Animal Workshop (PAW) PowerPoint presentation in group learning contexts. The Facilitator Guidebook contains 2 instructional Sections:
Section 1 - General Notes
Section 2 - PAW Facilitation Notes
Section 1 - General Notes
This Section helps Learning and Development (L&D) professionals (e.g. Trainers, Coaches and Consultants) to gain a comprehensive understanding of the PAI® booklet and how it can be used in different learning contexts to help people develop a positive set of political behaviours that can help them to create happier and healthier political work cultures and careers. This Section also describes The Political Profile Questionnaire's© Administration and the Questionnaire Scoring process.
Section 2 - PAW Facilitation Notes
This Section provides a detailed set of Facilitation Notes that L&D professionals can be used to successfully deliver a half day (4 hour) Political Animal Workshop to any Organisational audience. The Political Animal Workshop is an experiential and highly interactive Workshop that fully engages and immerses Participants in the learning process. Key learning points covered on a PAW include a...
Reappraisal - of the tacitly learnt assumptions people have about Workplace Politics
Recognition - of the different Power Sources that exist within Organisations that people can leverage
Reflection - on the cultural norms and mores that produce Positive or Negative political Work Cultures
Regard - for the Political Animal Framework© and each Participant's unique Political Animal Profile©
Review - of the Political Skills Participants want to develop to become behaviourally more politically positive
Written - Political Skills self-development behavioural Agenda
Summary
The Political Animal Indicator® Facilitator Guidebook provides L&D professionals with a Technical Manual for the PAI® booklet, plus instructions on how to successfully deliver a 4 hour Political Animal Workshop using a bespoke PowerPoint presentation.
Technical Information
Instrument: The Political Animal Indicator ® Facilitator Guidebook
Edition: 2022
Format: 32 Page, A4, Facilitator Guidebook
Audience: L&D professionals (e.g. Trainers, Coaches, Consultants & Business School Lecturers)
Package: PAI® guidebook, PAI® booklet, its questionnaire, and a PAW PowerPoint presentation
Usage: Self-Study leading to knowledge of the PAI® booklet and skills to facilitate a PAW
Author: Wayne Thomas, M.A., M.Sc., M.B.A., Ph.D.
