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   Part E. Leadership, Management, and Group Facilitation
      Chapter 14. Core Functions in Leadership >
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Discovering and Creating Possibilities

  

Tools & Checklists

 Contributed by Marya Axner Edited by Bill Berkowitz

Checklist

Here, you'll find a checklist that summarizes the major points in the text.


Start with yourself. You have tried:

__Writing a day journal.

__Writing a dream journal.

__Getting someone to listen to you.

__Setting aside a regular time in the day to focus on creating new possibilities.

__Carrying around a notebook or small tape recorder to most places you go.

__Sketching or doodling.

__Jogging, walking, or any other form of exercise.

__Taking a break.

__Taking time to rest.


Other steps in discovering and creating possibilities. You have:

__Gathered information about your community.

__Listened to people.

__Built relationships with people in your community.

__Thought about the future.

__Researched resources inside your community.

__Researched resources outside your community.

__Tested old assumptions.

__Challenged feelings of hopelessness.

__Been courageous in your thinking.


Using a group to discover and create possibilities. You have tried:

__A group discussion.

__A brainstorming session.

__An idea-writing session.

__A support group.

__Bringing different people together.


Choosing among all the possibilities. You have considered:

__Which possibilities will bring about the most desired results.

__Which possibilities are most likely to succeed.

__Which possibilities are you and your group most interested in or passionate about.

__Which possibilities have the greatest organizational commitment.

__Which possibilities have the greatest potential of spin-off benefits.

__If you have the resources to carry out a possibility.

__Are the external factors favorable, outside of your own organization.

__Which possibilities will you learn the most from.