Looking for an icebreaker that helps team members learn more about each other, improve their vocabulary, questioning skills and information gathering techniques? Check out this game that can be used in your next training session.

1. Personality
Traits
Game
Use
this
game
with
teams
that
already
know
each
other
or
have
been
working
together
for
some
time.
This
game
will
help
participants
learn
to
communicate
more
clearly
with
each
other,
and
learn
the
importance
of
being
specific
and
how
to
gather
specifics
from
others,
improving
their
questioning
skills.
Objectives:
Jennifer
Kumar,
MSW,
CC
OWNER
AND
PROGRAM
DIRECTOR,
AUTHENTIC
JOURNEYS
jennifer@authenticjourneys.info
|
http://authenticjourneys.info
©2014
Do
not
reprint
without
permission.
• Improve
vocabulary
• Encourage
being
specific
and
giving
constructive
feedback
• Learn
how
to
ask
questions
to
get
good
responses
• Learn
how
to
share
feedback
with
a
team
Time
Needed
for
10
participants:
10
minutes
for
instructions/questions/pairing
20
minutes
for
interviewing
partners
30
minutes
for
sharing
answers
Directions
for
facilitator:
• Print
out
the
cards,
cut
them,
fold
them
in
half.
Put
the
pieces
of
paper
in
a
bag.
Participants
will
randomly
choose
a
card.
• Divide
the
group
into
partners.
Each
partner
will
choose
one
card.
• In
the
debrief
participants
are
expected
to
talk
about
specifics,
so
circulate
through
the
groups
to
help
them
to
ask
questions
or
gather
specifics.
Don’t
give
the
answers
to
them.
They
need
to
be
able
to
think
and
speak
on
their
own.
Tell
these
directions
to
the
participants:
• Choose
a
partner.
For
anyone
not
having
a
partner,
one
group
could
have
three
people.
• Each
person
must
choose
one
card.
• Each
set
of
partners
will
ask
a
closed
ended
question
to
the
other
regarding
the
trait,
followed
by
open
ended
questions
or
build
questions
to
get
more
details.
For
example:
Question:
Are
you
disorganized?
Partner:
No
Question:
So,
you
are
organized.
What
makes
you
organized?
/
Could
you
share
a
story
about
being
organized?
Ask
your
partner
questions
to
reveal
specific
instances
to
answer
these
questions.
No
one
can
say,
for
instance,
“I
am
not
disorganized
because
I
am
organized.”
What
does
it
mean
to
be
organized?
Be
specific.
Tell
a
story
about
it.
It
does
not
have
to
be
work
related.
• After
15-­‐20
minutes
each
group
will
share
about
the
characteristics
of
their
partner.

2. Jennifer
Kumar,
MSW,
CC
OWNER
AND
PROGRAM
DIRECTOR,
AUTHENTIC
JOURNEYS
jennifer@authenticjourneys.info
|
http://authenticjourneys.info
©2014
Do
not
reprint
without
permission.
adventurous
lazy
polite
determined
assertive
brave
careful
hard-­‐working
fun-­‐loving
punctual
artistic
traditional
confident
organized
cautious
sociable
graceful
disorganized
playful
dependable
outgoing
flexible
shy
creative
open-­‐minded
honest
cooperative
sentimental
loyal
talkative
creative
patient
dependable
courageous
serious
quiet
disciplined
friendly
attentive
stylish
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jealous
energetic
smart
friendly
bossy
gentle
ambitious