The Lachlan Group: Strategy Planning Implementation

Tu Casa, Mi Casa

Tu Casa, Mi Casa is a series of innovative corporate training exercises designed to help participants experience and practice the power of truly stepping into someone else's Frame of Reference.

Tu Casa, Mi Casa is an experiential approach to helping people learn and practice seeing things as others see them. Mastering these skills can unlock an empathy that betters relationships, enables more productive interactions including negotiating and sales efforts and provides insight into creative solutions to some of the more difficult issues people encounter when interacting with one another. Mastering these skills also enables participants to interact in a way that leaves those they deal with feeling valued and understood. The program is fun, insightful, interactive and will help participants to develop skills they can put into practice immediately.

Tu Casa, Mi Casa is comprised of 4 exercises:

"Tu Casa, Mi Casa"–Using a simple analogy, this straightforward exercise empowers participants to develop a step-by-step approach to engaging in another's frame of reference. The analogy in turn becomes the "living language" leveraged throughout the rest of the program and back in the workplace.

"Whazz'it?"–A stimulating, interactive and revealing exercise that tests participants ability to suspend their judgment of others and challenges them to see what others see as they see it. Participants are often surprised at how quickly they snap to judgment without realizing it and how those judgments keep them from the ability to truly step into another's frame of reference.

"Kopy Kat"–A remarkable communication exercise that is as insightful as it is engaging. Participants compete in teams to "create understanding" in the shortest time possible and end up with clear "best practices" for creating real understanding quickly and efficiently. In the first round of the experience, participants step into what they believe are their most effective communication practices—only to find out that what they assumed would be most effective was not effective at all! An interim debrief allows them to see that effective communication is not measured by how "good" it is (clear, concise, two-way, etc.), but by how effective it is! Did it get the results it was intended to get? After discussing practical insights into their own communication practices, participants must then put the learnings into practice in the second round of the exercise.

"Show Me The Money"–A dynamic and cumulative closing exercise that invites participants to practice what they have just learned. Participants typically fall prey to old habits and approaches in this exercise. As a result, it helps them see the difference between what they know and what they do.

Learning Outcomes
Through this series of exercises participants will:

Discover that what they originally consider "an adequate understanding" of another person's perspective is often not adequate at all.

Practice seeing things as others see them.

Develop a simple approach to stepping into another's frame of reference.

Understand that no matter how "good" communication is, it is not effective until it achieves its intended result.

Get insight into personal communication practices–both effective practices and those that are not as effective as assumed!

Clearly see that for communication to be effective, it must incorporate the target audience's frame of reference.

Create a common platform on which to hold each other accountable to practice the learning.

Create "living language" that helps them bring the learnings back to the workplace in a way that enables them to hold each other accountable to the learning in a safe and meaningful way.

Logistics
Tu Casa, Mi Casa is a 1.5 - 3.5 hour, highly interactive process that can be customized to meet the specific needs of your group. Tu Casa, Mi Casa can be used with groups as small as eight people. There is no maximum group size. The format is engaging and fast moving, combining dialogue, experiential exercise, debriefing and brainstorming. One main facilitator is required. Large groups may require support staff.

More Information
For more information on this simulation, click here to access our “request for information” form. Fill out the form and click submit. It’s that simple.

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		Tu Casa, Mi Casa Tu Casa, Mi Casa is a series of innovative corporate training exercises designed to help participants experience and practice the power of truly stepping into someone else's Frame of Reference. Tu Casa, Mi Casa is an experiential approach to helping people learn and practice seeing things as others see them. Mastering these skills can unlock an empathy that betters relationships, enables more productive interactions including negotiating and sales efforts and provides insight into creative solutions to some of the more difficult issues people encounter when interacting with one another. Mastering these skills also enables participants to interact in a way that leaves those they deal with feeling valued and understood. The program is fun, insightful, interactive and will help participants to develop skills they can put into practice immediately. Tu Casa, Mi Casa is comprised of 4 exercises: "Tu Casa, Mi Casa"–Using a simple analogy, this straightforward exercise empowers participants to develop a step-by-step approach to engaging in another's frame of reference. The analogy in turn becomes the "living language" leveraged throughout the rest of the program and back in the workplace. "Whazz'it?"–A stimulating, interactive and revealing exercise that tests participants ability to suspend their judgment of others and challenges them to see what others see as they see it. Participants are often surprised at how quickly they snap to judgment without realizing it and how those judgments keep them from the ability to truly step into another's frame of reference. "Kopy Kat"–A remarkable communication exercise that is as insightful as it is engaging. Participants compete in teams to "create understanding" in the shortest time possible and end up with clear "best practices" for creating real understanding quickly and efficiently. In the first round of the experience, participants step into what they believe are their most effective communication practices—only to find out that what they assumed would be most effective was not effective at all! An interim debrief allows them to see that effective communication is not measured by how "good" it is (clear, concise, two-way, etc.), but by how effective it is! Did it get the results it was intended to get? After discussing practical insights into their own communication practices, participants must then put the learnings into practice in the second round of the exercise. "Show Me The Money"–A dynamic and cumulative closing exercise that invites participants to practice what they have just learned. Participants typically fall prey to old habits and approaches in this exercise. As a result, it helps them see the difference between what they know and what they do. Learning Outcomes Through this series of exercises participants will: Discover that what they originally consider "an adequate understanding" of another person's perspective is often not adequate at all. Practice seeing things as others see them. Develop a simple approach to stepping into another's frame of reference. Understand that no matter how "good" communication is, it is not effective until it achieves its intended result. Get insight into personal communication practices–both effective practices and those that are not as effective as assumed! Clearly see that for communication to be effective, it must incorporate the target audience's frame of reference. Create a common platform on which to hold each other accountable to practice the learning. Create "living language" that helps them bring the learnings back to the workplace in a way that enables them to hold each other accountable to the learning in a safe and meaningful way. Logistics Tu Casa, Mi Casa is a 1.5 - 3.5 hour, highly interactive process that can be customized to meet the specific needs of your group. Tu Casa, Mi Casa can be used with groups as small as eight people. There is no maximum group size. The format is engaging and fast moving, combining dialogue, experiential exercise, debriefing and brainstorming. One main facilitator is required. Large groups may require support staff. More Information For more information on this simulation, click here to access our “request for information” form. Fill out the form and click submit. It’s that simple.

				For more information on this simulation, click the icon (above).