Increasing participants’ capacity of active listening
Increasing empathy
Building trust and confidence among the participants

Duration: 20 minutes This exercise is about developing the active listening skills of the participants. By pairs, the participants will be invited to walk for 20 minutes. Before beginning the talk, the facilitator will propose a topic to develop during the talk. For example: “How do you feel about the role you have in your organization today“ .

For the first 10 minutes, only one of the 2 persons will talk, while the other will listen. The “listener” cannot ask questions or make any comment: he/she only listens to the other. When the time is over, the 2 participants switch roles: the “talker” becomes the “listener”, and vice versa.

Material required: none