In your group there is a stubborn donkey who will never change his opinion no matter what; an entertaining but constantly chattering, mischief-making monkey; and a peacock who proudly shares his "I'm brilliant and colorful" status and struts around but gets little done. There is also an inspirational lion and a loving female momma cat who would be cleaning up and organizing everyone to make sure they had lunch.

In the discussion, you identified two additional animals you'd like to recruit to your group and what you might do to encourage helpful behaviors and cultivate leadership in the group. You also considered ways to control or manage those who were harming the group's productivity and morale.

Use the Internet for team-building activities or games that could be used in your group to improve morale and productivity. Consider the five-stage model of group development in your research:

• Stage 1: Forming
• Stage 2: Norming
• Stage 3: Storming
• Stage 4: Performing
• Stage 5: Adjourning

Choose one team-building activity or game that would be appropriate for a particular stage of group development, and another activity or game that would be appropriate for a different stage of group development.

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