Organization
Leadership Skill Area
This project is supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania
Developmental Disabilities Council (PADDC)
What is organization?
• To arrange into a structured whole; order
• This may look different for different people
• You have to find what works best for you!
Good practice
• Although you may organize differently than someone else, these
things can help anyone:
• Clean space
• Calendar or planner
• Technology!
Not just about the stuff
• Organizing is important for your ideas and actions too!
• Always remember to:
• Prioritize
• Put important things first
• Track
• Ask yourself if you’re getting things accomplished
Organization & Leadership
• When you are organized, others will be able to follow
• Make sure you’re on the same page!
• Helps you follow everyone else, too
• Track their progress
• Less chaos = more productivity
“Sort it Out” Activity
Sometimes organization is about organizing things. This activity will
require you to make your own categories to sort it out.
• The next slide has a series of objects
• Your goal will be to come up with a system to categorize these objects
• Try to do this as fast as you can
• The first three to raise their hands when they’re finished, will explain
their “system”
What did you learn?
• How did you first approach the objects? Did you categorize as you
looked, or after you saw each object?
• Did your system work right away, or did you need an alternative?
• Do you think there would be a better system?
• How can learning to quickly categorize help you at school and work?
“Efficiency” Activity
Sometimes organization is about organizing our thoughts to be as
efficient as possible. This activity will require you to think about
possibilities before providing your answer.
• Pair up in teams of two
• One person face the presentation “Describer”; other face away “Guesser”
• Describers silently read the first keyword on the screen
• Tell the Guesser one word that will allow them to guess the keyword
• Each team takes a turn until someone guesses correctly
• Switch roles for the next keyword
Tree
Soda
Pizza
Netflix
What did you learn?
• Was it difficult to use fewer words?
• What did you think as a guesser when the clue was good? When it
was not so good?
• What did you need to consider before coming up with your clue?
What did you have to consider before using the clue to guess?
• How can learning to be more direct help you at school and work?