About
The Samurai Game®
• What is the Samurai Game® - Who Invented it – Who owns it?
The Samurai Game® is arguably the most unique, intense and
challenging leadership and teambuilding simulation available for organizational
and corporate trainings & retreats, university and school leadership courses and
programs, and seminar & training companies serving the general public.
The Game was invented in 1977 by George Leonard author of
numerous books including:
Mastery, The Silent Pulse, The Ultimate Athlete, Walking on the Edge of the
World, The Way of Aikido: Life Lessons from an American Sensei, and The Life We
Are Given (co-author Michael Murphy). The Game was copyrighted by George
Leonard and is solely owned by The Leonard Trust.
Please visit
www.ITP-International.org for more information about George Leonard.
• Who trains and certifies The Samurai Game® facilitators and
what is the process?
In 2000, George Leonard designated Lance Giroux, Managing
Director of Allied Ronin™ Leadership Training & Consulting
www.AlliedRonin.com
as the sole facilitator training and certification representative for the
simulation worldwide. Samurai Game® facilitators must be trained and certified
by Lance Giroux before being allowed to deliver it on their own.
Before
entering the training and certification process, please download and read
<click
here> the document containing its methods and details about where, when and how
the process takes place.
Call 1-707-769-0328 or send email to
info@SamuraiGame.org for facilitator training & certification details, and
for a current list of officially certified Samurai Game® facilitators. Please
complete the facilitator application
<click here> and attach as a pdf file to
your email request for training and certification details.
• What makes the Samurai Game® unique and what is it used for?
Because the Game is “live and unscripted” no two Samurai Games®
are alike. Each serves to significantly deepen individual and organizational
awareness, leadership effectiveness and team cohesion. Every Game presents a
series of unpredictable and fascinating examples that can reflect: the
pressures of business, organizational dynamics and politics, professional
competition, family and individual daily life.
At a minimum the Game presents repeated opportunities for each participant to
observe themself honestly on these questions:
(1) To what degree are you willing act decisively and with
integrity to get the results you say that you want and need?
(2) Upon what principles and core values do you stake your life
and success?
(3) How well do you function in the face of uncertainty and the
unfair.
For these reasons individuals and organizations often invest
repeatedly in the experience.
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