Includes CD-ROM.

Preface -- The difference between training and consulting : which annual to use? -- Introduction to the 2006 Pfeiffer annual : consulting -- Experiential learning activities. Introduction to the experiential learning activities section -- Experiential learning activities categories -- Presuppositions : enhancing performance and perspective / Devora D. Zack -- Honored strangers : exploring what new immigrants experience / Edwina Pio -- Windows : demonstrating group competencies / Beverly J. Bitterman -- Trust ARCH : building team support / Mary B. Wacker -- The team circle : moving from conflict to harmony / Bridget A. O'Brien -- Beyond I, me and my : honoring separate realities / Marilyn J. Sprague-Smith -- Pass the solution, please : brainstorming suggestions / Gail Hahn -- Empowerment : ensuring the basics are in place / Chris W. Chen -- Your fantasy work team : building a perfect team / Peter R. Garber -- Lights, camera, action! Creating team commercials / Cher Holton -- The web we weave : closing the team's work / Kristin J. Arnold -- Towers : preventing business failure / Cheryl A. Brown -- Editor's choice. Introduction to the editor's choice section -- The stigma of stereotypes : lessons for youth in being different / Kathryn Carson Key Whitehead -- Communities of competence as catalysts for change / Elizabeth A. Smith -- Inventories, questionnaires, and surveys. Introduction to the inventories, questionnaires, and surveys section -- Leadership capability assessment / Teri B. Lund -- Motivational climate inventory / K. S. Gupta -- Articles and discussion resources. Introduction to the articles and discussion resources section -- Turning reports into successful oral presentations / Nichola D. Gutgold -- Why executive coaching? Significant lessons learned / Barbara Pate Glacel -- Collaborative management / Peter R. Garber -- Results of the effective change survey / Rick Maurer -- Teams of a new generation : defining the 21st century experiential training agenda / Greg Robinson and Mark Rose -- A coaching challenge : surviving the arrogant boss / H. B. Karp -- Inside or outside : the partnerships of internal and external consultants / Beverly Scott and Jane Hascall -- Making a difference : the client-consultant relationship / Mohandas K. Nair -- Accelerating the project lifecycle : the partnership of facilitation and project management / Tammy Adams and Jan Means -- Giving feedback to leaders : avoiding the traps / Jan M. Schmuckler and Thomas J. Ucko -- How to persuade employees to buy in to change / Charles B. Royal -- Contributors -- Contents of the companion volume, The 2006 Pfeiffer annual : training -- How to use the CD-ROM -- Pfeiffer publications guide.