1) Two colleagues are chatting in the lift. One asks the other: “When does the development meeting start?” Identify the 'parent' response. a) Tomorrow at 2pm. b) Tomorrow, Wednesday, normal time – when will you  remember? c) Don’t ask me – they never let me know. 2) Team Leader A says to Team Leader B: “I must stay late tonight to finish this report.” Identify the 'adult' response. a) Do you have to leave everything to the last minute? b) Ha – the rest of us are off to the pub. c) OK. 3) Two staff members are chatting during their coffee break. One says: “I hear Amanda Brown is being transferred again.” Identify the 'child' response. a) Yes, so I’ve heard. b) What else can she expect? c) Brilliant, I’ll be getting her desk now. 4) Two team leaders talking during a break in a meeting. One says: “It would seem that Jane wants your job now.” Identify the 'parent' response. a) I’ll take care of her! b) Come on, you should know better than to talk about people like that. c) What makes you think that? 5) A member of staff says to her colleague: “So you left without asking?” Identify the 'adult' response. a) I’m ashamed to say I did. b) Don’t interfere. c) Yes. 6) A manager preaches to his colleague: “You know laziness breeds mediocrity.” Identify the 'child' response. a) I always try to do my best. b) Where did you hear that? c) And that – coming from you!

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