How To Give Instructions (& Not Get Any Questions)

Leadership Tips 27 Jan 2026 forum 0 Comments

The Secret to Seamless Instructions

You know that moment right after you finish explaining an activity and then all the hands go up with questions?

Wait, what do we do again? Can you repeat that? I’m confused.

It’s frustrating and it makes you look unprepared if not unprofessional.

Now imagine this, you give your instructions and you get zero questions. Nobody’s confused. Everybody just gets it and jumps straight in.

That is not luck, that is a skill.

Click play below so I can show you exactly how I do it.

Here’s the secret: only tell your group what they need to know when they need to know it.

Now, to demonstrate what I mean, click the link to see me present the instructions for one of my go-to favourite energisers called Finding Nemo.

First, I need to form a circle, so the circle forms.
Then I say I’m going to select a random secret person. That’s it so far. Notice I don’t tell them that this person is Nemo, they do not need to know that yet.
Then, once I’ve selected the secret person, I announce the secret person is Nemo and your goal is to find Nemo.
And only after that do I explain how they find Nemo and so on, etc, etc.

One step at a time, no overload, just what they need to know when they need to know it.

Interactive mingling game to energise groups & create fun.

Let me say that again: one step at a time, no overload, just what they need to know when they need to know it.

And the result, no confusion, no questions, because nothing was confusing in the first place.

If you’d like to watch me present Finding Nemo and see this principle in action, click this link. I’ll show you exactly how it’s done.

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