Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 4, Session 2: Team Leadership | Page 24 of 91B. Summary
Conclude the exercise by saying:
“From our discussion it’s clear that each of you have taken action as a leader in situations where you
were not the ‘official’ leader. It’s important to realize that, by paying attention to what the group needs
to do, you can help lead by taking the right action at just the right time.”IV. Application ( 30 minutes)
Materials:
Trainer Material 1: Situations: What Would a Leader Do?
Flip chart 2: Qualities of a Good Leader (This is the chart the group generated in the previous session—
“What is a Leader?”—during the Information activity.)
Green- and red-colored cards (one of either color for each team)
A. What Would a Leader Do?
Participants identify leadership actions to resolve common group problems.
- Explain the activity. Say:
“You’ve learned about the actions a leader can take to keep a group or team on track and you’ve seen
how other team members can use those actions to move the group along, even if they are not the
designated leader. You have also learned which leadership actions you are most comfortable using and
which you’d like to improve for yourself. Next, I’d like you to think about how you would use the
leadership actions in different situations.”- Divide participants into groups of three to five that are different from earlier teams. Adjust the number
of people in each group so you have an even number of groups. Give either a green- or a red-colored
card to each group. Say:
“I’m going to describe a number of situations that could happen in a group or team. I’ll give you a
couple minutes to talk with your team members and decide what leadership action you would take.
You’ll need to keep in mind the qualities of good leaders that we talked about in our last session ‘What
is a Leader?’ that are posted here. Here is the first situation:- Read the first situation from Trainer Material 1: Situations: What Would a Leader Do? Say:
“You are a member of a team. Suppose your team has been asked to help address a specific concern at
your school but the team is having difficulty agreeing on what its focus should be. What might a
leader say to share a vision, goal, or idea about the issue?“A more direct response from a leader might be, ‘We are talking about a lot of different issues here. I
think we should get back to the original purpose of our meeting.’