1.

‘Centre Stage’ (from Higgins, 2018)

Select four team members as volunteers. One team member plays the role of an
student who has been late to school in recent times. Each of the other three
participants demonstrates a different style of leader (to save time, nominate the
particular personality trait).
After 3 demonstrations of how to deal with the student, ask the whole group to reflect
on the different leadership approaches. For example, the group could consider what
worked and what did not. Finally, to conclude this activity, ask the group to consider
what the ‘ideal’ leader would do in the scenario.
2. ‘Who You Going to Call’
Each participant begins by writing a one-paragraph description of a class situation
that is not going well. Collect these, and at the top of each page, number them in
consecutive order. Then, divide the participants into two teams.
Give each team half of the papers. Then, ask the teams to choose the style of
leadership that would be the least and the most effective in solving the problem.
Have the teams note their answers on a piece of paper, being sure to identify the
paragraph number on the top of each page, and their choices.
Then, ask the teams to swap papers and repeat the activity.
When the teams have discussed all the paragraphs, discuss the scenarios and review
the choices as a group. Where the team’s choices are different, discuss as a group.