Leadership Crest

Some people might not have a family crest, but everyone knows what they are: a visual
representation of that clan’s strengths. It’s something that explains the family. Apply that same
idea to leadership, and have everyone make a crest that represents the values, beliefs and ideas of
a great leader.

Have them break the crest or coat of arms into four categories, leadership skills, values that help
influence others, recent accomplishments and what you like most about your current status in
school. Which section was easiest? Does anything there reveal something about you that others
might not know? Are the company’s values reflected on the crest?

This game focuses on an often overlooked leadership quality, alignment. It’s important to have
your values align with your accomplishments and your companies values.

Steps:

1. Brief participants about drawing their own Leadership Coat of Arms. Explain briefly the
importance of consistent values in leadership and ask them to reflect what beliefs and
values they find important as a leader
2. Give a sheet of A4 paper or flipchart and a marker for each participant, and assign 10-15
minutes of time for them to draw their coat of arms, representing the 4 most important
items they value in leadership. Encourage participants not be concerned about how nice
their drawing is, the main thing is expressing what they think is important for a leader.
3. After everyone finished their drawing, ask participants to share and explain their
drawings. Questions to consider: see questions above.
4. After the discussion and debriefing round, you may ask participants to stick their coat of
arms drawings to the wall, so you have a visual gallery of Leadership Coat of Arms