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LEADERSHIP STYLES PROGRAM
Goals:
1) To examine the different styles of leadership.
2) To learn about your own leadership skills.
Objectives:
1) The Participants will discover the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of different
styles of leadership.
2) The Participants will meet three leaders with different leadership styles.
Materials:
Small Packs of Legos
Decks of Cards
Big Slab of Paper
Markers
Time Table:
0:00-0:10 Intro/Break into Groups
0:10-0:25 Group meets with First Leader
0:25-0:40 Group meets with Second Leader
0:40-0:55 Group meets with Third Leader
0:55-1:20 Discussion
Procedure:
Note: This program will be more effective if the participants do not know
that this is a program about different leadership styles. The participants will get
the effect of the program better if they only know that they are supposed to complete a
task and do not know that they are being subjected to stereotypes of leadership styles.
0:00-0:10 Intro/Break into Groups
Intro: Speaker tells participants that they are now going to have a non-content
based program. They are going to break up into groups and merely do fun little
things in groups. Participants find their assigned groups and go to the assigned
group locations. Once there, the group leader can lead the participants in going
around the circle and doing the name/introducing thing.
0:10-0:25 Group meets with First Leader
The first leader leads by showing the group what to do, but then abandons them. The
leader distributes small packs of Lego's to everyone in the group. The leader tells
everyone not to touch anything, just to watch the leader. The leader then proceeds
to assemble the Lego's, then instructs everyone in the group to assemble their Lego's the
exact same way. The leader should not help the group in any way after the initial
instructive. When asked any questions, the leader should just say that the group
should know what to do, they should be able to do what they need without being
"led" further. A possible way to make the group feel abandoned is by
talking to the group leader and not letting the rest of the group come talk to the two
leaders.
0:25-0:40 Group meets with Second Leader
The second leader leads by ordering people around. The group has a deck of cards.
The leader tells the group that they must build a card tower. The leader
should try to instruct the group to build the tower in a very unproficient way. When
the group goes too slow or messes up (especially whenever the cards fall), the leader
should berate and scold the group. The leader should constantly yell at the group
and tell them how bad and dumb the participants are. A good thing to try would be to
"accidentally"knock down the cards and then blame it on the group or an
individual.
0:40-0:55 Group meets with Third Leader
The third leader leads the group by delegating responsibility to others in the group,
working by using cooperation, and positively encouraging everyone in the group. The
leader gives the group a big piece of paper and markers, and tells the group that they
need to make a banner that glorifies five different aspects of NFTY. The leader
should say that there are 5 things that they are supposed to include, but instead, he
feels that the group should think of their own 5 things ( and pretend that it is the
leader's own idea to go against what the program says). The leader should then let
the group break itself up into 5 groups, each to work on one part.
0:55-1:20 Discussion
The group leaders and the rotating leaders (who should each stay with the last group they
were with) should then lead the group in a discussion about the different kinds of
leadership they were subjected to (hint; there are more than just these three
stereotypes-each leader's character can be broken down into different aspects of
leadership -discuss all that come up). If the participants have not yet realized
what the program was about, they should be let in on the big secret at this time.
Here are some ideas that can be incorporated into discussion (try to incorporate
text to add that little bit of Jewish flavor).
What kinds of leadership were they subjected to?
How did the participants feel when they were just given something to do and then
abandoned?
How did they feel when they were given a task to do, and even when trying were put down
and berated?
How did they feel when they were given a say in what they were doing?
Which aspects of leadership seem to be more effective?
Which aspects of leadership seem to make the group less effective in what they were doing?
Is it sometimes necessary to be rough or strict or mean with a group (see first text
below) Why? When?
Why shouldn't those traits often be associated with leadership?
Why must a leader not try to lead alone? (see second text below)
Why must a leader sometimes join the group in doing a task? (see third text below)
First Text: Numbers 20:2, 9-12: "The community was without water, and
they joined against Moses and Aaron...Moses took the rod from before the lord, as He had
commanded him. Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation in from the rock; and he
said to them, "Listen, you rebels, shall we get water for you out of this rock?"
And Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod. Out came
copious water, and the community and their beasts drank. But the Lord said to Moses
and Aaron, "Because you did not trust Me enough to affirm My sanctity in the sight of
the Israelite people, therefore you shall not lead this congregation into the land that I
have given them."
-This is an example of a leader who is harsh with his people and belittles them-Moses
also hits the rock, disobeying God's command, and is punished for it.
Second Text: Exodus 18:13-14, 17-18, 22-23: "Next day, Moses sat as
magistrate among the people, while the people stood about Moses from morning until
evening. But when Moses' father-in-law saw how much he had to do for the people, he
said "What is this thing that you are doing to the people? Why do you act
alone, while all the people are standing about you from morning until evening?"
...But Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing you are doing is not right; you
will surely wear yourself out, and these people as well. For the task is too heavy
for you; you cannot do it alone...Made it easier for yourself by letting (other
magistrates) share the burden with you. If you do this- and so God commands
you-you will be able to bear it up; and all these people too will go home unwearied."
-This is an example of a leader who realizes that to be more effective, he must not
only listen to another's advice, but delegate responsibility by dividing his power among
others.
Third Text: Judges 4:4, 6-8: "Deborah, wife of Lappidoth, was a
prophetess; she led Israel at that time...She summoned Barak son of Abinoam, of Kedesh in
Naphtali, and said to him, "The Lord, the God of Israel, has commanded: Go,
march up to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulan.
And I will draw Sisera, Jabin's army commander, with his chariots and his troops,
toward you up to the Wadi Kishon; and I will deliver him into your hands." But
Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, I will go; if not, I will not go."
-This is an example of how sometimes a leader has to lead by example, for if the leader
does notdo the task, no one will follow, etc.
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