MODULE: Formation and empowerment of the group SUBJECT TITLE: Principles of leadership and their development, charisma Gintarė Joteikaitė
Subject title
Purpose of the activity
Duration
Location and tools Number of participants
Acquaintance/ team building methods
Principles of leadership and their development, charisma To acquaint participants with various theories of leadership and strengthen the ability to recognize different types of leaders and their patterns of behaviour.
3–4 hours.
Leaders‘ portraits, scissors, writing tools, paper, projector, screen, selected film about some leader – a historical personality.
10–20 participants
The training leader pre-selects (can be cut from magazines or printed) about 5 to 6 portraits of as diverse leaders as possible (depending on the theoretical material). All of these portraits are cut into separate “puzzles” that are shuffled. The training leader does not explain anything – he/she does not say that these are portraits of leaders. The group of participants is invited to collect all the puzzles into the appropriate portraits. The group is asked to discuss and present what unites all the portraits and what makes each personality stand out.
A fiction or documentary film based on the true life story of a known leader is selected for the practical task (it can be a film about Nelson Mandela, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Hitler, Margaret Thatcher or any other leader).
Practical tasks
End of session reflection methods
200
The training manager posts the most important points of the theoretical part (leadership laws, leadership according to dominant functions, types of leaders, etc.) throughout the training space in the “crib’s” format. While watching the film, participants are invited to capture important aspects: •
what types of leaders they saw in the film;
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what laws the main leaders and the main character shown in the film followed;
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what were the key, most important moments and turning points in the plot, what were the actions of the leader and why were they important;
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who are the followers of a leader and why they follow their leader;
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who are the opponents of the leader and how the main character treats them.
At the end of the film review, participants are invited to discuss the film, answering all the questions in the practical task, and reviewing all the “cribs” displayed around the space.
