What Is Your Leadership Style? | Behrman House Publishing

You’re in charge of a group project in social studies class. You *

You’re running for President of Student Council. In your campaign speech you tell your classmates *

You have great plans for next year and you know exactly how you will carry them out.

You have ideas for next year, but you also want to hear your classmates’ ideas. You hope to work together to do great things.

You will listen to everyone’s ideas for programs and let everyone work on the programs they suggested.

In your youth group, you’ve been put in charge of a cookie sale whose proceeds go to help homeless *

For your family meetings, the job of leader rotates. This week it is your turn. You bring up the issue of your sisters spending too much time on the computer. (There is only one computer for siblings.) You *

Present some possibilities—designated times, etc.—and ask which the family prefers. Create a computer schedule and make sure it is followed.

Ask all family members for input on the problem and make sure everyone listens to each suggestion. Then insist that they choose a solution and you make sure it’s carried out.

Ask all family members for their opinion and then let them discuss the problem. Let the family decide what they want to do and how.

You are responsible for leading your classmates in deciding where to donate the tzedakah money they raised. You *

Ask for volunteers to form a hesed committee. Pool ideas and then discuss each one. Tell the committee what you suggest and try to reach an agreement.

Ask for ideas from the class; then have the class choose an option by voting.

Research tzedakah organizations on the Internet, narrow the choices to three, and then arrange for a class vote.

The math teacher divides the class into groups. Each group has the task of creating an original *

Make sure everyone contributes ideas and agrees on the final game proposal. Have group members choose aspects of the game they will enjoy working on.

Listen to game ideas for ten minutes. Recommend a design based on the ideas. Assign tasks to members.

Ask for suggestions, review all the suggestions. Make sure everyone is comfortable with the final plan. Assign tasks.

At a summer camp, you are put in charge of preparing dinner during an overnight camping trip. You *

Divide campers into three groups based on their strengths: cooking, cleaning, and tending the campfire.

Give campers five minutes to divide into groups to perform tasks. Supervise each group.

Ask campers how best to organize dinner. Let them choose their own jobs and be responsible for their own work.