Leadership styles animation The following screens contain animations

Leadership styles animation • • • The following screens, contain animations showing 3 different leadership styles and how they may appear for a simple team challenge. The challenge is for the 7 people (represented by the faces) to get one person onto the wall. Click the left mouse button (or space bar) to progress through the animation.

Autocratic OK team – we need to get 1 person onto this wall, what we are going to do is form a human pyramid, I will then climb up the pyramid to get on top of the wall. Here the leader is • task centred, • focuses on performance • win oriented • Makes all team decisions

Democratic This a team exercise develop team cohesion, it isn’t the taskhappy that istoimportant, but us That like a good OK isteam – we need toto get 1 sounds person onto this wall, is everyone do this task? Thiswould isn’t arguing these are all valid working together to getplan, something done. who like to be points thaton people the person going top are raising I cannot be bothered, why are we doing this? I could just walk round the wall Yeah – lets do this as. Iahave teambeen thinking it through, could we form a pyramid, andyou then 1 person I think that should go on climbs up it? top. When you have stopped arguing can we get on with this Here the leader is • Person centred • Focus on forming relationships • Allow performers to help in decision making • Encourage personal development

Consultative OK team – we need to get 1 person onto this wall, has anyone got any ideas? Rose – you have been very quiet, do you have any That’s a very good idea, I think Rose as the lightest person, you should climb up, I’ll volunteer ideas? to go at the bottom, any other volunteers? I guess as a big person, I should go Here the leader is on bottom. I think we should take it in turns, • Person centred and see who can jump the highest? • Focus on forming relationships I think that if 2 people stand up, • Allow performers to I’ll go on your shoulders. then 1 stands on their shoulders, help in decision any of us will someone could. I don’t climbthink up them. making be able to jump that high. • Encourage personal development