Task one – Reflection – Leadership Style
When you lead a group you will need to consider how you will ensure your group is innovative
and creative in the processes and/or activities you use to solve each problem.
This task has 2 questions to it, question 1 relates to you prior to leading your group and
question 2 relates to after you have led your team.
Prior to leading your group answer the following question
a) Choose a leadership style you think would best apply to this situation. Explain why you
choose this leaderships style and explain how you will use this style to achieve a successful
outcome.
You should write 300‐350 words for each section
b) After you have led your group, reflect on your leadership by:
Describing: What happened in terms of the intention of the activity and the outcome?
Evaluating: Which ideas helped the group be creative and innovative? Why?
Evaluating: Which ideas and/or activities did not help? Why not?
Discussing: What would you do differently another time? Why?
You should write 200‐250 words for each section
Link this section to the theory of leadership and working with teams.
Task two – Reflection – Personal Followership Style
Reflect on one of the occasions when you were a follower to answer the following questions.
a) Describe your involvement as a follower in the group
b) Analyse your involvement and link it to the theory of followers
c) Theorise – suggest at least one different way of approaching your role as a follower. Base
your answer within leadership and follower theory.
d) Act – Explain what you might do differently if you found yourself in a similar situation as
you described in the first section (a) of Task Two.