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Youth Club Sessions: Developing leadership skills

1 min read Youth Work
Young people should understand the nature of good leadership. Vanessa Rogers shares ideas on how to highlight these qualities.

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WHAT MAKES A GOOD LEADER?

Aim This opening exercise encourages young people to discuss what they think are the characteristics that make a strong leader.

You will need

How to do it

Hand each young person a sticky note and a pen and then ask them to write down the name of one person who they regard as being a good, strong leader. Collect in all of the sticky notes and shuffle them.

Next, divide the young people into smaller groups of three or four and hand each small group a selection of sticky notes. The group task is to discuss the selection of leaders given to them and then to write down four things that they think makes this person a strong leader. If they do not agree with the nomination, then they should discuss why.

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