Assignment:
Identification of Future Leaders
Although numerous psychometric tests have been developed that identify characteristics and traits deemed critical for leadership, these tools do not ensure that individuals selected for leadership roles on the basis of their test scores will have, or will master, the competencies required to be an effective leader. As a result, there is a great and immediate need for selection tools that can identify potential leaders based on demonstrated competencies and observed behaviors.
Overview :
The goal of the Group Project is to design/create an activity of some type (not a written survey tool/test)that could be used in part to identify the potential leader(s)from among any group of 6 to 12 individuals, based on their observed behaviors and/or demonstration of one or more Level 2 leadership competencies.
The activity does not have to be a new creation. It can be a unique variation of an existing activity commonly used for leadership development, skill development, or teambuilding; but it must clearly be relevant to, and support the assessment of, specific leadership competenciesand it must be able to make objective comparisons between individual participants.
The activity must be able to be organized, explained to the participants, and completed within 30 minutes (maximum) and must include some method or manner of measuring/ranking each participating individual based on the selected/targeted competencies.
The activity may include the use of tools, equipment, materials and/or consumable supplies, but the initial cost of reusable tools/materials/etc. cannot exceed $20.00, and the total cost of consumable supplies cannot exceed $10.00.
Explanation of Requirements and Evaluation Criteria :
1. Familiarize yourself with the leadership competencies associated with Level 1 and Level 2 leaders, paying close attention to the observable behaviors of the relevant competencies.
2. Select one or two of the leadership competencies, and using the technique of brainstorming, for each identify several different ways the competency could be measured/quantified.
3. Search the internet and familiarize yourself with commonly used activities for leadership developing, personal/interpersonal skill development, and teambuilding.
4. Design an activity, which complies with the following parameters, which could be used to measure/comparatively rank the leadership competencies you selected. The activity must be designed:
a) for use with a single small group (between 6 and 12 people in a group) .
b) to be organized/set-up, explained to the participants, and completed with a maximum of 30 minutes
c) for use with adult learners
d) as an interactive activity, not an individualized activity (for example a paper-pencil survey/test)
e) as some form of an activity; supplemental tools, materials, supplies, etc. may be used in conjunction with the activity but initial total cost for reusable tools and materials cannot exceed $20.00, and the total cost for consumable supplies cannot exceed $10.00.
f) to be safe - no participant should be harmed or put at risk in any manner while engaged in the activity
g) to provide some method of scoring/ranking individuals within 5 minutes or less after the completion of the activity, and that is specific to the targeted competencies
h) as a unique creation - it does not have to be a one-of-a-kind original idea, but it cannot be plagiarized. Unique variations of existing, commonly used activities are permissible but the operative word is unique, superficial variations (changes in names, materials, etc.) of an activity are not acceptable.