This exercise is designed to help you develop a personal definition of leadership and clarify your assumptions and expectations about leadership and effectiveness.

1. Describe your ideal leader Individually list five desirable and five undesirable characteristics of your ideal leader.

2. Develop group definition: In groups of four or five, discuss your list and your reasons and draw up a common definition.
3. Present and defend definition: Each group will make a five-minute presentation of its definition.
4. Common themes

a. What are the common themes?

b. Which views of leadership are presented?

c. What are the assumptions about the role of the leader?

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