Looking at leadership styles/approaches through the use of a case study.
An experienced facilitator can work wonders with this exercise, enabling students to talk about leadership styles. For example, I had one group who said they didn't like the "transformational leader", but when we explored this further, they realised it wasn't what she was suggesting that they didn't like, it was more that the situation she was trying to help someone else resolve had been badly managed and could have done with a transformational approach from the start.
This exercise promotes good discussion amongst the groups, and it's really important to allow time for this to happen before you bring students back together for their views and debrief. I handed out the "Learning Points handout" but students didn't fill this in as they had already been asked to record their group views during their discussion (it seemed like duplicate work). However, the handout would be useful if you wanted students to take more time to reflect on their own styles and spend a few quiet minutes making their own notes.
I didn't go through every discussion question with the group, as suggested on the trainer's notes - partly because I was timebound, but partly because I thought there were too many questions. I found it useful to focus on a couple of key questions about each leader and then to encourage students to reflect and comment on their own styles. The exercise more than ably makes the point that an "adaptive" leadership style is best. It can be done comfortably within 60 minutes.
The case study was short enough for students to digest.