To kick-start your students' thinking about leadership and developing a leadership identity, get them to complete the questionnaire below:
| Personal survey: Leadership stocktake | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summarise the different experiences you have already had as a leader and as a follower at different times in your life. | ||
| Context | As leader | As follower |
| As a high school student | ||
| As a part-time worker | ||
| As a university student | ||
| As an employee | ||
| As a member of a team or group | ||
| As a mentor or mentee | ||
| As a member of a family | ||
| Other | ||
In light of the above stocktake, what do you think are the main strengths you personally bring to a leadership role?
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Adapted from: Academic Leadership Program, AV-CC National Staff Development and Training Program, 17-21 November, 1997, Clear Mountain Lodge, Brisbane. Cited in: Andresen, L. (1999). Leadership for Excellence in Teaching. Academic Leadership Series, Booklet No. 2. Brisbane: Griffith Institute for Higher Education, p. 5.
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