Billie Franchini, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
Institute for Teaching, Learning and Academic
Leadership
University at Albany
Good morning!
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Consider six key leadership principles
Communicating
 Collaborating
 Decision-making
 Debating
 Compromising
 Courage
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Translate these principles into productive
behaviors for managing team tasks
effectively
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Line up on the left side of the room and
count off to 6
Your number is your Team Number
Find your team’s table and introduce
yourself to your team members if you don’t
know each other already
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An envelope with a leadership principle
written on the outside
Five index cards with your team number on
them
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In your teams, discuss the leadership
principle on the envelope and identify how
this principle can be applied in team/group
settings.
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Example: The principle is communicating. If you
are working on a team project, what can you do
to ensure or facilitate communication?
List these application examples in short
sentences/phrases on one of the index cards.
You have 5 minutes to complete this task.
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Time’s Up!
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Put your response cards in your envelope
and pass it to the table on your right.
DO NOT read the response cards in the
envelope you receive.
Make sure you have received an envelope
with a new principle (i.e., one you haven’t
already discussed).
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In your teams, discuss the leadership
principle on the envelope and identify how
this principle can be applied in team/group
settings.
List these application examples in short
sentences/phrases on one of the index
cards.
You have 4 minutes to complete this task.
4:00
3:30
3:00
2:30
2:00
1:30
1:00
:30
:15
Time’s Up!
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Put your response cards in your envelope
and pass it to the table on your right.
DO NOT read the response cards in the
envelope you receive.
Make sure you have received an envelope
with a new principle (i.e., one you haven’t
already discussed).
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In your teams, discuss the leadership
principle on the envelope and identify how
this principle can be applied in team/group
settings.
List these application examples in short
sentences/phrases on one of the index
cards.
You have 4 minutes to complete this task.
4:00
3:30
3:00
2:30
2:00
1:30
1:00
:30
:15
Time’s Up!
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
Put your response cards in your envelope
and pass it to the table on your right.
DO NOT read the response cards in the
envelope you receive.
Make sure you have received an envelope
with a new principle (i.e., one you haven’t
already discussed).
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
In your teams, discuss the leadership
principle on the envelope and identify how
this principle can be applied in team/group
settings.
List these application examples in short
sentences/phrases on one of the index
cards.
You have 4 minutes to complete this task.
4:00
3:30
3:00
2:30
2:00
1:30
1:00
:30
:15
Time’s Up!
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
Put your response cards in your envelope
and pass it to the table on your right.
DO NOT read the response cards in the
envelope you receive.
Make sure you have received an envelope
with a new principle (i.e., one you haven’t
already discussed).

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
In your teams, discuss the leadership
principle on the envelope and identify how
this principle can be applied in team/group
settings.
List these application examples in short
sentences/phrases on one of the index
cards.
You have 4 minutes to complete this task.
4:00
3:30
3:00
2:30
2:00
1:30
1:00
:30
:15
Time’s Up!
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Put your response cards in your envelope
and pass it to the table to your right.
NOW you can read the response cards in the
envelope you receive.
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As a team, evaluate the four response cards
inside the envelope.
You have 100 points to distribute among the
five response cards to indicate each card’s
relative merit. Assign points to each card.
You have 15 minutes to complete this task.
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Time’s Up!
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Each team choose a representative to bring
scored cards to the front and pick up your
team’s scored cards (there should be four
cards total)
Add the scores on your cards: this is your
final score
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Team 1:
Team 2:
Team 3:
Team 4:
Team 5:
Team 6:
Let’s discuss your experience
Good leadership means
 knowing when and how to apply all of the six
principles
 knowing which principles apply in a given
situation
 knowing when to take on a leadership role
 knowing how to resolve conflict and effectively
manage differences of opinion
 helping your team work to get the job done!
Thank you!