Tactics 15 mins Pre-prepared Have pre-prepared sheets with tactics and pros/cons. sheets based on corresponding In pairs/small groups, fill in as many as you can in 2 minutes. section of support materials, page 5. Pass the sheets on to the next group – 90 seconds Pens Next swap – 1 minute. Give everyone the opportunity to read what others have written. Is there anything missing? Know your 15 mins Using the lists provided remind the group of the qualities of leadership. Support materials – strengths qualities of leaders Everyone writes their name on a post-it. [from UFA], page 6. Number everyone 1 or 2. They pass the post-it to someone with the other number. They write a leadership quality which that person has on a post-it. They repeat this with another twice, taking care not to pass post-its back to someone who has already had them. They put all of the post-its centrally review group and individual strengths. Is there any quality which they feel is missing? Think 20 mins Support materials, Hummingbird story. Read the story of the hummingbird trying to put out the forest fire. Ask for feedback. page 7 before you act Discuss: • What challenges do we see from this story that occur in a human set-up? • Do you think the hummingbird made any impact, or was it just a waste of time? • How else could this problem be tackled? Role play a conversation between the hummingbird and the elephant, where the elephant is explaining its reasoning, and tries to persuade the elephant to act.
Tactics 15 mins Have pre-prepared sheets with tactics and pros/cons. In pairs/small groups, fill in as many as you can in 2 minutes. Pass the sheets on to the next group – 90 seconds Next swap – 1 minute. Give everyone the opportunity to read what others have written. Is there anything missing? Pre-prepared sheets based on corresponding section of support materials, page 5. Pens Know your strengths 15 mins Using the lists provided remind the group of the qualities of leadership. Everyone writes their name on a post-it. Number everyone 1 or 2. They pass the post-it to someone with the other number. They write a leadership quality which that person has on a post-it. They repeat this with another twice, taking care not to pass post-its back to someone who has already had them. They put all of the post-its centrally review group and individual strengths. Is there any quality which they feel is missing? Support materials – qualities of leaders [from UFA], page 6. Think before you act 20 mins Hummingbird story. Read the story of the hummingbird trying to put out the forest fire. Ask for feedback. Discuss: • What challenges do we see from this story that occur in a human set-up? • Do you think the hummingbird made any impact, or was it just a waste of time? • How else could this problem be tackled? Role play a conversation between the hummingbird and the elephant, where the elephant is explaining its reasoning, and tries to persuade the elephant to act. Support materials, page 7
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