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Activity - Leadership Skills - Chairs: Time
Activity - Leadership Skills - Chairs: Time
Overview :
This simple activity focuses on the importance of having a plan and a specific strategy for any team to achieve
any task but more importantly shows the importance of having a leader who takes charge and realizes this
strategy .
Time :
30 Minutes
Tools/Items required:
Set up :
Every attendee puts their chair round the room in a random order. All tables etc should be moved out of the way.
The chairs should be pointing in different directions with someone sat on every chair, eg:
• The volunteer will be asked to walk slowly back to their empty chair and sit down. If the chair is filled they can
then walk to and sit in the next empty chair available.
• The role of everyone else is to stop the volunteer from sitting down.
Rules :
Discussion questions:
When doing this activity a leaders usually emerges during the planning period , participants will find out that they
need a plan and they need consensus from all members and agreement to this strategy , the presence
of the leader will help realize this plan and ensure all team members are aligned with this plan.