Unit 2 B COLLABORATION: TEAMS AND LEADERS


In an ideal situation, teams are carefully chosen to have a balance of skills and personalities. Sometimes, however, teams are put together without much thought and leaders emerge without being actually chosen. It is not always the best person for the role that ends up as the leader.


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You attend an international college in your country. You have been put in a team with the four classmates below to work on a group project for the next three months. You know all of them, but you are not friends. Who do you think would make the best team leader?


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Roula


Character and habits: confident, outgoing, rather bossy; likes to be the centre of attention; enjoys making lists, plans and schedules


Favourite phrase: ‘Hmm, that’s an interesting idea. Any other suggestions?’


Jad


Character and habits: serious and very hard-working; often spends all weekend in the college library; not very willing to try out different ways of approaching tasks


Favourite phrase: ‘Actually, I think you’ll find that what you say is not true.’


Shazia


Character and habits: appears to be shy and under-confident; good at getting other people to open up to her and tell her their problems or secrets; hard-working but not a high-flyer


Favourite phrase: ‘Well, I could be wrong, of course. What do you think?’


Imad


Character and habits: very sure of his own abilities; seems disorganized and lazy but always gets his classwork done and submitted at the last minute


Favourite phrase: ‘Sure, I made up a couple of references. So what? Who’s going to check?’


2 In pairs. Explain your choice to your partner and try to agree on a leader together. 3


Rank the four classmates in order of best to worst team leader for the project, giving reasons why.


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