HS.82 Skills for Consensus Building (PowerPoint)
This LifeKnowledge high school lesson (HS.82) teaches students about consensus and consensus building as a leadership skill for influencing others. Students define consensus, examine why group consensus about vision and goals matters, and learn and apply effective skills for reaching group consensus through discussion, a tennis ball activity, and review exercises.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define consensus and consensus building.
- Describe the importance of consensus about vision and goals for the group or organization.
- Identify and apply effective skills for arriving at group consensus.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Overhead projector and transparencies
- Three tennis balls
- HS.82.Assess
- HS.82.TM.A
- Unit
- Stage 2 of Development—YOU
- Problem Area
- How Do I Begin to Influence Others?
- Precepts
- C5: Persuade others to commit.
- Key Terms
- Consensus, Consensus building, Synergy
- Resources
- Kouzes, J. M. and B. Z. Posner. The Leadership Challenge, San Francisco. Josey-Bass, 2002.
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Lesson plan
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills