Stepping Up and Leaning In: Leadership Rotation in Peer Teams

Keywords: teamwork, leadership, motivation

Abstract: Students’ willingness and desire to lead vary greatly. Although few would argue against the importance of leadership skill development during their business school education, not every student readily steps into a leadership role when the opportunity presents itself in a team-based project. In fact, for some students, a project “team” seems to imply that individual leadership is neither required nor desirable. Yet, this could not be further from the truth. In this session, we describe a leadership rotation exercise that requires every team member to experience the demands and satisfaction of successful leadership.